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Introduction
Once you train your eye to look, it is not hard to find that the world is rife with injustices both great and small. One goal of this course is to prompt students to consider thinking about these moments of injustice within their larger contexts, and to see them in places that previously went unacknowledged. These can be illustrations of implicit bias you see, structures of power that create inequities that you notice, everyday cultural discourse you hear that contributes to social unfairness, or something else. Look for examples that are structural or systemic rather than an individual instance of unfairness that doesn’t illustrate a larger pattern. Please be sure to verify your examples as best you can–remember that you are responsible for avoiding spreading disinformation in this class.
Task
you will write in 3 “diaries ” recording instances of systemic injustice you witness in your day-to-day life. You should describe the phenomenon you witnessed as well as any additional research you did to understand what was happening, then analyze it according to the course concepts we are discussing. What impact does it have? How did you distinguish this as

systemic injustice? What categories of identity were in play? What would need to change for this wrong to be righted? Be sure to focus on impact of the phenomenon you chose (rather than the personal intent of the participants).
If you’re not sure where to start, you can always start backward from a big concept to a local example. I’d recommend considering the phenomena mentioned in our modules as inspiration. For example, if you learn something new about US immigration policies or ways of perpetuating injustice, you can look for an effect of that phenomenon within your daily experience (maybe your neighbor immigrated to the US, maybe there’s a recent instance of imperialism you encountered, maybe there’s a new policy or new interpretation of a policy in the news…).
Requirements
Your weekly entries must each cover a different example.They should clearly describe the incident and what you identify as the injustices and/or power inequities at play. Devote space to your analysis: what are the impacts or ripple effects of this instance? What is the logic you’re objecting to? What harm is perpetuated?
150words for each diary, and please finish 3 diaries for my order