AFAM 2000H Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Flint Water Crisis, Superfund, American Middle Class

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: African American Studies
• Course: AFAM 2000H
• Professor: Gardner

Document Summary

There is an elite group of tribes who have succeeded through casinos and antipoverty programs. So the best way to overcome reservation poverty is not through the quick fix of gaming but through tribal sovereignty. Native american unemployment on the reservations is around 50 percent. Their poverty rate is almost twice the national average. Culturally appropriate development - specific to territory. How did the gi bill crate american middle class. Gave homes and benefits to veterans and whites. Devah pager conducted an audit study of hiring practices and found that. Whites convicted of selling drugs were more likely to land a job. Why were many non whites denied access to the new deal. Income inequality between white and nonwhite people is decreasing and wealth inequality between white and nonwhite people is increasing. Epa failed to fix the water: is environmental racism. Michelle petrie"s and justice for all? an analysis of procedural equity in the implementation of superfun in the south".