Major justice discussions tend to reemerge over time and news outlets are good references for tracking these reemergences. Racial Justice in Time (RJT) is an opportunity for you to reflect on racial justice events and moments in time. This assignment invites you to locate two news articles on racial inequality. Articles can cover stories on workplace/workforce struggles, immigration, health, environmental and cultural justice, or a topic that interest you. You may use major periodicals such as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Economist, The Atlantic, The Huffington Post or news media produced by particular underrepresented groups such as Indian Country Today or The Navajo Times. You can even use popular youth-oriented media hubs such as Buzzfeed and Vice for locating news stories. For this assignment, please use two news articles published since January 1, 2019. Read the stories carefully. If needed, conduct additional background research to understand the debate or issues raised in the article(s). Then, write a paper (excluding cover sheet and references page) and answer the following: What is the racial justice concern at the center of your news articles? When did the racial justice concern first arise? Provide a brief timeline of the evolution of the issue or concern discussed. How is racial justice described or discussed? Why is racial justice important for this issue? What is at stake? For whom? Where? If a solution to the concern is mentioned, at what level could the concern be resolved? Does the concern require a change in law or policy? How would you resolve or help to resolve this issue? Which side of the concern would you join? Is this the side of racial justice? Why? Be sure to use course material to answer the questions. Your paper must apply concepts, ideas, or arguments from the required readings we have covered thus far and connect them to the news stories you have selected.
