Assignment Part 1:
YouTube Video: Homeboy Sandman - America the Beautiful
Questions:
Q1. How does Homeboy Sandman define poverty in his song? How does his definition compare to the US federal government's definition?
Q2. Select a line/bar/lyric from this song that you think best summarizes Homeboy Sandman's argument. What is he trying to argue in this song?
Q3. What are the larger political stakes of making this argument? Whose interests are served and whose interests are ignored here?
Assignment Part 2:
YouTube Video: Social Networks and Getting a Job: Mark Granovetter
Questions:
Q1. What kinds of social relationships lead to Prof. Granovetter's respondents finding jobs?
Q2. What is Granovetter's argument in favor of affirmative action hiring policies?
Q3. What kinds of benefits have you experienced via your social networks (and describe what the network looks like)?
Q4. What kinds of "social capital" would you like to have more of in your social network?