On Sunday, February 8, 2004, Stephen Bedwell wrote:
On Marxist Criminology

In chapter one of the Arrigo book, I found it interesting that "the criminal justice system controls the lower classes." This is definitely true and needs to be addressed more within our society. There are, without a doubt, people omitted from the system, and this should not happen. I would have to agree with Marx that to achieve social justice there must be a level of economic equality.

stephen -- good, this shows me that you're keeping up with the readings. what needs to be done so that we can achieve economic equality? why.

On Monday, February 9, 2004, April Puryear wrote:
On white privilege

It was interesting to see the list of White Privileges from a white female. If the leaders/law makers (whom are mainly white males) were to acknowledge that there is race problem and want to change some of their views, there could be positive changes in this diverse population.

april -- yes, i'm sure there would be several positive changes.

On Monday, February 9th, Tom Murphy wrote:
On the idea and concept of race

Both of your statements about race are true. (1) Biologically there are only three pure races, and (2) there are more differences within races than between them.

tom -- as a creative measure, want to explore the arguments on the other side?

On Monday, February 9, 2004, Tony Ciardo wrote:
On the 6 Circles

the in-class project brings out a great issue that everyone's perspective can be different evening if they are looking at the same thing. Each person has their own view of what they think is right to them.

tony -- yes, definitely! let's celebrate our differences and diversity!

On Wednesday, February 11, 2004, Bill Kohler wrote:
On socialist feminism

In Arrigo under the Socialist Feminism idea, that women were pressured into seeking men's protection in heterosexual nuclear families, pg 38. I fail to see any type of actual pressure, I do see the avenue of conformitity and I belive that women willing decided to step into marriage. They did have limited freedoms, but pressure was not a factor.

bill -- interesting observation but then how do you explain "arranged marriages?" this might be a good issue to explore as a creative measure.

On Wednesday, February 11, 2004, Sammy Kromm wrote:
On the Zax (monologic nonanswerability)

. . . I also wanted to comment on today's lecture. I thought that it was very stimulating and definitley perceived society today as a whole. On the Zax i feel that people are very close minded and unwilling to hear differnt views and with that attitude we will never get anywhere. So as long as monolgous answearbility exists, we will always have controversy everywhere.

sammy -- how do we breakthrough monologica nonanswerability, then?

On Wednesday, February 11, 2004, Katie MacCready wrote:
On the "Cat in the Hat" video

Today in class we watched the Cat in the Hat videos. I felt the first video we watched about the lesson of understanding differences is good. It teaches many young viewers who watch The Cat in the Hat to understand what discrimination is and why there is no need for it.

katie -- i'm glad you liked today's video.

From CRMJ 490: Media, Crime & Criminal Justice