Order instructions
1. In the Intersectionality 101, take one of the examples they use (e.g. Men’s Health, Healthy Weights, Climate Change) and explain what intersectionality brings to that research. You can also use an example from the VOX intersectionality reading as well.
2. In my introductory video I brought up social justice, and the Intersectionality 101 also discusses social justice and equity. What do you understand social justice (and equity) to mean with respect to intersectionality? (Yes, I know tough question!)
Gallagher – Color Blind Privilege
3. In Gallagher’s article, what does “color-blind” refer to? What does it “do”? In other words, why role does “color-blindness” play for his white respondents?
4. Does the new color-blind ideology ignore race? Summarize his argument about this.
5. This article was published in 2003, though many of his interviews were done in the late 1990s. Do you think the author would find something similar today with respect to a “color-blind” ideology? Why or why not?
Schilt – Just one of the Guys
6. What is FTM? What is useful about studying them? In other words, what can we learn by using Schilt’s research approach?
7. Did all FTMs have the same experiences regarding work? How did it vary? (hint: this is a question about intersectionality!)
8. Provide two conclusions that Schilt draws from her research. Be specific.
Topic 3 – US Economic History
Krugman – The Great Divergence
1. What does Krugman call the standard or safe explanation for inequality? Why does he
describe it as appealing? But what’s the problem with this explanation/hypothesis?
2. What does Krugman offer as an alternative explanation? What example does he use?
Video – Winner Take all politics
1. Who do Jacob and Hacker say are taking the bulk of the economic gains? How did this
come about? Was it simply economic change? What other explanations are discussed?
Are these changes unique to the US?
2. What is the fundamental myth that Hacker and Pierson are trying to debunk? How are
they trying to debunk this? What type of government activities – policies, regulations –
might have contributed to this process?
3. What does Broadland refer to? What happens to broadland – what other countries does it
start to look like? What do they say about mobility? How do individual and collective
perceptions differ? Is there a relationship between these two things, do you think?
Video – Inequality in America (please begin video at the beginning!)
1. How is the future of inequality changing? What is the main dynamic?
