Unit 6.1 DB: Challenges
Readings and Resources
Articles, Websites, and Videos:
NY Times’ Class Matters project examines how class affects individuals and their opportunities in society.
· Class matters: An overview . (n.d.). New York Times.
Authors Durante and Fiske examine how economic class stereotypes maintain inequality.
· Durante, F., & Fiske, S. T. (2017). How social-class stereotypes maintain inequality . Current opinion in psychology, 18, 43–48.
PEW Research Center’s resource on Economic inequality and wealth disparities
· Horowitz, J.M., Igielnik, R., & Kochhar, R. (2020, Jan 9). Trends in income and wealth inequality . Pew Research Center.
MIT’s Living Wage Calculator allows individuals to identify the cost of living in their communities.
· Living Wage Calculator . (n.d.) MIT.
A look at the challenges facing low-income families.
· Wilcox, W. B. (2015, Feb 12). Challenges facing low-income families today . Institute for Family Studies.
United’s Ways Alice Project is targeted at helping individuals in the “Alice” populations: assets limited, income constrained and employed.
· United for Alice . (2020).
A documentary photographer documents the lives of four families in Kansas City who struggle to live on minimum wage.
· Norcia, A. (2018, Oct 25). This is what living on minimum wage looks like . Vice Media Group.
CBS News explores challenges restaurant and food service workers face living on minimum wage or below minimum wage compensation.
Surviving an Unlivable Wage | Full Documentary
Duration: 27:15 User: CBS News - Added: 3/26/20
United Way of Western CT explains the Alice Project and showcases those living in the “Alice” population.
UNITED WAY OF WESTERN CT ALICE VIDEO
Duration: 2:00 User: United Way of Western Connecticut - Added: 1/14/15