Keeping the Republic: Power and Citizenship in American Politics
SAGE Journal Articles and Readings
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SAGE Journal Articles
This article discusses the racial and cultural issues associated with the English Only movement. The author analyses the ideology that surrounds the debate of the movement and portrays the movement as portrays the movement as colonialism.
Questions to Consider:
- Identify the issues surrounding Proposition 187 and the English Only movement. Was proposition 187 successful?
- How is the English Only movement discriminatory against other racial and ethnic groups?
- What does the author argue in regards to the movement’s classification as colonialism?
Learning objective: Explain the different paths to equality taken by other racial and ethnic groups; Recognize examples of other groups that face discrimination
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This article discusses how the media and United States newspapers farmed the stories regarding same-sex marriage in 2013. The authors find that the media used various to highlight same-sex marriage news stories, thus providing insight into how citizens of the U.S. are exposed to salient issues such as this.
Questions to Consider:
- What is the equality versus morality debate and how does it apply to same-sex marriage?
- How has same-sex marriage been framed in the media?
Learning objective: Recognize examples of other groups that face discrimination
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This article discusses the views of various scholars and activists and their notions that black America is facing a new set of problems that were not addresses by the civil rights movements generation ago. The author analyzes three interrelated uses of the
post–civil rights concept and questions its utility in addressing the persistence of urban inequality and the unequal impact of Hurricane Katrina on the African American community.
Questions to Consider:
- What are the different views on the post-civil rights era proposed by various scholars? How do these views differ from the civil rights era a generation ago?
- How has the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina highlighted the new issues that black Americans are facing?
Learning objective: Summarize key events and outcomes in the struggle for equality of African Americans
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This article discusses the impact of the civil rights polices of the 1960s, the political and legal movements that reversed them, and the need for a new civil rights strategy. The increasing immigration and democracy transformation is prompts the authors to outline essential components of a new civil rights policy.
Questions to Consider:
- In the section, “What we Actually Need?,” what challenges does the author face in creating a vision appropriate to the society of our time?
- What demographic changes have increased the need for new civil rights policy?
- Do you believe that the author’s reforms are possible?
Learning objective: Summarize key events and outcomes in the struggle for equality of African Americans; Identify tools used by citizens to expand the promise of civil rights
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CQ Researcher
Learning objective: Outline the criteria used by the courts to determine if and when the law can treat people differently; Summarize key events and outcomes in the struggle for equality of African Americans; Identify tools used by citizens to expand the promise of civil rights