Problem: Write an essay based on the following short video. For the first page, translate what the professor is talking about in the video. You can devote a paragraph to their big picture argument, and a paragraph to some specific aspect of their argument that is most interesting to you. (This draws on 2 strategies from the Reading Difficult Texts hand-out: looking for the scholar's argument, and translating the scholar's argument into our own words.) In the second page, share your sociological response to this professor's argument in light of what you are learning about society in this course. Do not simply agree or disagree. I recommend that you question and/or expand on what the professor is explaining. You can connect to your personal experiences; discuss what the video helped you better understand about how anti-blackness and/or carcerality works in our society systemically; and/or connect it to direct topics and data we have already encountered in our course. It is up to you - but do try to use 1-2 key sociological concepts here in your response to the scholar's argument.
Reference Video:
YouTUbe Video: Malcolm X Decolonize America