2. How has the ongoing social construction of race been influenced by mass incarceration and related racial projects at the level of everyday interaction? Discuss: a) Omi and Winant’s view and on how “racial formation” is affected by “racial projects” (use relevant examples they give); b) Wacquant’s discussion of mass incarceration as a “race-making” institution that effects the construction of the black race (lecture); c) Western and Pettit on the role of mass incarceration in institutionalizing racial inequality; and d) Pager’s research findings on employer attitudes toward job seekers) (Inequality in the 21st Century and lectures).
4. How does gender continue to be significant for social inequality? Discuss: a) Lorber’s account of how we continually “do gender” and the institutionalization of gender inequality; b) Tilesik’s study of discrimination against gay men; c) England’s analysis of how female activities are valued and the role of gender essentialism; and d) Ridgeway’s claims about “Cultural lag” and the continued use of “gender framing” (Inequality in the 21st Century and lectures).
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