The Women of Brewster Place Discussion

Discussion Points First Thoughts? First Thoughts? The Dawn and Dusk of a Ghetto The Dawn and Dusk of a Ghetto Illegitimacy and Poverty Illegitimacy and Poverty “Brewster Place was the bastard child...” Brewster Place & Linden Hills Brewster Place & Linden Hills “This is how poor people live. Melanie, you’re not poor. No, Mama, you’re not poor.” The Power of Shakespeare The Power of Shakespeare “The children chattered and tried to imitate some of the antics they had seen. Mama, Shakespeare’s black? Not yet.” Stratification by the Stratified Stratification by the Stratified “We shouldn’t be havin’ that here on Brewster and the association should do something about it.” Man Problems Man Problems “But how you gonna be a man with them ball-busters tellin’ everybody it was my fault?” The Right Connections The Right Connections “But here was a different sort of power. The jungle-sharpened instincts of a man like that could move her... off of Brewster place for good.”

Discussion Points First Thoughts? First Thoughts? The Dawn and Dusk of a Ghetto The Dawn and Dusk of a Ghetto Illegitimacy and Poverty Illegitimacy and Poverty “Brewster Place was the bastard child...” Brewster Place & Linden Hills Brewster Place & Linden Hills “This is how poor people live. Melanie, you’re not poor. No, Mama, you’re not poor.” The Power of Shakespeare The Power of Shakespeare “The children chattered and tried to imitate some of the antics they had seen. Mama, Shakespeare’s black? Not yet.” Stratification by the Stratified Stratification by the Stratified “We shouldn’t be havin’ that here on Brewster and the association should do something about it.” Man Problems Man Problems “But how you gonna be a man with them ball-busters tellin’ everybody it was my fault?” The Right Connections The Right Connections “But here was a different sort of power. The jungle-sharpened instincts of a man like that could move her... off of Brewster place for good.” 41% of all births to single moms (CDC 2010) Children Born Out Of Wedlock Whites29% Asians17% Latinos53% Blacks72% 52% of single mothers below poverty line

Discussion Points First Thoughts? First Thoughts? The Dawn and Dusk of a Ghetto The Dawn and Dusk of a Ghetto Illegitimacy and Poverty Illegitimacy and Poverty “Brewster Place was the bastard child...” Brewster Place & Linden Hills Brewster Place & Linden Hills “This is how poor people live. Melanie, you’re not poor. No, Mama, you’re not poor.” The Power of Shakespeare The Power of Shakespeare “The children chattered and tried to imitate some of the antics they had seen. Mama, Shakespeare’s black? Not yet.” Stratification by the Stratified Stratification by the Stratified “We shouldn’t be havin’ that here on Brewster and the association should do something about it.” Man Problems Man Problems “But how you gonna be a man with them ball-busters tellin’ everybody it was my fault?” The Right Connections The Right Connections “But here was a different sort of power. The jungle-sharpened instincts of a man like that could move her... off of Brewster place for good.”

Direct Forms Of Discrimination GenocideExpulsion Voluntary and Involuntary Voluntary and InvoluntarySegregation De Jure and Defacto De Jure and DefactoExclusion Selective Exclusion Glass Ceilings Numerus Clausus Glass Ceilings Numerus ClaususEthnoviolence Covered In More Detail In Sociology 255

Discussion Points First Thoughts? First Thoughts? The Dawn and Dusk of a Ghetto The Dawn and Dusk of a Ghetto Illegitimacy and Poverty Illegitimacy and Poverty “Brewster Place was the bastard child...” Brewster Place & Linden Hills Brewster Place & Linden Hills “This is how poor people live. Melanie, you’re not poor. No, Mama, you’re not poor.” The Power of Shakespeare The Power of Shakespeare “The children chattered and tried to imitate some of the antics they had seen. Mama, Shakespeare’s black? Not yet.” Stratification by the Stratified Stratification by the Stratified “We shouldn’t be havin’ that here on Brewster and the association should do something about it.” Man Problems Man Problems “But how you gonna be a man with them ball-busters tellin’ everybody it was my fault?” The Right Connections The Right Connections “But here was a different sort of power. The jungle-sharpened instincts of a man like that could move her... off of Brewster place for good.”

Cultural Capital Matters Internet Access At Home White – 80% Black – 61% Hispanic – 67% Visited Library Recently White – 45% Black – 44% Hispanic – 32% In Kindergarten Can Count To 20 White – 65% Black – 69% Hispanic – 42% In Kindergarten Read To Last Week White – 92% Black – 78% Hispanic – 72% In Kindergarten Recognizes All Letters White – 29% Black – 24% Hispanic – 16% HS Dropouts White – 11% Black – 13% Hispanic – 27% SAT Scores (Q&V Only) White – 1061 Black – 862 Hispanic – 925 College Grad Or More White – 27% Black – 19% Hispanic – 13% Covered In More Detail In Sociology 254

Discussion Points First Thoughts? First Thoughts? The Dawn and Dusk of a Ghetto The Dawn and Dusk of a Ghetto Illegitimacy and Poverty Illegitimacy and Poverty “Brewster Place was the bastard child...” Brewster Place & Linden Hills Brewster Place & Linden Hills “This is how poor people live. Melanie, you’re not poor. No, Mama, you’re not poor.” The Power of Shakespeare The Power of Shakespeare “The children chattered and tried to imitate some of the antics they had seen. Mama, Shakespeare’s black? Not yet.” Stratification by the Stratified Stratification by the Stratified “We shouldn’t be havin’ that here on Brewster and the association should do something about it.” Man Problems Man Problems “But how you gonna be a man with them ball-busters tellin’ everybody it was my fault?” The Right Connections The Right Connections “But here was a different sort of power. The jungle-sharpened instincts of a man like that could move her... off of Brewster place for good.”

Black Conservatism 70% of Black Californians voted for Prop 8 53% of Latinos and 49% of Whites/Asians did 53% of Latinos and 49% of Whites/Asians did Black Democrats Are More Conservative Than Their Non-Black Peers Covered In More Detail In Sociology 255

Discussion Points First Thoughts? First Thoughts? The Dawn and Dusk of a Ghetto The Dawn and Dusk of a Ghetto Illegitimacy and Poverty Illegitimacy and Poverty “Brewster Place was the bastard child...” Brewster Place & Linden Hills Brewster Place & Linden Hills “This is how poor people live. Melanie, you’re not poor. No, Mama, you’re not poor.” The Power of Shakespeare The Power of Shakespeare “The children chattered and tried to imitate some of the antics they had seen. Mama, Shakespeare’s black? Not yet.” Stratification by the Stratified Stratification by the Stratified “We shouldn’t be havin’ that here on Brewster and the association should do something about it.” Man Problems Man Problems “But how you gonna be a man with them ball-busters tellin’ everybody it was my fault?” The Right Connections The Right Connections “But here was a different sort of power. The jungle-sharpened instincts of a man like that could move her... off of Brewster place for good.”