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

Welfare Reform and Race

Empowerment Zones

Slide Presentations
(
Microsoft Power Point Format)

What happens as communities change from black to Latino?

Social Security Reform and Racial Inequality

 

 



 

FINAL PROJECTS FALL2002

POWERPOINTPRESENTATIONS

RuralAmerica
Racial Profiling

Film

Self-Employment

ResidentialSegregation in Los Angeles


FINAL PROJECTS SPRING 2002


WEB PAGES

 

RacialHealth Disparities
 

POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS
Affirmative Action at University of California
HowDoes Family Background Affect Educational Attainment?
The Effect of the Glass Ceiling: Race and Gender

RacialDiscrimination in the Military

RacialDiscrimination in Professional Sports

WealthDisparities

TheEconomics of Interracial Marriage


Email Professor Conrad Cecilia_Conrad@pomona.edu