Poverty and Literature 2019
Spragins
Urban
Injustice
Reading Guide
Introduction
(1-4)
Overall
Question: Despite the fact that segregation has existed
throughout American history, the truly abysmal 'modern ghetto'
emerged
only during the last fifty years. Why? What happened?
Chapter One: "On
Building the Ghetto": A History (5-13)
How did the modern ghetto come into being?
What were the “effects” of the following “causes”?
BLUEPRINT FOR THE GHETTO
IMPOVERISHING THE GHETTO
THE MYTH OF THE WAR ON POVERTY
Chapter Two: "Pillaging
the Ghetto"
(14-28)
In what ways do African-Americans face discrimination
in the job
market? (14)
Understand the “index
of
dissimilarity". (15)
What were the “effects” of the following “causes”?
PUNISHING THE CHILDREN
SICK AND POOR
(Note urban poverty health issues)
A SECOND GHETTO: PRISON
[Note Hilfiker’s economic arguments
against –
WORKING-AND POOR
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