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ENGL 125: Winter-Social Justice: Online Databases

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As the subject of social justice is very large, you will probably have more success researching it if you focus on a narrower topic within it. Below are a few ideas for focusing your research.

Civil Rights:

  • Affirmative Action
  • Brown v. Board of Education
  • Housing Policy
  • Voting Rights Act 
  • Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Black Lives Matter Movement 

Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice:

  • Adult Sentencing for Juveniles 
  • Police Brutality
  • Profiling
  • Wrongful Conviction
  • Mass Incarceration
  • Mandatory Minimums

Immigration:

  • Amnesty / Refugees
  • Border Security
  • DREAM Act
  • Immigrant Labor
  • Migrant Workers / Farm Workers
  • Deportation 

Income Inequality:

  • Poverty
  • Homeless Rights
  • Social Welfare Reform
  • Minimum Wage (Federal or State)
  • Affordable Care Act / Health Care Reform
  • Student Debt Crisis 
  • Labor Unions

Gender Inequality:

  • Pay Gap  
  • Women's Health Care
  • Roe v Wade 
  • Maternity Leave (or Paternity Leave)
  • Online Harassment (example: Gamergate) 

LGBT Rights:

  • Marriage Equality 
  • Same Sex Adoption
  • Obergefell v. Hodges
  • Transgender Discrimination
  • Conversion Camps 
  • Violence Against Transgender Persons 

Other Cultural, Ethnic, & Gender Minority Issues:

  • Portrayal in Media & Popular Culture
  • Unequal Representation in Government
  • Cultural Appropriation 
  • Erasure from History 
  • Genocide
  • Targeted Assaults (i.e. Hate Crimes) 

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