SOC 308 SOC308 WEEK 2 DISCUSSION (ASHFORD)
Ashford SOC 308 Week 2 Discussion The Impact of the Racial Wealth Gap and Employment Inequalities on Families
The Impact of the Racial Wealth Gap and Employment Inequalities on Families [WLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] [CLOs: 1, 3, 5]. 1st Post Due by Day 3. 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
• Systematic Inequality: How America’s Structural Racism Helped Create the Black-White Wealth Gap
• The Racial Wealth Gap in America
• Nine Charts About Wealth Inequality in America
Based on the report Systematic Inequality: How America’s 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 School’s 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.
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