Room 611: Wednesday, December 20. 2023

Today's schedule is BADC

B Block Human Geography - You have some questions to work on in your Ethnicity package:

What is the difference between “African-American” and “black”?
How does the U.S. Census Bureau consider Hispanic/Latino?
In the chart, explain where each ethnic group (Hispanics, African American, Asian American)
is clustered in the United States.
What are the three largest visible minority groups in Canada and where are they clustered?

Ethnic and cultural origins of Canadians: Portrait of a rich heritage

Not all black people are African American. Here's the difference.

What Is the Difference Between Hispanic and Latino?

Which term is correct – Hispanic or Latino?

Note (for the questions above) The U.S. Census Bureau must adhere to the 1997 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) standards on race and ethnicity which guide the Census Bureau in classifying written responses to the race question (About the topic of Race)

A Block Legal Studies - Today and tomorrow we'll watch the 2019 movie Just Mercy based on the life of Bryan Stevenson. Bryan Stevenson is the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a human rights organization in Montgomery, Alabama. Under his leadership, EJI has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, exonerating innocent death row prisoners, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill, and aiding children prosecuted as adults.

A powerful and thought-provoking true story, Just Mercy follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Larson). One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Foxx), who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminal with a motive to lie. In the years that follow, Bryan becomes embroiled in a labyrinth of legal and political maneuverings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others like him, with the odds — and the system — stacked against them.

D/C Blocks Social and Environmental Sciences - So you'll be both in 115 and in 145 today to compile, sort, and condense your research on the class Salish Sea poster. Remember that by the year 2025 (that would be three years from now), we can expect the population in the Salish Sea ecosystem to expand to over nine million people. Sustainability of the Salish Sea ecosystem is critical to our continued use and enjoyment of this place. From the State of the Salish Sea Report

The reasons why southern resident killer whales are at risk of extinction are multifold and intertwined with the cumulative effects of environmental harm wrought by 150 years of development since European settlement. Development has profoundly altered and harmed the resources the Southern Residents need to survive, especially abundant, quality salmon that is readily available to them year-round. The Southern Residents are challenged by at least three main threats: scarce food, pollutants, and marine noise

Your poster is going to be a small "snapshot" on the Health of the Salish Sea to help show progress in sustainably managing the Salish Sea ecosystem and its valuable resources, where conditions are declining, and where course corrections are needed. So for each topic we need: