Notes for the Racial Profiling Research Paper

These are the notes that I took the day we discussed over the paper: 
(NOTE: THIS IS A FUSION BETWEEN MY OWN RESEARCH FROM ONLINE SOURCES AND THE NOTES TAKEN IN CLASS THROUGHOUT THE ONE TO TWO WEEKS.)

• Limitations on the first amendment
• Hate speech
• Obscenity
• Copywriting laws (plagerism, pirating DVD`s)
• Guarentees freedom of speech, press, and religion
• Outlines what Congress can`t do but it limits on what we can say
• Another thing not covered by the First Amendment is any speech said that has immediate or irreperable harm to the nation or its individuals
• en loco parenti "in the place of the parents", for school purposes
• En loco politico "in place of the politics"
• Schema-a representation of a plan or theory in the form of an outline or model. In psychological terms, it is when a cognitive framework or concept that helps organize and interpret information
• It can be useful because it allows us to take shortcuts in interpreting information in the available environment
• Dangerous because it excludes pertinent information that is available to that environment
• Focuses on things for confirming pre-existing beliefs and ideas
• Can contribute to stereotypes and make it difficult to process new information when it doesn`t go with our personal beliefs
• Stereo types used such as ethnicity/race, religion, gender (the in and out groups)
• Definition: a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image of an idea of a particular person or thing
• Common stereotypes used today are toward politicians, tattoed persons, the elder, and feminists 
• The value of life - who is greater / lesser than in life (could be money, status, etc.)
• Verbal, nonverbal, peraverbal communication (used on a day-to-day basis and can offend other people who take a particular thing the wrong way)
• Verbal-to convey a meaning 
• Nonverbal-body language, hand movement, distance between people personal space, eye contact with one another
• Peraverbal-qualities of voice, volume, speed and pace used by the speaker, tone, talking fluently and then abruptly pausing
• the right to your opinion-how you should question and validate other`s opinions based on cold hard facts provided by them 
• type of experimental ideas:

• theoretical-it is the "world" of ideas and information provided
• Applied- that it can be used and tested in the real world and where there will be results

Questions that we came up with:

• How do we know racial profiling when we see it? 
• Why is racism such a huge problem?
• What are the causes of racism and how can it be fixed?
• What forms can be found in racism? 
• Why are people racist? 
• Describe the history of racism in this country going back to about the 1800`s.

For more info, please go to Dr. Preston`s website. It should be under the Research Paper post. 

UPDATED November 20th, 2013: 
Content to the Introduction

• The author should point out the important issue
• Point out that whatever being said, it is contributing to the issue, and helps to fill in the gap
• We ask a question to see how it can be done
• How can you answer the question

Methodology Section

•  what is my strategy to examining the source I am looking at
• Where do I find the sources I need