MODULE 9 – SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS

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 Topic:                     Economics, Standard of Living & Quality of Life: Problems and Solutions

 Readings:              Remember to read thoughtfully, critically & with YOUR solutions in mind. Also, think of questions that intrigue, perplex, and/or challenge you.

Pew Research Center. (June 27, 2016). On Views of Race and Inequality, Blacks and Whites Are Worlds Apart. Pew Research Center. Washington, DC.

Retrieved From: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2016/06/27/on-views-of-race-and-inequality-blacks-and-whites-are-worlds-apart/

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Shapiro, T., Meschede, T., & Osoro, S. (2013). The Roots of the Widening Racial Wealth Gap: Explaining The Black-White Economic Divide. Institute on Assets & Social Policy.

Retrieved From: https://iasp.brandeis.edu/pdfs/Author/shapiro-thomas-m/racialwealthgapbrief.pdf

 

McMillan, Rebekah O. (2015) What’s Wrong with the Poor?: Psychiatry, Race, & the War on Poverty by Mical Raz. International Social Science Review: Vol. 90 : Iss. 2 , Article 17.
Retrieved From: http://digitalcommons.northgeorgia.edu/issr/vol90/iss2/17

Assignment:         Reading Analysis Writing Assignment

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Note:  If (CTL) – which stands for City Tech Library –  is listed under the reading link, you will need to retrieve the article from a campus computer or, if you are off campus, enter your library barcode to access the reading. For off-campus access instructions, you may use this link: https://library.citytech.cuny.edu/help/how/offCampus.php