CD & Race, Class, and Gender

Question

Discussion questions - Answer any two of the following questions

Identify the role community development plays concerning race and ethnicity?

Structural racism is used to describe how history, ideology, public policies, institutional practices, and culture interact to maintain a racial hierarchy that allows the privileges associated with whiteness and the disadvantages associated with color to endure and adapt over time. What specific policies and practices are cited in the readings and the video that could decrease the unequal life chances of white and black Americans?