Loewenthal, Kate Miriam; Solaim, Lamis S. Religious Identity, Challenge, and Clothing: Women Head and Hair Covering in Islam and Judaism. Journal of Empirical Theology. 2016. Vol 29 Issue 2 (e.g.., pp 1-8) (EBSCO)

This article explained the issues of women’s head covering in Islam. It focuses on the role played by head-covering decisions of religious identity. This article translated numerous sources of Islamic ruling on modest dress to set the context of religious rulings in which women debate  with the decisions about head covering.

 Ten practising Muslim and  women were asked questions about their experiences of head/hair covering. Head/hair covering was seen as an expression of identity, and as a way of managing identity. It is a key topic for both Muslim, central in identity development and in decisions relating to identity development  and social relations with men. The role of dress is one of many aspects of ritual deserving closer attention from psychologists of religion, along with the more general topic of the impact of religious practice on religious and spiritual development. 

With this information giving from this article, I will include quotations from the interviews from the ten Muslim women and it will prove how Muslim women dress to help society identify which religion they’re apart of and what they believe in. By explaining the dress codes, I will explain how the clothing of a Muslim women has changed overtime. 

Coates, Story by Ta-Nehisi. “The Case for Reparations.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 24 Sept. 2019.

    This article focuses on a man named Clyde Ross who is from Mississippi and then later moved to Chicago during the Great Migration. After experiencing the direct racism from the South, Ross later moves to the North and began to live his life there. In the North, Ross was tricked into a contract in buying a home that takes advantage of African-American  homeowners. Due to this issue, Ross joined an organization called the “Contract Buyers League” that helps African Americans get their money that were lost in purchasing these homes under those contracts.

    These types of contracts prevents African Americans being mixed with the supremacists. Some of these contracts are still being paid today, but many people are not aware. With these contracts that are still shown today, it proves how racism still exists and nothing is being done about these contracts. I will include this article in my essay because it further develops my thesis of how slavery still exists today with these contracts  and it has been over 100s of years. Although they say slavery is gone, it is still shown in our present time.

Rowe, Micheal. Policing, Race, and Racism. 2004, (EBSCO)

Over recent years race has become one of the most important issues faced by the police. This book reveals the context and background to these changes. The  impact of the Lawrence Inquiry and the MacPherson Report trace the importance of policing, confronting racism in both crime and non-crime situations. While this change has not been completely, it does represent an important change in the discourse that surrounds police relations with the public since it changes the traditional role of the police as neutral arbiters of the law. This book shows why race has become the most significant issue facing the police, and argues that the police response to race has led to racism and police brutality in America.

I will use this book in my essay because it will help further develop my thesis of how racism takes a huge toll in our policing system. With the reports from Lawerance Inquiry and the MacPherson Report, it will provide me with the necessary documents that proves the situations when racism was used to justify the policing system.

Lincoln QuillianDevah PagerArnfinn H. MidtbøenOle Hexel. “Hiring Discrimination Against Black Americans Hasn’t Declined in 25 Years.” Harvard Business Review, 7 Feb. 2019.

    This article highlights the last 25 years and how racism has never gone away during these years. The article explains how slavery has been with us all this time and yet the whitE americans will tell everyone that racism doesn’t exist. Racism is being shown in our job selections, our rights, policing, education, etc.

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we were able to analyze trends in discrimination in the field of racial discrimintion in hiring. It provides me with a chart of how much this discriminationn has increased throughout these years and these experiments were taken numerous of times and still comes out with the same result that racism still exists. I will use this article in my essay because it proves my thesis by showing me a chart that reveals the increase of racism.

Davis, Sharon E. “The Oneness of HumanKind: Healing Racism Today.” Shibboleth Authentication Request, 2010, 

    The article discusses the principles in oneness of humankind that can lead to the healing of racism and discrimination. It notes that healing racism takes a lot of personal reflection and acceptance of all race and culture. It focuses on the healing process of racism which emphasizes the cognitive and emotional understanding of people and culture and what sets each one apart. It explains how racism is linked with socioeconomic backgrounds. It adds that school systems are dealing with stability of multiple races and diverse cultures.

    I will use this article as a counterargument in my essay because how can you try to heal something that is still happening right in front of you. It’s like watching a show that’s never going to end. I will use this when someone says racism is over but, how can it be over if your still healing. I will use how people are still dealing with school systems with multiple races and it will allow the readers to children to better understand how schools diversity affects their children. I believe this article will make my thesis stronger and allow the readers to agree with argument.