Stasis Grid

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Categorical

Definitional

Causal

Evaluation

Action

Jurisdiction

Up to three names,
write them all; 4+,
write first name et
al. (i.e., Smith et
al.)

(Popular, scholarly,
trade, government)

Does X exists?

Is X a Y?

Does X cause Y?
Is Y a result of X?

Is it good or bad?
Fair or unfair?
Harmful or
beneficial?

What should be
done about X?

Who is responsible?

1. Mariame
Kaba

Journal

Police brutality
and racism in
general are the
reasons why
blacks behave
like criminals
today.

Racial profiling
is extremely
detrimental to the
young minorities
of todays
society.

2. Rama Yousef

News article

3. Nat Parry

Journal

4. Michael
Wines and
Frances Robles

Journal

White privilege
is now a safe
haven from
police cruelty.

Police brutality
against whites
and other races
exists
throughout the
US.

The way black

people are treated
in America is
extreme injustice;
unfair treatment
of blacks.
Police brutality
knows no racial
boundaries.

Was Officer
Darren Wilson
using selfdefense as he is
trained to do
so?

Adrenaline and
fear are just a few
things that go
into how an
officer reacts to a
situation.

Racism should
be a
prominent
issue in
America that
needs to be
resolved.
The police
show no
responsibility
for their
actions. Many
departments
find excuses for
their cruelty.
The cop could
still be
responsible for
a situation that
is extremely
hard to make a
decision on.

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5. Valerie
Richardson

Journal

6. Barrington
Salmon

News article

7. Michael
Wines

News analysis

8. Matthew
Glowicki

News journal

9. Kenneth Jost

Scholarly
journal

Are there
double
standards in the
media?

The worlds
view is that
whites are
oppressors and
blacks are
victims.

There was no
media coverage
for Dillon Taylor
when a black
officer shot him,
a white man.
America
needs to end
racism.

Are police
bigoted? Do
they target
blacks more?

Experiments
show that officers
will shoot at an
armed black or
white man more
often than they
would shoot at an
unarmed black or
white man.
Since blacks are
more likely to be
searched, they
are more likely to
also be arrested.

Blacks are
subject to
traffic stops
and searches
more than
whites and
Hispanics.
Apathy for race
issues is why
racial profiling
is not covered
in the media.

The police
unfairly target
minorities.

Blacks are
responsible for
not turning up
for elections to
elect black
representatives.

Its the police

departments
job to build
trust in its
community.

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10. Nick Wing

Journal

11. John
Derbyshire

Journal

12. David Cole

Journal

13. Errol Louis

Journal

14.
ForeverStars
(YouTube
channel)

Video

White people that

commit crimes
are displayed as
quality
individuals of
society. Blacks
treated like scum.
Stereotyping
and racial
profiling both
hold beneficial
places in our
society.

The media is
responsible for
defaming black
people whether
they are
criminals or
victims.

Police are more

capable of
finding
criminals
through the use
of racial
profiling.
Courts would
rather deny than
confront racial
discrimination.

Does policing
low-level
crimes help
catch bigger
criminals?

Garners death
proves that
policing of
minor matters
needs revision
after how much
force was
displayed.

Courts do not
adequately
punish police
departments
that use racial
profiling
Was police
action
necessary for
something as
small as
bootlegging
cigarettes?
Police
responsible for
using overexcessive force
to subdue Eric
Garner.

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15. Raquel
Okyay

Journal

Was
Crawfords
race enough to
make the
assumption that
he intended to
commit a
crime?

Police showed
no hesitation in
shooting down
Crawford when
he showed no
threat or
retaliation
besides the fact
that he held an
unloaded bb
gun.