Paper Prompts [Choose A, B, or C] A. Residential Segregation and Raci

Paper Prompts [Choose A, B, or C]
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A. Residential Segregation and Racism
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1. What is the current state of America’s cities with respect to residential segregation? How/when did this segregation come to be?
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2. What has been the impact of residential segregation on wealth inequalities in the United States? What is the current state of wealth inequalities in the United States? What best explains these trends?
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3. Conduct and discuss a comparative analysis of at least two neighborhoods in Louisville [one that is predominantly white according to the Racial Dot Map that uses Census data]. You may do this by looking at Zillow [or a related app] to compare properties and property values. How does this analysis connect to the themes outlined above?
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4. In your estimation, what role do residential segregation and wealth disparities play in perpetuating/explaining racism? Why do you believe this to be true?
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B. Racism in Mass Incarceration and the Criminal Justice System
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1. What is the state of racism in the criminal justice system in the United States? You should use statistics, studies, and themes from the course to make your case.
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2. Choose TWO components of the criminal justice system where inequality occurs to analyze in your paper, for example: policing, use of force, charges, bail and bond process, courts and legal representation, incarceration, alternative to incarceration, post-legal involvement. Outline how racism affects these components of the criminal justice system. Consider accessing additional reports to better understand these specific components.
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3. How can these trends be explained sociologically?
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C. Racism in the Lived Environment and Health
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1. How have race, wellness, and the environment been historically related in the United States? How has this relationship changed?
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2. What persistent racial disparities exist between Whites and Blacks and Latinx persons with respect to health outcomes in the United States? [you could use Louisville as an example to discuss this]
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3. How can these disparities be explained sociologically?
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4. Conduct and discuss a comparative analysis of at least two grocery stores in Louisville [one that is in a predominantly white area according to the maps in this course that use Census data, and one that is in a predominantly black area]. Also, be sure to look at maps presented in this course that highlight grocery store availability in Louisville. How does this analysis connect to the themes outlined above? OR Choose two themes (health outcome areas or environmental trends) from the Health Equity Report presented in this course. Discuss the ways that these trends connect to the themes outlined above.
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Review Relevant Materials/Doing the Mini-Analysis.
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? Course Reading: See Syllabus.
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? Related Documents: From Course Activities, Lectures, Digital Resources, etc.
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? For Option A: Try your best to compare similar houses, e.g., similar numbers of rooms, bathrooms, conditions, amenities, etc. In other words, don’t compare a mansion to a one-bedroom apartment. *I recommend using the search tools to seek out “sold single-family properties”, and put parameters around comparative properties, e.g. number of beds, number of baths, square footage, etc.
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? For Option B: Be sure that you review the course readings and additional reports recommended for this assignment before you begin to outline your paper.
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? For Option C: If you choose the grocery store option. Be sure to write down your observations when you go to the grocery stores. Take notes on how people are getting to and from the grocery stores and take notes on the types of products available—namely fresh products. If you choose the Health Equity Report option, be sure that you are familiar with the report and the areas that you will focus on. Consider seeking out additional materials related to this topic.
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Outline Your Argument.
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? Please see the Analysis Paper Rubric attached to this document prior to writing your outline/paper.
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? You should use sociological and language discussed and outlined in this course in your paper. For instance, you will want to use terms such as: discrimination, individual racism, institutional racism, systemic racism, structural racism, racial ideology, racial project, intersectionality, stereotype, controlling images, wealth, residential segregation, racially restrictive covenants, steering, redlining, dissimilarity index, isolation index, hypersegregation, achievement gaps, social capital, cultural capital, symbolic violence, school to prison pipeline, hidden curriculum, tracking, Prison Industrial Complex, mass incarceration, environmental racism, environmental justice, Hispanic Paradox, life-course perspective, cumulative disadvantage, dates and laws related to immigration history, Color-blindRacial Ideology, frames of color-blindness,etc. etc. [*not necessarily all of them though]
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Write your paper.
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? Please submit refined, revised papers. Consider using the UofL writing center or at least having a friend or classmate review your paper. A strong paper should be written so that someone who is not familiar with the course can gain a general understanding of the content in question.
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