User:Jacksont25/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title:
 * Murder of Ahmaud Arbery


 * Article Evaluation
 * In February of 2020, Ahmaud Arbery a 25-year-old Black African American was racially profiled and murdered upon jogging near his home in Georgia.


 * Sources
 * https://www.reuters.com/world/us/jury-deliberates-hate-crimes-charges-against-ahmaud-arberys-killers-georgia-2022-02-22/

Option 2

 * Article title
 * George Floyd


 * Article Evaluation
 * On May 25th of 2020, George Floyd made a purchase at a convenience store and was shortly after arrested and pinned down to the ground with an officer kneeling into his neck which eventually led to his death due to the accusation of him using a counterfeit $20 bill.


 * Sources
 * https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/20/derek-chauvin-verdict-guilty-murder-george-floyd

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Killing of Breonna Taylor


 * Article Evaluation
 * Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black African American woman was shortly shot and killed upon the raid of Louisville, Kentucky police department in regards to the accusation of her ex-boyfriend being a drug-trafficker and using Taylor's address to mail drugs.


 * Sources
 * https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/16/breonna-taylor-louisville-detective-joshua-jaynes-no-knock-warrant-reassigned/3200277001/

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Racism in the United States


 * Article Evaluation
 * The evaluation of negative views and attitudes of race and ethnicity in the United States. Throughout American times, Whites have subdomininately been seen as the race with the most advantage.


 * Sources
 * https://www.google.com/books/edition/White_by_Law/4g4WCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Discrimination based on skin color


 * Article Evaluation
 * The evaluation of colorism. Discussing forms of inequality, discrimination and prejudice towards people of specific race or that share indistinguishable traits.


 * Sources
 * https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1080&context=dlj