SOCI 3405 Lecture 15: Systemic/Institutional Racism - Racial Wealth Gap
22 Oct 2018
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Income inequality: real median household income (census bureau, https://www. census. gov/content/dam/census/library/publications/2015/de mo/p60-252. pdf (figure 1, page 5, https://www. census. gov/content/dam/census/library/publications/2018/de mo/p60-263. pdf (figure 1, page 5). Increased inequality among asian-americans from 1970 to 2016 (pew. Research center, 2018): model minority discourse can mask real inequalities within the asian- American community: also, model minority discourse is used to erase a discussion of systemic inequality, segmented assimilation model required to understand different trajectories, see research by min zhou, carl bankston, jennifer lee, and pyong gap. Example: stricter enforcement of housing anti-discrimination laws, etc: eliminate disparities in college graduation and return on a college degree (modest impact). Example: invest in universal high quality preschool, more equitable k-12 funding, etc: eliminate disparities in income and the wealth return on income (substantial impact). Example: federal job creation program, raise the minimum wage, etc: distributed affordable housing (massey, 2016) Debt%20divide%20final%20(sf). pdf (figure 1, page 8, figure 7, page 16, table. Demos. (http://www. demos. org/publication/debt-divide-racial-and-class-bias-behind-new- normal-student-borrowing) retrieved by march 07, 2017.
