Class Connections
Can you draw any connections between this issue and the issues we saw throughout The Glass Castle?
- Poverty can hurt ability to take care of self
- Lack of access to help and medical resources
- Lack of food
What is an event you could connect this issue to?
[Anything]
The practice of systemically denying various services to residents of specific neighborhoods, often based on race/ ethnicity; primarily within urban communities (National Library of Medicine).
Can you draw any connections between this issue and the issues tackled in Fruitvale Station?
- Privileged areas receive more help/attention
- Communities of color are often overlooked
- Environmental situations are often worsened in communities of color
How does this event connect to the Flint Water Crisis in Michigan?
- Community of color overlooked
- Officials switched to a cheaper water source/lazily cutting costs lead to death and sickness
What can we do to prevent this in the future?
Yay you got it right
Can you draw any connections between this issue and the issues tackled in BTWAM?
- Struggle
- Privilege
- Fear
Can you draw any connections between this event and the racial aggression seen during the COVID-19 pandemic?
- Overcrowding in impoverished areas/communities of color led to more sickness/death
- Asian community targeted/overlooked
How could this problem worsen without intervention?
Good ideas