In 1,500 words (6 pages), explain …

1.  What “the system” (the

status quo (链接到外部网站。)

) is in the United States today.

2.  Where YOU are standing within the system; what is YOUR ROLE?  Why?

3.  Whether you think that YOU have an obligation to become informed about and actively oppose abuses the system may perpetrate against specific groups of people, as in the case of people of African descent in the United States of America–as abuses against them, now and in the past, are frequently NOT communicated in history and

civics (链接到外部网站。)

classes in U.S. schools–and of course, deeply troubling arrests and shootings of Black men, women and children by law enforcement do not seem adequately addressed in U.S. courts.

Examples:  

Sally Hemmings (链接到外部网站。)

,

Dred Scott (链接到外部网站。)

,

Tulsa’s Black Wall Street (链接到外部网站。)

,  the

FBI targeting Black Panther leaders (链接到外部网站。)

,

Redlining,  (链接到外部网站。)

the

Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (链接到外部网站。)

, and  the

verdict in the case of the shooting of Philando  Castile. (链接到外部网站。)

The Shooting of Philando Castile (链接到外部网站。)

.

4. Which of the 20 lessons–if any–from

Timothy Snyder’s 2017 book On Tyranny

you think critical thinkers need to learn, and how they should put these lessons into practice as they navigate their daily lives in the system.

5.  Which of the 15 Logical Fallacies listed below you think that you need to be aware of–if any–when you observe policies, procedures, rules and laws the system generates.

Quoting:  You have two sources to quote from:

Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny

and the fallacies in the box below.  You should also choose an additional two sources to quote–your choice as to which–to support your contentions or illustrate a point or points you wish to make.

15 Logical Fallacies (链接到外部网站。)

• Ad Hominem (链接到外部网站。)
• Strawman Argument (链接到外部网站。)
• Appeal to Ignorance (链接到外部网站。)
• False Dilemma (链接到外部网站。)
• Slippery Slope Fallacy (链接到外部网站。)
• Circular Argument (链接到外部网站。)
• Hasty Generalization (链接到外部网站。)
• Red Herring Fallacy (链接到外部网站。)
• Tu Quoque (链接到外部网站。)
• Causal Fallacy (链接到外部网站。)
• Fallacy of Sunk Costs (链接到外部网站。)
• Appeal to Authority (链接到外部网站。)
• Equivocation (链接到外部网站。)
• Appeal to Pity (链接到外部网站。)
• Bandwagon Fallacy