Government Policies
Recently, there has been wide spread coverage of racial inequalities, specifically those within the criminal justice system. To understand the root of this issue, it is important to look at the government-backed policies that created the disparities we see today. Housing Segregation and Redlining in America: A Short History | NPR (Links to an external site.) Please watch and briefly summarize the video clip linked above. Discuss the history of the government policies that exacerbated racial inequities. How do those policies continue to influence schools, health, family wealth and policing today? Reflecting on the history of racial inequalities in this country, what kind of impact do you think the Black Lives Matter/ George Floyd Protests will have on the future of race relations? ABOVE LINK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5FBJyqfoLM&feature=youtu.be TEXTBOOK LINK https://openstax.org/books/introduction-sociology-2e/pages/11-introduction-to-race-and-ethnicity