SYG 2010 Lecture Notes - Hegemonic Masculinity, Institutional Racism, Masculinity
9 Mar 2014
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Segregation refers to the residential separation of racial and ethnic groups in different areas within metropolitan areas. Segregation has been dropping in recent years, but persists in many places. Explanation for segregation: people want to live with others like them (popular explanation, these alone cannot explain all of the housing problems. Housing discrimination now: outright discrimination is no longer legal, other forms of discrimination exist, though, help steer people into different neighborhoods and segregate the population. Tam: segregation has gone done but still exists. People work to maintain segregation even though it is illegal. Beyond crime and punishment: prison population has risen sharply since the 1970s, black people and other minorities are overly represented in prisons, three-strike laws, mandatory minimum sentences, harsher drug laws, rise of for profit prisons. Why this population: legal system, stop-and-frisk, who gets caught. What"s this mean inequality: social stigma, can"t continue education.
