For Wednesday, 10/13

Prep

• Review Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer (2016), Ch. 3 (‘Politics’): ‘Partisanship and Representation’; ‘Voting’; ‘Elections and Implicit Racial Appeals’; ‘The Longing for Color-Blind Politics’

Zoom Session

• Attendance
• Overview: Midterm Take-Home Essay Exam
  • Q&A: The Invisibility of Whiteness
• Snowballing Backwards
  • Example: David Canon’s Study of Race and Representation (Desmond and Emirbayer 2016:112-13)
• Reading Notes for Next Time

For Next Time

• Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer (2016), Ch. 4 (‘Economics’): ‘Economic Racism from the New Deal to Reaganomics’; ‘Income and Wealth Disparities’; Chasing the American Dream’