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This week, as we approach the end of the semester, I would like to invite you to present your findings from the semester-long project. Essentially, you will present what you learned about your neighborhood. Be ready to show slides (5-6).
Here are some pointers on how to do your presentation well:
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This week we will focus on how to overcome community disorder. We will explore two research articles dealing with this topic. They offer two different solutions, and we will discuss how we can see our communities moving forward.
This week we will focus on gentrification, the concept that we turned to from time to time. The term “gentrification” was originally coined in the 1960s by Ruth Glass to describe the transformation of working-class London neighborhoods into middle and upper-class neighborhoods.
Get the chapters here:
The_Gentrification_Debates_A_Reader_-_PART_I_WHAT_IS_GENTRIFICATION_DEFINITIONS_AND_KEY_CONCEPTSA documentary about one block of 7th street (between Avenues C and D) in New York City’s East Village where actor and filmmaker Josh Pais has lived since his childhood in the late 1960s. Filmed between 1992 and 1999, the film captures the transformation of the street from a drug-dealing and freewheeling low-rent area for artists and young bohemians to a fully renovated and gentrified spot for trendy art galleries and French restaurants.
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This week we are switching gears and focusing on the twin issues that have been plaguing our cities and suburbs/exurbs: the red-lining and the white flight. We will look at the historic trends in housing discrimination and will study government maps that outlined areas where Black residents lived and were therefore deemed risky investments. We will also focus on the sudden or gradual large-scale migration of white people from areas becoming more racially or ethnoculturally diverse.
Get a copy of the chapter here:
White_Flight_Black_Flight_The_Dynamics_of_Racial_C…_-_Introduction_What_Happens_to_a_Neighborhood_after_White_FlightA ‘Forgotten History’ Of How The U.S. Government Segregated America: NPR May 2017:
NPR: Housing Segregation and Redling in America
With this assignment, you will share a basic assessment as to why you live where you do. Revisit these questions for your Step 3 and critically analyze informal and formal policies and legislation that may have influenced your current residential location.
For this assignment, take time think about where you live…In an essay format, respond to these questions –
This week, we will conclude the discussion of Victor Rios’ book Punished. We will discuss the book’s methods and conclusions. We will also discuss how we can solve the issues outlined in his book. Does the author provide solutions?
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chapters-6-conclusion-Victor-RiosPower Point:
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Meet Dr. Victor Rios, a high school dropout and former gang member turned award-winning professor, author and expert on the school to prison pipeline, who works with young people who have been pushed out of school for reasons beyond their control.
Read the chapters here:
Punished_Policing_the_Lives_of_Black_and_Latino_Bo…_-_Pg_43-115For the next three weeks, we will be reading Victor Rios’ book Punished. In each class, we will analyze and discuss the main ideas from the chapters.
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bmcc/reader.action?docID=865849&ppg=22
The book is also available on Spotify or Audible if you have a subscription. Actually, Audible is offering a 30-day trial which is perfect for our book discussion duration.
You can read the chapters here.
Punished_Policing_the_Lives_of_Black_and_Latino_Bo…_-_Pg_8-43This week we will review two other approaches to studying communities and crime. One perspective focuses on explicating the role of culture and how it impacts crime in a community. Another perspective, which proved to be quite influential at the end of the Twentieth Century, focused on enforcing policing over the minor quality of life crimes, the so-called Brocken Windows theory. We will explore both the central themes in two chapters and then look at the pictures of the communities they create.
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29698522This week we will be engaging with the work by William Julius Wilson and his work on the inner city communities which he categorized as truly disadvantaged. In his work, he focused on the underclass, particularly the Black underclass. In particular, he overviews social, economic, and political factors which contribute to the truly disadvantaged communities.
https://www.kanopy.com/en/bmcccuny/video/126559
While viewing the documentary on Pruitt-Igoe, please think of the title of the documentary: “Pruitt Igoe Myth.” What myth does the documentary dispel? What caused the collapse of this public housing project? What lessons can we learn from this?
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Please read this before you torture yourselves with the Step 2: Annotated Bibliography assignment.
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