Course Schedule

LAST DAY OF CLASS – Monday August 12

> BIG Review Presentations: We will spend our last class listening to each other give mini-presentations about a topic covered this semester. Please refer to the assignment for details.
> Content Responses DUE by end of day: If you plan to hand in any content responses, I need them uploaded to Brightspace (or emailed to me if you are having tech issues) no later than end of day Monday, August 12.

 

Week 6: Migration & Inequality

M 8/5 > Lecture: International Migration – PDF
> In-Class Video: Why are more migrants trying to cross the US southern border? | Inside Story (AJ Inside Story) – Padlet
T 8/6

> In-Class Video: From Freezing Cold to Housing Insecurity, Migrants Face Crisis in NYC, Chicago & Beyond – Democracy NOW!
>Class Discussion (Group E Lead)

Reading
>> How Capitalism Perpetuates Immigration (Truthout)
Podcast
>> How NYC is coping with 175,000 migrants from the Southern border NPR/WNYC
W 8/7 > Lecture: Model Minority Myth – PDF
> In-Class Film: Good Americans (AVON)
Th 8/8

> Class Discussion (Group E Lead)
> In-Class Activity: Group work time on presentations

Reading
>>Yi, J., La, R., Lee, B., ; Saw, A. (2023).Internalization of the model minority myth and sociodemographic factors shaping Asians/Asian Americans’ experiences of discrimination during COVID‐19. American journal of community psychology, 71 (1-2), p.123-135. – QC Library, PDF



**Content Response #5 DUE @4p**

 

Week 5: Criminal Injustice

M 7/29 > Lecture: Criminal Injustice & the Carceral State –PDF
> In-Class Podcast: Handcuffed and Unhoused (Reveal)
T 7/30

>In-Class Podcast: Handcuffed and Unhoused (cont.)
>Class Discussion (Group D Lead)

Readings
>> Against Community Policing (Jacobin) – PDF
>> Opening Doors to Affordable Housing(VERA Institute) – PDF
W 7/31 > In-Class Podcast: MARIAME KABA AND PRISON ABOLITION Justice in America, Ep. 20
> Lecture: What is Prison Abolition? – PDF
Th 8/1

> Class Discussion (Group D Lead)
> In-Class Film: Rikers: An American Jail (portions, if time)

Readings
>> Abolish the police? Organizers say it’s less crazy than it sounds  – PDF

**Content Response #4 DUE @4p**

 

Week 4: Urban Restructuring: 1970s – Present

M 7/22 > Lecture: Post Industrial City / Women & Welfare – PDF
T 7/23 > Class Discussion (Group C Lead)
>In-Class Podcast: Welfare to Work Industrial Complex (Reveal)

Podcast
>> The Compliance Machine (The Uncertain Hour)
W 7/24 > Lecture: Gentrification & Affordable Housing – PDF
> In-Class Film: Poverty, Politics, and Profit  (PBS documentary) – Padlet
Th 7/25

>In-Class Film: Poverty, Politics, and Profit (cont.)
> Class Discussion (Group C Lead)

Readings
>> City of Yes for Housing Opportunity, NYC Planning (https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f266a53c9cda42d5b7f63b57dc08f849)
>>City of Yes Housing Proposal Picks Up New Support Ahead of Crucial Hearing, The CITY (https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/07/10/housing-zoning-city-of-yes-support/)
>> What Does the Mayor’s ‘City of Yes’ Proposal Mean for New Yorkers?, NYT (PDF)
>>‘Say No to City of Yes;’ Staten Islanders protest controversial NYC rezoning plan at City Hall, SILive (https://www.silive.com/news/2024/05/say-no-to-city-of-yes-staten-islanders-protest-controversial-nyc-rezoning-plan-at-city-hall.html)

**Content Response #3 DUE @4p**

 

Week 3: Manufacturing Urban Crisis

M 7/15 > Lecture: Post WWII Urban Deindustrialization & Social Struggle –PDF
> In-Class Film: The Gig Economy
T 7/16 > In-Class Film:  Left Behind America (AVON)
> Class Discussion (Group B Lead – slides)

Reading
>> Fernández, Delia. (2016). “Rethinking the Urban and Rural Divide in Latino Labor, Recreation, and Activism in West Michigan, 1940s–1970s.”  (PDF posted to Brightspace)
W 7/17 > Lecture: NYC Fiscal Crisis –PDF
> In-Class Activity: Break-out Groups – Padlet
Th 7/18

>In-Class Film: New York City financial Crisis | New York city | This Week | 1975
> Class Discussion (Group B Lead)

Readings
>> Chronopoulos, T. (2017). “The Rebuilding of the South Bronx after the Fiscal Crisis” (PDF posted to Brightspace)

**Content Response #2 DUE @4p**

 

Week 2: Historical Development of North American Cities

M 7/8 > Lecture: Historical Development of North American Cities – PDF
> In-Class Film: New York Ep. 1 (10m30s – 29m30s)
T 7/9 > In-Class Film: New York Ep. 2 (finish)
> Class Discussion (Group A Lead – slides)

Video
Students, please watch the first hour of the NY Documentary
>> New York A Documentary Film Ep. 2: Order and Disorder 1825-1865
W 7/10 > Lecture: Racialized Urban Space: Residential Segregation and the Great Migration –PDF
> In-Class Activity: Break-out Groups Rapid Research
Th 7/11 > Finish lecture: Racialized Urban Space
> Class Discussion (Group A Lead – slides)

Readings
Students, please choose one of the following to read (Group A, please cover both)
>> Fullilove, M. 2016. Root Shock, Ch. 3 (PDF posted to Brightspace and available as epub via QC library)
OR
>> Hunter & Robinson. 2018. Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American Life, Preface & Ch. 2 (PDF posted to Brightspace)

**Content Response #1 DUE @4p**

Week 1: Neoliberalism & Growing Inequality

M 7/1 > Course Introduction + Assign Student Groups
> Lecture:  Neoliberalism: Growing Inequality since 1970
T 7/2 > Finish Neoliberalism lecture – PDF
> In-Class Film: Inequality for All (AVON) – Padlet
        > You can watch the first hour of the film on any streaming app you find that has it, but you do have access as a QC student via AVON…go to https://qc-cuny.libguides.com/az/academic-video-online-avon, log in, and search for the film. 
W 7/3 > In-Class Film: Inequality for All   
> Discuss Film + Readings
>>Hackworth, J. (2007). The Neoliberal City. Pp. 3-13 (on Brightspace)
>>Frederick Douglass, “What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July” (1852) – link
> Lecture: Perspectives on Poverty –PDF
> In-Class Activity: Poverty Line
Th 7/4 *NO CLASS*
**EXTRA CREDIT** DUE by 11:59p via Brightspace: Please write a  500 word reflection on Frederick Douglass’ speech  “What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July” for an extra 3 points added to your final course grade.