(a) Based on Healy and Barker’s analysis, do you agree or disagree with the experts? Explain your answer. 
(b) Why now? According to journalist Jenna Wortham, what are the reasons behind the success of the movement to do something about police shootings and racism? 
(c) Compare and contrast the positions of Mariame Kaba and Andrew Yang on defunding versus reforming the police. Summarize each writer’s position, indicate whether you favor defunding the police or reforming the police, and give at least two reasons in support of your position.  
(d) Do you agree or disagree with the Brookings Institute that defunding police and prison systems adds value to Black communities? Explain. (Please see this article) 
(e) What does Ibram X. Kendi say that conservatives and liberals get wrong about antiracism? (Please see this article)
Resources:
Jack Healy and Kim Barker, “Other protests flare and fade. Why this movement already seems different. New York Times, June 7, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/us/unrest-protests-minneapolis-ending.html.
Jenna Wortham, “A Glorious ‘Poetic Rage’: This time it’s different. Here’s why.” New York Times, June 5, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/sunday-review/black-lives-matter-protests-floyd.html. (About Black Lives Matter)
Andrew Yang, On Police Brutality. But what can we DO? Six ideas for police reform
Bryan Stevenson / Equal Justice Initiative
https://eji.org/bryan-stevenson
“Mildred Brown and the De Porres Club” 
Ibram X.Kendi, “What Conservatives – and Liberals – Get Wrong About Antiracism”