Subject Sociology

Topic     soc 360 – week 2

Type      Essay

Level     High School

Style      APA

Sources                as possible as you can

Language             English(U.S.)

Description

Read the story and check out the data in the NY Times article, “1.5 Million Missing Black Men (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/20/upshot/missing-black-men.html).” Then, read the USA Today story, “Racial gap in US arrest rates (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/18/ferguson-black-arrest-rates/19043207/),” AND explore the linked maps for at least 3 different cities.

 

Describe in detail one or more themes you noticed. Discuss your thoughts and reactions to the theme(s). Use this week’s readings and viewings to support your post. Cite readings in text and with a bibliography or works cited at the end. Click here for more info on citing sources.

 

Examples of themes:

 

Incarceration rates for black men

Mortality rates for black men

Impacts on marital status and related income and poverty measures

Links between Ferguson, MO missing black men and elevated arrest rates

Write a thoughtful response post to at least one other studentвЂTMs work. Note: “Sam, I agree with what you wrote,вЂк or “Good job Sarah, nice post,вЂк will not receive points. A response that will receive points might look like this:

 

“Sam, you made an interesting point about the blurry line between talking about poverty and talking about race. I agree that this is confusing. Using my interpretation of one of the articles from this week, I wonder if the reason this line is so blurry is because of the history that has associated people of color with poverty. For example, laws that would forbid a person of color to own a business greatly restricted the way one could make a living and probably had a lot to do with why that line is blurry today.вЂк

Spacing Double

Pages    2