SOCIOL 3AC Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Troy Duster, Acting White, Model Minority
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In in the introduction fischer says that government policies are the main cause of inequality. The conclusion in the bell curve by hernnstein and murray for why inequality exists is the natural intelligence differences between different racial groups is incorrect (cid:894) (cid:895). The ideas based on the facts presented are misinterpreted (cid:894) (cid:895). In chapter 6, he studies several national policies that structure inequality in the us (the visible ones that narrow inequality include social security, Medicare, food stamps; and the invisible ones that widen include corporation subsidies, the mortgage deduction, etc. ) Elaborate on the different perspectives of native americans, blacks, latinos, asians, white, and mixed race on their experiences in uc berkeley including their friend groups, assimilating, and opinions on affirmative action. Response to drastic changes in the student population in uc berkeley. ~ fischer, claude, michael hout, martin sanchez-jankowski, samuel r. lucas, ann swidler, and kim voss. Inequality by design: cracking the myth of the bell curve.
