Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapters 3 and 4 of the course text and review the following resources:
Minorities Who Whiten Job Resumes Get More Interviews (Links to an external site.)
Systematic Inequality: How Americas Structural Racism Helped Create the Black-White Wealth Gap (Links to an external site.)
The Racial Wealth Gap in America (Links to an external site.)
Nine Charts About Wealth Inequality in America (Links to an external site.)
Based on the report Systematic Inequality: How Americas Structural Racism Helped Create the Black-White Wealth Gap,
Define systematic inequality (also called systemic, structural, or institutionalized inequality) and give an example as it relates to the racial wealth gap.
Describe, based on this report, and the textbook readings, at least two historical economic forces that have influenced family structures. Particularly, why have some American families been less able to accumulate wealth? What impact does this have on inequalities across families?
From the Harvard Business Schools report Minorities Who Whiten Job Resumes Get More Interviews,
Explain, in one to two sentences, the study findings.
Explain how the discriminatory practices discussed in this article exemplify systematic racism.
Based on the video The Racial Wealth Gap in America and the charts from Nine Charts About Wealth Inequality in America,
Explain the patterns of income, home ownership, and retirement savings among different racial groups. How do they impact the intergenerational well-being of families of color?
Choose one of the above patterns and explain how it exemplifies systemic wealth inequalities across racial groups.
Chapter 3 introduces several sociological theories that seek to explain inequalities among families. Which theory most closely matches your own viewpoint and why?
Support your claims with examples from required material and/or other scholarly resources and properly cite any references.
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