For Wednesday, 12 October

Prep

• Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer (2020), Ch. 3 (‘Politics’): ‘Partisanship and Representation’; ‘Voting’; ‘Elections and Implicit Racial Appeals’; ‘The Longing for Color-Blind Politics’

In Class

• Attendance
• Q&A: TBA
• Reading Notes for Next Time

For Next Time

• Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer (2020), Ch. 4 (‘Economics’): ‘Economic Racism from the New Deal to Reaganomics’; ‘Income and Wealth Disparities’; Chasing the American Dream’
• Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer (2020), Ch. 4 (‘Economics’): ‘Labor Market Dynamics’; ‘Welfare’; ‘When Affirmative Action Wasn’t White’; ‘The Value of Inconvenient Facts’