SOC 368 : The Corner questions.docx

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 368
• Professor: Amy Neilsen

Document Summary

There will be questions on exam 2 related to these: attributes? (gary"s memories: how has the neighborhood change over time in terms of physical and social, deindustrialization in baltimore (losing manufacturing jobs, used to be a pleasant neighborhood (people singing on the streets, talking to neighbors, etc. It seems that most people are out of work which is very broken down: no basic amenities such as libraries, poor school system, stores: song"s grocery, liquor store, prices are unfair at the grocery store (the people are cheated) and there is no access to healthy foods (items in stock are things like hamburger helper and potatoes, there is a social disconnect between neighborhood residents and the owners, what has been the impact of drugs (crack and heroin) on the neighborhood, we see white people drive into the ghetto for dope/coke, drug dealers trading.