1. Compare and contrast Marx’s theory of class with that of Max Weber and C. Wright Mills.
2. Using the film “Inside Job” and at least one of the readings by Matt Taibbi, explain how the 2007 financial crisis contributed to social inequality in America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Job_(2010_film) Matt Taibbi, “Ten Years After the Crash, We’ve Learned Nothing”
3. Discuss W.E.B. DuBois’ contribution to our understanding of racial inequality in America. WEB DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk: Chapter 1: “Of Our Spiritual Strivings” and Chapter 3: “On Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others”
4. What does Michelle Alexander mean by “the New Jim Crow?” Compare and contrast her arguments with those of Marie Gottschalk. https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/hillary-clinton-does-not-deserve-black-peoples-votes/ https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781400880812-009/html
5. What does Walter Ben Michaels mean by “the trouble with diversity”? What is his main argument and how does it relate to Barbara Ehrenreich’s argument in “Maid to Order”? https://prospect.org/features/trouble-diversity/ https://www.college.columbia.edu/core/sites/core/files/pages/Ehrenreich_Maid_To_Order.pdf