Week 7 Discussion
Consider how challenging it was for African Americans to exercise the right to vote. Discuss the following:
– Do African Americans of today’s generation truly understand the sacrifices made for them to have the right to vote, and do they value that right.
– What would you say to an African American who believes that there is no point in voting because the system simply doesn’t work.
– If you could visit heaven (or whatever you believe to be the afterlife), what would you say to the following individuals regarding the right to vote?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
President John F. Kennedy
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Frederick Douglass
3) Discuss whether or not government intelligence agencies did too much or if they were justified in their surveillance of Civil Rights leaders. Can any comparisons be made between their actions back then and today’s surveillance of terrorist or suspected terrorists?
4) Share your thoughts about Colin Kaepernick and Nike. Consider Nike’s manufacturing and marketing of expensive sneakers to minority youth in financially challenged environments. Explain whether you believe that Nike is genuine in their support of Kaepernick and racial injustice.