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Based on the readings for this week in addition to this short video
describe “the second shift”. Summarize the main discussion points and trends reflected in the following report (
How American parents balance work and family life when both work
) , including how your household compared to others in the U.S.? What is the impact of the second shift on the life-work balance of families and trends in the economy (wages, labor force participation, etc.)?
Make a post then response to students
On August 9, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri, Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African-American male, was shot to death after an altercation with Darren Wilson, a 28-year-old white male Ferguson police officer. The disputed circumstances of the shooting, and the decision of a grand jury not to indict Officer Wilson for any criminal charges in relation to the incident led to widespread protest and civil unrest in Ferguson and other cities across the U.S.
Follow this link to
The New York Times interactive time line of Michael Brown’s shooting and its immediate aftermath in Ferguson.
The resultant protests and civil unrest sparked much media attention about law enforcement’s relationship with African Americans. This link is
The New York Times video report of a standoff in Ferguson between law enforcement and the protestors.
Now look at the
findings from a Pew Research Center poll of blacks and whites regarding topics including “confidence in the police” to “progress on racial equality”.
Discussion Board Questions:
1. Why do you think that blacks and whites in the U.S. have very different views regarding the shooting of Michael Brown, the ensuing Ferguson investigations, and confidence in the police?
The Department of Justice (DOJ) report on the investigation of the Ferguson Police Department
is a great read. It is a pretty lengthy document but you can look at the highlights of the DOJ report
here.
2. Are you surprised by any of the findings of the DOJ report and has it changed your perception of what happened in Ferguson?
Response to both students
Hannah Tedford
Discussion 7
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1. I think there has been a lot of issues occurring with African Americans and police officers. Recently, within the last few years, this problem has really blown up across social media platforms. If you go onto an outlet like Facebook and see the debates that have occurred over such problems, it’s easy to see how much opinions vary between the groups. I think that blacks and whites have different views regarding police/victim shootings in general, not just specifically to the Michael Brown case. I believe this happens because blacks are still very aware of the ongoing racism occurring in our country, and it’s easy to label such a crime as a product of such feelings. Also, I think that blacks tend to have a more violent/negative stereotype surrounding them, leading many whites to believe that it is a deserved outcome. Unfortunately because of these things our police officers don’t have the best reputation, making it dangerous for them and the public who don’t agree with them.
2. I was definitely surprised about the highlights from the report. I will be honest and say that before when I would read about these things I would just shrug it off and say “I don’t know both sides of the story”. I would also try to defend cops to others because I never wanted to believe that people who take over such an important role would abuse it in such a way. I see that it was ignorant of me to think this way because if someone has bad in their heart, they will express it no matter how they choose to do so. The one about police officers looking more at making money than public safety is very sad to me. This is a job they sign up to do willingly, yet they don’t even do what they’re supposed to. It’s very sad to me.
Emily Wegenke
Week 7
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I think there are several reasons to why blacks and whites in the U.S. have very different views regarding the shooting of Michael Brown. The shooting of Michael Brown is not the first time a person of color has been wrongfully killed because of police brutality, the community is outraged to have another member killed. We saw this in the YouTube video provided as people expressed their frustrations about the matter. In the video, people of color were peacefully protesting and the police forced the protest to end we continued to see people express their frustration during the video about this. As one person explained, how are they supposed to advocate for justice if they are not allowed to peacefully protest. People of color have had to continually deal with this kind of treatment from whites since the start of the countries history. It is not fair to say that all white people do not have similar feelings to these shootings as people of color, but the lack of empathy for these shootings may be from institutional racism. Racism has become so interconnected within our society that there is a lack of acknowledgment of this being part of the reason for the different views on shootings, investigations and confidence in police.
Sadly, I am not surprised about the DOJ findings. It does however make me more angry about what happened in Ferguson because the report continues to support that police officers in this area act upon racial beliefs and not safety of the public. It was interesting to read about the findings and to see the ways in which police officers disproportionately target the black community, and have gotten away with it for so many years. I would be interested to have the DOJ investigate other areas in the country to see if this is a common trend amongst police officers or if it is specific in southern states or northern states.
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Anna Flanders
Discussion Board :: Week 7
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Life at home is described as “The second shift” in the video. When parents get home from a full time job, they can’t just relax because they have kids to take care of. This means making sure they’re doing homework, getting them fed, spending time with them, getting them ready for the next day, and dealing with the general emotional strains kids can be on parents. The video tells us that the burden of the second shift almost exclusively falls on mothers, and often their employers and husbands both have unrealistic expectations.
The PEW research study showed that 46% of parents both had full time jobs in 2015, which is quite the shift from the 1970’s when 46% of fathers were working full time and mothers were unemployed. In terms of the division of chores and responsibilities in the household, both mothers and fathers share these equally. However, the mother tends to do more when it comes to managing children’s activities or taking care of children when they’re sick. When both parents work full time, they tend to say that neither career takes precedence, but 50% say that the father makes more money. In addition to this, when both parents are working full time, about 50% of fathers say that they don’t spend enough time with their kids.
In my family, my dad works full-time, while my mom stays home even though she’s a nurse and could make more money. But my parents decided to have 10 kids and homeschool us, so my mom had a huge responsibility in the home. She is just now going back to school to get her BSN and starting to work again because there are only three kids left at home. I definitely can say that most of the responsibility and chores in the home fell on my mom and that my dad didn’t share in it equally most of the time.
The impact of the second shift on the life-work balance of families seems to cause much stress.
Often what I see is tiredness, and parents constantly being rushed and when they come home after a long day, the last thing they want to do is more work. There is not as much work-life balance with an 8-5 work schedule and most of the time it seems that time with kids, and work-life balance disappears. Work takes precedence over personal lives.
Current trends in the economy show that while women tend to work just as much as men, they often get paid less even though they make up almost half of the workforce. Another trend is that, as mentioned earlier, mothers tend to have more responsibility in the home as opposed to men even though they both work full time.
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Estrella Starn
Week 7 Discussion
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The short video titled “The Second Shift” was about the continuation of basically work after work. Having a family means that after your normal paid gig, you come home and you still have work to do. That would be the second shift. And either there is a partner to help out or there is not. Sometimes even with a partner she explains that some others feel they put in more work than the other partner. The researcher goes on to explain how she used that information to try to help create solutions for the stress of the second shift.
In the report about the statistics of how American parents balance work and family, the main point was the shift in the increase of having more than one person assisting in the earning and sometimes the woman becoming the higher grossing income provider. You see an increase in shared responsibility, but it appears that the mother still takes the lead when it comes to concerns of the child. I picture this a nurture role that could be organic for a mother. And although the report reflects an increase in salaries being comparable. The men still come out on top as higher income earner.
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