For this week's post, pull a quote or two from the articles and use that to discuss the value of a class analysis. Why should we bother with looking at the world, history, our disciplines, through a class lens? What do we see differently? Is that important? How does this change your thinking? These should be substantive and draw on the texts.
Readings for this - Chang, Zweig, Zandy (which you read for last week) and 2 new additions -
http://monthlyreview.org/2006/07/01/hurricane-katrina-the-race-and-class-debate. I will email you another article on New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina. Note: these last replace the Simpson article which is no longer available online. Thanks to Sara for figuring that out.
Our next class will tackle this subject and 'consequences of inequality'. DeFreitas, Tilly, Life Chances are the readings for that
Remember that I will collect your reading guides on all the articles at the end of class. They are intended to better prepare you for discussion. They should include main idea and argument but also things you like, don't, don't get, want to argue about.......
Your posts have been thought provoking. The rest of you should look at those of your peers.
I've posted a few things on my blog Prof. Schuster but you haven't commented on any of them. I wanted to make sure that you have access to it and/or are able to view it. I would like some feedback and want to make sure I'm getting credit for my posts. Thanks! - Ayanna
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