https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/members/joepaige01/activity/ Activity feed for Joseph Paige. Sun, 14 Jun 2026 09:41:34 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 1cfa3e6e9f0e51351273af455bd1c69d https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=5043 Sun, 04 Dec 2022 23:59:00 -0500 1. Note: I’m not sure if this was meant to say “will not stop being racial capitalism,” but I will assume that it was, given that in the video Prof. Gilmore says “it will continue to be racial without… white […]

]]> 0 e655ee180b74d716142a2a7aa36d12b4 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=4992 Sun, 20 Nov 2022 23:59:00 -0500 1. MLK believed that just laws were ones that fell in line with God’s law, or the moral law. Of course, this reflects a Christian worldview that not everyone shares, but what he meant was laws that “uplift human […]

]]> 0 5f5b76724a03124b2c978db2fbb9746e https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=4941 Sun, 13 Nov 2022 23:59:00 -0500 1.) In Wal-Mart v. Dukes, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Walmart. To justify this, the majority stated that, because the amount of people represented by the class-action suit was so large, they could not […]

]]> 0 1f9c2a63e590b606f0ea12991eb7dba1 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=4810 Sun, 23 Oct 2022 23:59:00 -0400 1. The Establishment Clause is one of the freedoms dictated in the First Amendment. It guarantees the lack of an official government religion in the United States, as well as any government imposition of […]

]]> 0 b85fb9307cdf9bdaa3b821ebf6f5708b https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=4497 Sun, 25 Sep 2022 23:59:00 -0400 1. This video introduces to us multiple key concepts, the first two being “means of production” and “labor.” The term “means of production” refers to any tools or services that must be used in order to make a […]

]]> 0 ce9df31b7b7d4810d5d04d102bd72b50 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=4370 Sun, 18 Sep 2022 23:59:00 -0400 1. Readings 4.1 and 4.2 both discuss and analyze social class in America. The first article is based on a poll taken by the website, which asks random people what their perceived social class is. The second […]

]]> 0 4903bd606cb9b9587eba51f80d484a9c https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=4106 Sun, 04 Sep 2022 23:59:00 -0400 Once outright racism in politics became socially and legally unacceptable, many conservative politicians knew that they must use new forms of rhetoric that veiled their true intentions, all while effectively […]

]]> 0 29659c8c4f7f323842325b9422d7ca42 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022/?p=4104 Sun, 04 Sep 2022 23:59:00 -0400 In her book, The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander claims that the common explanation for mass incarceration in the United States is deeply misguided, if not a malicious lie. To support this claim, she lists […]

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