POLI230701 - Racial and Ethnic Politics

In this episode, we talk about race in college admissions and backlash against affirmative action.

Since I posted this lecture a bit late, I am making it optional. In this episode, we talk about the history & legality of affirmative action in the US.

In this episode, we talk about algorithmic bias, where it comes from, and how to fix it.

In this episode, we define what an algorithm is and talk about some examples.

In this episode. we talk about who is harmed by the carceral state, and who benefits from it.

In this episode, we talk about the War on Drugs and racial disparities in the criminal justice system.

In this episode, we talk about broken windows policing and modern disparities.

In this episode, we talk about the history of race & policing, as well as police officer culture/incentives.

In this episode, we dig into the role on race in the 2016 election.

In this episode, we talk about peoples' expectations around the 2016 election.