Instructions: The exam is worth 50 points in total.

Instructions:

The exam is worth 50 points in total.

Do not plagiarize or cheat. If you plagiarize or cheat (e.g., share or solicit answers to the exam; use text generated by AI in your response) you will receive a failing grade.

Properly cite material directly quoted or paraphrased from readings or lecture–if you didn’t think it up on your own, cite it. Failure to cite properly will result in a loss of points, a failing grade, or both.

Proofread to eliminate typos, errors, etc.

You may use notes and readings to respond to questions. You cannot use search engines or AI to locate information.

Instructions: Respond to the following questions. Your response should be in narrative form (not bullet points) and should define and describe the concepts in detail. Please use specific examples from the course material covered in class, lecture, and section to respond to each question. Be sure to properly cite material in your response.

Part 1: The U.S. National Reparations Task Force has invited you to submit testimony on the development and implementation of a potential reparations program for Black Americans. Drawing on the material we’ve covered in class this semester, please respond to the task force’s request. Your response should address the following questions posed by the task force in narrative form. (15 points)

How do you define reparations?

Drawing on material covered in class, especially during our discussion on Thursday, April 18th, identify, describe and explain the type of program you would recommend.

How is the program designed and why?

Is this a local effort, state effort, or national effort?

Does it address a specific harm(s)? Explain.

How will reparations be distributed, to whom, and in what form, for how long, etc.?

Provide an example of a similar program (drawing on class materials and discussion). Explain how your suggestion is similar and/or different to this program.

Your assignment will be evaluated using the following criteria:

Response to each part of the prompt

Reference to a minimum of three references from the material covered in class to support your proposed project

Overall clarity of argument and relevance of examples

Organization and presentation (clear structure, few grammatical errors, typos, etc.)

Overall, your response must be thoughtful, engaged and clearly reflect an understanding of the material.

(You have to watch a movie it is 1HR 35 Mins and you will know how to answer everything then)

Part 2 : Part II: Respond to the following prompt (30 points)

Your local city council is collecting proposals for its inaugural Skyrise Planning Initiative and has

invited you to submit a proposal to address the harms done by long standing racial inequality in

the city (e.g., racial segregation, redevelopment, gentrification, environmental injustice, etc.).

The initiative is inspired by recent research on “Black placemaking” and the following June

Jordan quote: “What kind of schools and what kind of streets and what kind of parks and what

kind of privacy and what kind of beauty and what kind of music and what kind of options would

make love a reasonable, easy response?”

Your proposal should include the following:

● Define the concept of Black placemaking

● Describe the significance of June Jordan’s quote to your proposal

● Identify the harm(s)/inequality your proposal address

● Provide a brief description of the intervention/innovation

● Explain how your proposal is similar and/or distinct from other types of interventions

and/or innovations in the past and how your proposal addresses/overcomes these flaws

and/or failures

● Provide a brief description of expected outcomes

● Include measures for evaluating success.

● **Provide a minimum of five examples from the material covered in class to support your

claim**

Your outline will be evaluated using the following criteria:

● Accuracy of definition of Black placemaking

● Clarity of explanation of the significance of June Jordan’s quote to your proposal

● Specificity in identifying the harm(s)/inequality your proposal addresses;

● Proposal includes a detailed description of the intervention/innovation;

● Proposal similarities/differences from other types of interventions and/or innovations in

the past

● Reference to a minimum of five references from the material covered in class to support

your proposal

● Clarity of argument and relevance of examples

● Organization and presentation (clear structure, few grammatical errors, typos, etc.)

● Overall, your response must be thoughtful, engaged and clearly reflect an understanding

of the material

(I will attach the readings for this question & I will attach a previous essay that will help with this assignment)

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Part III: Respond to the following question: Please share something from the course – a reading, video, discussion post, etc. — that has inspired you or helped you to think in a new way. What was it? What did it do for you? How will you carry what you learned from it into your future study, work, life? (5 points)

A 5 to 7-page paper, double-spaced, 12-point font, 1-inch margins (~250 words per page)