Resource Guides: Diversity Studies 100 with Ashley Pickard: Class & Poverty

Legacies of War on Poverty

Multiracial Americans and Social Class

Social Class and Changing Families in an Unequal America

Reading Classes: On Culture and Classism in America

Class Lives: Stories from Across our Economic Divide

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Documentaries and Videos

Night School: Four Students Fight for Success in Indiana's Troubled School System
Indianapolis has one of the lowest high school graduation rates in the country. Victims of circumstance and a broken system, Greg, Melissa, and Shynika are optimistic that they won't end up on the wrong side of statistics.
No Room in Paradise: A Close Look at the Homeless Population in Hawaii
With some of the most expensive housing in America and the nation's worst homeless crisis, the paradise of Hawaii comes with a price.
Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life & Times of Katrina Gilbert
Katrina never expected to be a single mother of three young children, living paycheck to paycheck and barely scraping by.
Class Divide: Effects of Gentrification in West Chelsea, NYC
Acclaimed filmmaker Marc Levin explores the effects of hyper-gentrification and rising economic disparity in the NYC neighborhood of West Chelsea.

Articles

Gentrification Might Kill New Orleans Before Climate Change Does
New York Times
Better Schools Won’t Fix America
The Atlantic
Child poverty in the US is a disgrace. Experts are embracing this simple plan to cut it.
Vox
US poverty statistics ignore millions of struggling Americans
The Conversation

Diversity Studies 100 with Ashley Pickard: Class & Poverty

Resources on Class & Poverty