Category: Ethnic Studies

Power and Politics in American Indian History: Sacred Water, Standing Rock I

CJ Trowbridge 2020-07-02 Power and Politics in American Indian History Response: Sacred Water, Standing Rock I It was very compelling to hear the story of the black snake and the end of the world; the argument that the people need to stand up to the black snake or the world will end. I can see… Continue reading Power and Politics in American Indian History: Sacred Water, Standing Rock I

“The daily hustle for heroin often forces users into other illegal activity”

CJ Trowbridge Drugs and Society 2020-06-30 Reading Response: Heroin and Social Problems “The daily hustle for heroin often forces users into other illegal activity, like petty drug dealing, prostitution and burglary, to support their habit, and creates an expensive, unproductive revolving door between prison and the street. Methadone, covered by insurance, frees people from this… Continue reading “The daily hustle for heroin often forces users into other illegal activity”

Drugs and Society: Meth

CJ Trowbridge 2020-06-26 Drugs and Society Section 9 Reading Response: Meth Frontline: the meth epidemic Meth can be made from cold medicines Cold medicines are a $3b industry Cold medicine industrial complex opposes restrictions on cold medicine Meth can also be made from many other things Common ingredients found anywhere Meth is a major factor… Continue reading Drugs and Society: Meth

Drugs and Society: Cocaine

CJ Trowbridge 2020-06-23 Drugs and Society Section 8 – Reading Response: Cocaine coke: the history and truth of cocaine Cocaine is snorted, smoked, or injected Coocaine is addictive Cocaine is often cut with many other things Biopharmacology Reuptake inhibitor for serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine Second most popular drug in the world after marijuana Natural substance found… Continue reading Drugs and Society: Cocaine

Power and Politics in American Indian History: Origins

CJ Trowbridge 2020-06-22 Power and Politics in American Indian History Response 3 Nick Estes, Our History is the Future (2019), Chapter 2, Origins The North American white ethnostate has seen several iterations – currently it’s called the United States – but whether we’re talking about the current iteration or one of the previous ones, it… Continue reading Power and Politics in American Indian History: Origins

Drugs and Society: Opiates

CJ Trowbridge 2020-06-16 Drugs and Society Reaction Paper – Section 7 inside the story of america’s 19th century opiate addiction Morphine was seen as a wonder drug which could immediately ameliorate many common symptoms in the short-term Morphine quickly created an addiction epidemic. By 1895, morphine addiction was commonplace in America. Benjamin Franklin took opium… Continue reading Drugs and Society: Opiates

Power and Politics in American Indian History: Money, Mortgages, and the Conquest of America

CJ Trowbridge 2020-06-22 Power and Politics in American Indian History Response 2 K-Sue Park, “Money, Mortgages, and the Conquest of America” (2016, 1006-1035) 29 pages The article starts out by describing a change that happened in the jurisprudence of early America; land became liable for debts. (Park 1) This change had wide-reaching side-effects and set… Continue reading Power and Politics in American Indian History: Money, Mortgages, and the Conquest of America

Power and Politics in American Indian History: Land Acknowledgement

CJ Trowbridge 2020-06-18 Power and Politics in American Indian History Forum 1 Real estate developers are digging up and destroying sacred indigenous sites to replace them with temples to capitalism, erasing history and indigenous culture in the process, according to the speakers. This is just one example where young people today are not just being… Continue reading Power and Politics in American Indian History: Land Acknowledgement