SOCIOL 2R03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: North American Free Trade Agreement, Rela, Washington Consensus
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Social inequality readings the global divide: inequality across societies (sept 21) Abbreviations: cont"d continue/continued, w. with, diff different, ppl people, edu education, prod production, govn"t government, fams families/family, exp expectancy, prob problem, atm at the momeny, avrg average, ind. Individual, esp especially, yrs years, grps groups, corp/corps corporation(s), lvls levels, b/w between, inst"s institutions, techn technology. Brand-new german & french cruise ships take passengers from northern michigan to new attractions of waterfront. When black workers began coming to work in growing industrial region of western michigan early 20 th c, they weren"t welcomes in st. joseph: black pop concentrated on cheaper, less desirable areas across the river. Segregation remains so severe that white residents in st. joseph have never been to benton harbor & some black ppl have never crossed the bridge. In upstream, small michigan cities by orchards have new industrial parks built (w. help of state-sponsored tax abatements, trying to lure industry north from indiana)