Raceand
the U.S.
Economy
Economics116
SPRING 2007
Cecilia Conrad
Associate Dean and Stedman-Sumner Professor of Economics
Pomona College
Offices:
Alexander Hall, Suite 219;
Phone
Extension – 1-8328
Office
Hours: By Appointment (On Campus Every Day)
An examination
of the experiences of racial minorities in the United States is incomplete without
an analysis of the historic patterns of economic segregation and of how those
patterns are reproduced in the contemporary economy. This course examines the
impact of race on economic status in the United States from Jim Crow to the
present. Topics covered include trends in income and wealth, economic theories
of discrimination, historic patterns of occupational and residential
segregation, and strategies to reduce racial inequality. An introductory
course in economics is a pre-requisite. This course satisfied PAC 9,
Compare and Contrast Contemporary Cultures.
SYLLABUS
LECTURE
NOTES,2007
FINAL PROJECTS SPRING 2005
Web
Pages
Slide
Presentations
(Microsoft Power Point
Format)
FINAL
PROJECTS FALL2002
POWERPOINTPRESENTATIONS
FINAL PROJECTS SPRING 2002
WEB PAGES
POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS
RacialDiscrimination
in the Military
RacialDiscrimination
in Professional Sports
WealthDisparities
TheEconomics
of Interracial Marriage
Email Professor Conrad Cecilia_Conrad@pomona.edu