ANP 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Flint Water Crisis, Emergency Management, Ascribed Status
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Fha: federal programs and banks funded house-building; provide loans to ams for low credit. But federal appraisal for financial risk(including race): red lining -> denial of loans in red areas -> rental vs ownership. Spatial segregation and inequality in equity appreciation over time. Snyder -> emergency manager -> change to diff river -> wore thru lining on pipes. Save money put above issues of public health. System of power based on wealth, income and social status that creates an unequal. Systems of class stratifies individual"s life chances and affect the possibilities for upward distribution of resources mobility. A meritocracy - your success is yours and yours alone. Egalitarian societies(ie from 150,000 years ago to present) Hunter and gatherer societies(primary until 10,000 years ago) Cooperation and sharing of resources: reciprocity(creates relationships) Stratification is a recent development: more pronounced since the rise of industrialized capitalized economies.
