Redlining

insurance paying state in America. Proposition 103 was a insurance reform act that cut insurance rates by 20 percent and banned “zip code profiling,” using driving experience and other cohorts to calculate the price. I believe more states should stop redlining and zip code profiling, in cities like New York it is almost impossible to have an affordable auto insurance bill. Zip code profiling is seen in every city, not only does it effect insurance rates but also effects, gas, food, electricity,…

Institutional racism is a form of racism expressed in social, political and economic systems. “Between the World and Me”, depicts the institutional racism that plagues the Black community. Such as political, educational, and criminal justice inequalities. The “black body” is forced to create their own sense of self in a world that they do not recognize as their own. The Black body is a metaphor to describe the loss of identity. The body is no longer a physical body but a commodity. “The dream”…

The institution of slavery denied African-Americans the economic, educational, political and social opportunities for nearly 250 years, which relegated them to second class citizenship status. The free labor of African-Americans was part of the economic engine that made the United States today’s richest country in the world. There is no monetary compensation that could repair the psychological and economic damages Black people suffered as a result of slavery and the systematic racism instituted…

Who could have possibly envisioned that the American public would appoint a tyrant as president of the United States―a seemingly free and fair country? Timothy Snyder writes On Tyranny to prepare readers for tyranny that may not be as remote or as improbable as they may believe with the Trump Administration as his main focus. The twenty lessons inform the audience on strategies to thwart fascism before it overpowers a nation. As a professor of history at Yale University and a novelist, he uses…

Video Clip Analysis https://youtu.be/KSy-EoPYc6g The main sociological concept in this video is white privilege. In the video, Hunter Avallone discusses how people need to check their white privilege. White privilege is defined as “a set of advantages and/or immunities that white people benefit from on a daily basis beyond those common to all others” (“What is White Privilege?” 2003). He explains exactly how to go about with “checking” a person’s privilege. The first step he poses is, “Examine…

It has become a major concern that low and moderate –income senior citizens are opting to sell their properties for they cannot afford the rising property taxes in gentrifying neighborhood. In light of this discussion of displacement due to gentrification, we urge local governments to increase funding for existing senior home repair programs and prioritize those in neighborhoods experiencing gentrification. To add, an alternative option would be to provide tax breaks for senior homeowners when…

Assignment #2 The 1920s was the apex of the American planning movement. Cities were well designed and well managed meaning there was harmony between the architecture and streetscape and buildings were mixed-use. There were easily discernible characteristics of a traditionally planned city such as a center for commerce, culture, and governance; a walkable city was built with narrow, versatile streets and a grid that allowed different routes to connect to several locations; mixed-use zoning made…

Residential segregation defined as the separation of racial groups in urban space." Especially, in the United States, there is a gruesome history with residential segregation and racial discrimination. The racial discrimination in U.S. went as far as redlining African-Americans, denying them financial services, specifically home loans for decades to keep them from moving into certain residents. That is just one form of discrimination that was efficient at segregating citizens. Up until 1954 it…

The Blacker the Berry, the Bigger They Shoot Social inequality and internalized oppression for blacks did not end when slavery was abolished. In today’s society, racism is just as prevalent, only in different, more discrete ways such as non-justified stereotyping or the media belittling the importance of black lives. In Kendrick Lamar’s song “The Blacker the Berry”, he calls out racist America, saying that it is society’s fault that African Americans are viewed as violent and dangerous because…

well. As reporter Cathleen Decker of the Los Angeles Times points out, “The only noneconomic elements to her address were a plea for an end to matters that, as she pointed out, have disproportionately affected minority communities, such as housing redlining and failing schools, and a call to support those released from prison.” During her recent address, Clinton wants to end many social issues that have effected many African Americans for years; they range from dropping out of school to…