Here’s part 2 of our discussion of Michelle Alexander:

  1. Why do think Southern racist politicians chose to frame their defense of racial segregation through the language of “law and order”? What special advantages was this choice of words going to give them?
  2. Do you think the Southern Strategy is still influencing American politics? Give an example supporting your answer.

Watch this video, if you need clarification on how to post your answer to this discussion forum:

NOTE: Once you’ve scheduled your post to be published on at midnight on Sunday, you can still go back and edit your post until then, if you want to rewrite and/or add to your post.

As a review, follow the following steps to submit your response:

  1. Make sure you’re logged in to the BMCC OpenLab site.
  2. Click on the “+” button in the black bar at the top of the screen
  3. Type a title for the post (it should include your full name)
  4. Type your response
  5. On the right side, click on Categories: and check “Discussion 2.1”
  6. Important: On the right side, at the top: click on the date next to Publish, and enter your post date, which is this coming Sunday, at 11:59pm.
  7. Click Publish and you’re done.

What will happen next is your post will automatically be published by the OpenLab system on Sunday at midnight. The goal here is for all student posts to be published at the same deadline. After that point, you can begin reading each others’ posts, and you have to comment on at least one other student’s post.

Note: please make sure that you schedule your post to be published on Sunday, midnight, not before.