Please listen to the following podcast, read the following article and then answer the fifteen (15) following questions.

https://soundcloud.com/wdet/is-eviction-a-symptom-or-a-cause-of-poverty

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/books/review/matthew-desmonds-evicted-poverty-and-profit-in-the-american-city.html?_r=0

1. Who is Matthew Desmond?

2. What is his book about?

3. According to Dr. Desmond are evictions the result of or the cause of poverty?

4. What are some of the effects of eviction?

5. How does having an eviction record affect a person's ability to find new housing?

6. What is the ratio of families eligible for housing assistance that actually receive housing assistance?

7. What are some ways landlords do "unofficial" evictions to get renters to move who are behind in rent?

8. Tobin and Shereena are landlords and what were some interesting things they did for tenants?

9. What does Matthew Desmond think we should do to change our thinking about housing?

10. What existing program does Dr. Desmond think we need to expand to help impoverished families who cannot afford housing?

11. Who was Lamar? What was his relationship with Shereena?

12. What role does gentrification have on the families Dr. Desmond has written about?

13. What is a weather related housing cost that can cause a spike in evictions?

14. Explain the following quote, “If incarceration had come to define the lives of men from impoverished black neighborhoods, eviction was shaping the lives of women. Poor black men were locked up. Poor black women were locked out.”

15. What does Dr. Desmond think renters should do to promote their rights?

Please answer the following six (6) questions about the article ‘Man Finally Put In Charge Of Struggling Feminist Movement,’ which can be found at the following link:

http://www.theonion.com/article/man-finally-put-in-charge-of-struggling-feminist-m-2338

1What does “bring on someone who had the balls” mean?

2How about “making a few calls to the big boys upstairs?”

3What is the importance of the game of golf in this article?

4What are some negative attributes ascribed to women in the article that make them unable to get the societal gains they seek?

5What are some positive attributes ascribed to men in the article that allegedly make them more capable of leading the women’s movement?

6Find out who Gloria Steinem is. Use Wikipedia if you’d like. What do you think of her quote in the article?

Please answer the following ten (10) questions about the video ‘Trangender, at War and in Love’ that can be found at the following link:

http://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000003720527/transgender-at-war-and-in-love.html

7What branch of the armed services is Logan in? What about Laila?

8What is the estimated number of transgendered people in the service?

9How do children treat Logan during his deployment? Would they be shocked he is transgender?

10What are some problems that arose for Laila that arose when she got a new supervisor?

11How did Logan’s fellow airmen treat him? How do the other wives and girlfriends of Logan’s associates treat Laila?

12Part of being in the armed forces is the wearing of uniforms. What are some differences in uniform wearing experiences for Laila and Logan?

13How did Logan’s mom adapt to her son’s changes?

14How did Logan’s father adapt to his son’s changes?

15Why do you think Logan’s and Laila’s experiences were so different in their respective armed forces relative to their transgender identities?

5^TH ASSIGNMENT – Nina Jablonski on Race

Please answer the following ten questions after reading 'Race' by Nina Jablonksi (attached below) and watching the TED talk 'Skin color is an illusion at

http://www.ted.com/talks/nina_jablonski_breaks_the_illusion_of_skin_color

From the essay:

1. What kind of people did Hume and Kant feel were capable of creating civilized societies?

2. What is the name of the pseudoscience that pursues racial purity and does it make any sense?

3. What were the two factors that have provided arguments against the concept of biological races?

4. If certain races seem to suffer from certain health impairments more than others, does it make sense to do away with race?

5.Why might some scientists continue to fight to recognize racial differences?

From the video:

6. Dr. Jablonski argues differences in melanin is evidence of what?

7. Why do people living near the equator need more melanin? Be specific!

8. Why is it advantageous to have less melanin if you live far north of the equator?

9. What is a potential health issue for those with darker skin who live far north of the equator?

In your opinion:

10. Does Dr. Jablonski seem to be contradicting herself (no 'one word' answers' please!)

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