Week 5: Social Class: - Evaluation 1, Fri. Sept. The Logic of McMillan Cottom’s Sept. 19th Poverty 23rd Stupid Poor People - Poverty discussion Changed Life of the Poor Lowrey’s - Mantsios Wed. Sept. 21st Class In America Week 6: Social Class: - Hutson’s Social Darwinism Isn’t Sept. 26th Economic Dead Inequality - Inequalities Jackson’s - Tumin Some Principles of Stratification - The Myth of Working Your Narula’s Way Through College Week 7: Social Class: - Eitzen, Zinn, and No class Fri. Oct. 7th Smith’s Oct. 3rd The Education Education discussion Educational Inequalities System - Wed. Oct. 5th Recruitment, Resumes, Lam’s Interviews - For Poor, Leap to College DeParle’s Often Ends in a Hard Fall - Why Poor Broussard’s Schools Can’t Win at Standardized Testing Week 8: Race: - Black Men Need More Barthel’s Oct. 10th Institutional Education Than White Men to Get Racism Jobs - Blacks and Ex-Cons Need Pager’s not Apply - I, Racist Metta’s - Farley and Fences and Squires’ Neighbors Western and - Beyond Crime Pettit’s and Punishment Week 9: Spring Break No readings Have a safe break no – Oct. 17th class! Week 10: Race: Thinking - Delgado and Critical Stefancic’s Oct. 24th about Race Race Theory - Fischer Where Did Hispanics Come From? - Talking White Bouie’s - Cheap Scots and Sharp’s Disappearing Stereotypes Week 11: Gender: Social - Bridges Evaluation 2 Fri. Oct. Doing Gender with Wallets Oct. 24th Construction of 28th and Purses Gender - Shaw and Gender discussion Lee’s Learning Gender - Wed. Oct. 26th Masculinity Kimmel’s - Five Reasons Gendered Wade’s Products are a Problem - 2015 Dads in Ads Bedera’s
Week 5: Sept. 19th Social Class: Poverty - McMillan Cottom’s The Logic of Stupid Poor People - Lowrey’s Changed Life of the Poor - Mantsios Class In America Evaluation 1, Fri. Sept. 23rd Poverty discussion Wed. Sept. 21st Week 6: Sept. 26th Social Class: Economic Inequality - Hutson’s Social Darwinism Isn’t Dead - Jackson’s Inequalities - Tumin Some Principles of Stratification - Narula’s The Myth of Working Your Way Through College Week 7: Oct. 3rd Social Class: The Education System - Eitzen, Zinn, and Smith’s Educational Inequalities - Lam’s Recruitment, Resumes, Interviews - DeParle’s For Poor, Leap to College Often Ends in a Hard Fall - Broussard’s Why Poor Schools Can’t Win at Standardized Testing No class Fri. Oct. 7th Education discussion Wed. Oct. 5th Week 8: Oct. 10th Race: Institutional Racism - Barthel’s Black Men Need More Education Than White Men to Get Jobs - Pager’s Blacks and Ex-Cons Need not Apply - Metta’s I, Racist - Farley and Squires’ Fences and Neighbors - Western and Pettit’s Beyond Crime and Punishment Week 9: Oct. 17th Spring Break No readings Have a safe break – no class! Week 10: Oct. 24th Race: Thinking about Race - Delgado and Stefancic’s Critical Race Theory - Fischer Where Did Hispanics Come From? - Bouie’s Talking White - Sharp’s Cheap Scots and Disappearing Stereotypes Week 11: Oct. 24th Gender: Social Construction of Gender - Bridges Doing Gender with Wallets and Purses - Shaw and Lee’s Learning Gender - Kimmel’s Masculinity - Wade’s Five Reasons Gendered Products are a Problem - Bedera’s 2015 Dads in Ads Evaluation 2 Fri. Oct. 28th Gender discussion Wed. Oct. 26th
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