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You are a newly elected Black Legislator to Georgia's General Assembly. This is a day that you have been waiting for!
1. Write a journal entry that describes the events that had to occur for you to get elected to serve in Georgia's General Assembly. How were you able to be elected?

2. Write a second journal entry that describes what it feels like to be able to serve in the government of your beloved state of Georgia.

3. Write a third journal entry that describes the techniques and efforts to get you and your fellow black legislators thrown out of the General Assembly.

4. Write a fourth and last journal entry describing your hopes, dreams, and wishes for future black citizens who wish to serve in politics or other areas of society.

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The single most important characteristic of a politically active citizen is an elevated level of education. The more education an individual has, the more likely he or she is to vote. Why? Perhaps because the well-educated understand complex issues better, or they have learned the importance of civic responsibility. Or it could just be that their occupations are more flexible in allowing them to take time to go to the polls. Others argue that since educated people tend to be wealthier, they have more at stake in the political process.

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4. His election as the first non-white male President has been seen as a sign of the changing racial attitudes of white Americans. Nonetheless, the specter of race and racism haunts his presidency. As the first African American president, he has to show the black community that he has their social, political, and economic interests on his public policy agenda. On the other hand, he cannot appear to be to overtly pro-black without bruising white racial sensibilities. In order to walk this fine line, President Obama has taken a colorblind approach to public policies. He claims that his color-blind public policies will help to uplift all citizens regardless of race, creed, or national origin. Important for this discussion is the claim that race need not be a factor in public policies. There are some doubts about this claim given the history of anti-black racism in the United States. It is argued, herein, that color or race conscious policies are needed to address some of the social and economic problems that besiege the black community. This article utilizes a pragmatic account of race to illustrate why colorblindness in public policies takes an ahistorical and decontextualized view of race and in the long term will hurt the social and ec

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