BMCC OpenLab | Belinda Hinckley | Activity https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/members/belindahinckley89/activity/ Activity feed for Belinda Hinckley. Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:44:55 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 96dbae56dde4d0ff846f38ce51545987 Belinda Hinckley wrote a new blog post Belinda Hinckley- Discussion Board 14.1 in the group POL 100 (0505) – Introduction to American Government – Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=5070 Sun, 04 Dec 2022 23:59:00 -0500 1.Ruth Gilmore says that capitalism will stop being racial capitalism, when all the white people disappear from the story. What’s the connection between “whiteness” and racism, do you think? 

In the assign […]

]]> 0 be85497481862a7409763f442847f64b Belinda Hinckley wrote a new blog post Belinda Hinckley- Discussion Board 13.1 in the group POL 100 (0505) – Introduction to American Government – Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=4988 Sun, 20 Nov 2022 23:59:00 -0500 1.According to MLK, how can we tell the difference between just and unjust laws? Understanding this question is the most important part of this module, and I will ask it again during our second […]

]]> 0 09f0d20f8c892033bfc81cdfb571deb4 Belinda Hinckley wrote a new blog post Belinda Hinckley- Discussion Board 12.1 in the group POL 100 (0505) – Introduction to American Government – Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=4951 Sun, 13 Nov 2022 23:59:00 -0500 What did the Supreme Court decide in the Wal-Mart case? And more importantly, how did it justify its decision? (HINT: the key word here is “commonality” (and how it related to “class-action lawsuit”). Try to unde […]

]]> 0 8efd445a2505bb721f5bc5712b6854cf Belinda Hinckley wrote a new blog post Belinda Hinckley- Discussion Board 11.1 in the group POL 100 (0505) – Introduction to American Government – Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=4900 Sun, 06 Nov 2022 23:59:00 -0500 1.In what ways is the court system better suited to protect the individual, than are the elected branches of government (such as Congress and the President; or the Mayor of NYC and the NYC City Assembly)? Give an […]

]]> 0 776687196469198e1b45050c03b6db65 Belinda Hinckley wrote a new blog post Belinda Hinckley- Discussion Board 9.2 in the group POL 100 (0505) – Introduction to American Government – Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=4822 Sun, 23 Oct 2022 23:59:00 -0400 1. P. Williams writes in her essay, that the war on terror is a new type of a war. What’s new about it, how is it different from traditional wars? 

In Patricia William’s essay she expresses “that a war agai […]

]]> 0 2484b3dc513245f903f81fd9749b2611 Belinda Hinckley wrote a new blog post Belinda Hinckley- Discussion Board 9.1 in the group POL 100 (0505) – Introduction to American Government – Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=4793 Sun, 23 Oct 2022 23:59:00 -0400 1. Describe how you understand the “Establishment Clause” and the related “Lemon Test”.  

Part of the First Amendment in the United States Constitution is that it protects religious freedom. One of the freedo […]

]]> 0 045c7bd24cf3a22ba1ce49415b271ea5 Belinda Hinckley wrote a new blog post Belinda Hinckley- Discussion Board 7.1 in the group POL 100 (0505) – Introduction to American Government – Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=4720 Sun, 09 Oct 2022 23:59:00 -0400 Describe the primary differences in the role of citizens in government, among the federal, confederation, and unitary systems. 

In a unitary system of government, the central government holds power opposed to […]

]]> 0 b12a0aa7a77ab1fa4074487970c28f76 Belinda Hinckley wrote a new blog post Belinda Hinckley-Discussion Board 6.2 in the group POL 100 (0505) – Introduction to American Government – Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=4656 Sun, 02 Oct 2022 23:59:00 -0400 What concept that we have already discussed does “faction” remind you of? 

In James Maddison’s Federalist Paper #10, it states that “AMONG the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union, none des […]

]]> 0 1f96cd5346c9b8c2714f6f8ce9815b4c Belinda Hinckley wrote a new blog post Belinda Hinckley- Discussion Board 5.3 in the group POL 100 (0505) – Introduction to American Government – Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=4532 Sun, 25 Sep 2022 23:59:00 -0400 Which statistic on wealth inequality in the US (discussed on p. 29) made the biggest impression on you? Explain why? 

In reading 5.2 M. Parenti states that in 1973 CEOs earned 30 to 40 times more than their […]

]]> 0 ca9d11adc061726e266539cda54c0458 Belinda Hinckley wrote a new blog post Belinda Hinckley- Discussion Board 5.2 in the group POL 100 (0505) – Introduction to American Government – Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=4488 Sun, 25 Sep 2022 23:59:00 -0400 As we learned thus far, the capitalist class consists of people who own wealth, as well as the means of production in American society. An important question in understanding how this class works is to ask: how […]

]]> 0 d5548363b682ea7e2dbc9ad34e35bdd1 Belinda Hinckley wrote a new blog post Belinda Hinckley-Discussion Board 4.1 in the group POL 100 (0505) – Introduction to American Government – Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=4366 Sun, 18 Sep 2022 23:59:00 -0400 Do you notice any similarities in the way social class is discussed in readings 4.1 and 4.2? Do you notice any differences in the way these two readings DIFFERENTIATE between social classes? 

In readings 4.1 […]

]]> 0 4defa252414a74cf051efbc1e5e0d7fd Belinda Hinckley wrote a new blog post Belinda Hinckley-Discussion Board 3.2 in the group POL 100 (0505) – Introduction to American Government – Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=4257 Sun, 11 Sep 2022 23:59:00 -0400 1.What is a Repressive State Apparatus? Why does Althusser call it “repressive”? Can we explain his choice of words here? Give an example. 

Althusser explains that the repressive state apparatus is an ideo […]

]]> 0 37cccddaef72044c306e2b955efa5c44 Belinda Hinckley wrote a new blog post Belinda Hinckley- Discussion Board 2.1 in the group POL 100 (0505) – Introduction to American Government – Fall 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=4110 Sun, 04 Sep 2022 23:59:00 -0400 Michelle Alexander raises a number of important and interesting points. Let’s start a discussion centered on the following questions:  1. M. Alexander claims that the main explanation of why so many people are […]

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