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* [[Robert D. Putnam]], ''Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis'' | |||
= Race and Class = | |||
[[Contact hypothesis]] | |||
What's the relationship between race and class? | |||
[http://harvardmagazine.com/2017/05/harvards-class-gap "Harvard's Class Gap"] is a fantastic article on how we're ignoring issues of class to our detriment. | |||
== Working Class Whites == | |||
Princeton's Anne Case and Angus Deaton, [https://www.brookings.edu/bpea-articles/mortality-and-morbidity-in-the-21st-century/ Mortality and Morbidity in the 21st century]. | |||
* Mortality rates of whites with no more than a high school degree were around 30 percent lower than mortality rates of blacks in 1999. In 2015, 30 percent higher than blacks. | |||
Nancy Isenberg of Louisiana State University, ''White Trash: The 400 Year Untold History of Class in America'' | |||
Arlie Hochschild of UC Berkeley, ''Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right'' | |||
== Education == | |||
William Bowen (Princeton) looked at 13 selective colleges in 2005. Admissions chances for: | |||
* Recruited athlete increased by 30.2% | |||
* Underrepresented minority increased by 27.7% | |||
* Legacy increased by 19.7% | |||
* First-generation college student increased by 4.1% | |||
* Bottom income quartile, no increase | |||
Thomas Espenshade and Alexandria Radford found that, holding academic ability constant, upper-middle class whites 3 times more likely than low-income whites to be admitted to elite colleges. | |||
William Bowen and Derek Bok found that 86% of black students at elite colleges are middle or upper class. | |||
= Gender and Sexuality = | |||
== Women in Labor == | |||
UNPRI [https://www.unpri.org/download_report/28929 reports]: | UNPRI [https://www.unpri.org/download_report/28929 reports]: | ||
Revision as of 01:20, 2 October 2017
Inequality Gap
- Robert D. Putnam, Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis
Race and Class
What's the relationship between race and class?
"Harvard's Class Gap" is a fantastic article on how we're ignoring issues of class to our detriment.
Working Class Whites
Princeton's Anne Case and Angus Deaton, Mortality and Morbidity in the 21st century.
- Mortality rates of whites with no more than a high school degree were around 30 percent lower than mortality rates of blacks in 1999. In 2015, 30 percent higher than blacks.
Nancy Isenberg of Louisiana State University, White Trash: The 400 Year Untold History of Class in America
Arlie Hochschild of UC Berkeley, Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
Education
William Bowen (Princeton) looked at 13 selective colleges in 2005. Admissions chances for:
- Recruited athlete increased by 30.2%
- Underrepresented minority increased by 27.7%
- Legacy increased by 19.7%
- First-generation college student increased by 4.1%
- Bottom income quartile, no increase
Thomas Espenshade and Alexandria Radford found that, holding academic ability constant, upper-middle class whites 3 times more likely than low-income whites to be admitted to elite colleges.
William Bowen and Derek Bok found that 86% of black students at elite colleges are middle or upper class.
Gender and Sexuality
Women in Labor
UNPRI reports:
- "At the current rate of progress, the gender pay gap will not close for over 100 years, and the global average of women on boards will not reach 30% until 2027."
- "Women account for two thirds of total work hours globally, yet earn only one tenth of the world’s income."
