I need help writing a 4 page analysis paper on race and social class?

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Analysis Paper 1 Rubric

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Edit criterion description Delete criterion row This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOn-time & Format--submitted on time; 4-page, 5-paragraph expository essay format, 1" margins, 12pt font. _9619 view longer description Range threshold: pts	Edit rating Delete rating 2.0 to >0.0 pts Full Marks blank Edit rating Delete rating 0.0 to >0 pts No Marks blank_2 This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.	pts / 2.0 pts --
Edit criterion description Delete criterion row This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeClearly reports Net Worth _9746 view longer description Range threshold: pts	Edit rating Delete rating 2.0 to >0.0 pts Full Marks _9265 Edit rating Delete rating 0.0 to >0 pts No Marks _816 This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.	pts / 2.0 pts --
Edit criterion description Delete criterion row This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeClearly Reports Likelihood of near-, poverty, & extreme for 15-year period _4405 view longer description Range threshold: pts	Edit rating Delete rating 2.0 to >0.0 pts Full Marks _9493 Edit rating Delete rating 0.0 to >0 pts No Marks _277 This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.	pts / 2.0 pts --
Edit criterion description Delete criterion row This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSociological Content: exhibits sociological understanding of social class and its intersection with race/ethnicity, based in course materials. Well-developed sociological explanations of social class phenomena that evidences having read and critically thought about course materials. _8868 view longer description Range threshold: pts	Edit rating Delete rating 6.0 to >2.0 pts Very well developed w/out errors. _418 Edit rating Delete rating 2.0 to >1.0 pts Some development needed or some relatively minor errors/inconsistencies in terms of Soc understanding _3818 Edit rating Delete rating 1.0 to >0.0 pts Lots of development needed--doesn't evidence clear sociological understanding _3521 Edit rating Delete rating 0.0 to >0 pts Missing or fundamentally misunderstands sociology _4137 This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.	pts / 6.0 pts --
Edit criterion description Delete criterion row This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeMakes use of (and cites) 3 class readings for this week, including materials from course text and online materials. _9405 view longer description Range threshold: pts	Edit rating Delete rating 4.0 to >0.0 pts Full Marks _9044 Edit rating Delete rating 0.0 to >0 pts No Marks _2718 This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.	pts / 4.0 pts --
Edit criterion description Delete criterion row This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCitations: both 1) in-text and 2) references section citations follow ASA Style guide. Everything that appears in-text appears in references listing and vice-versa. _8898 view longer description Range threshold: pts	Edit rating Delete rating 4.0 to >0.0 pts Full Marks _4242 Edit rating Delete rating 0.0 to >0 pts No Marks _5425 This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.	pts / 4.0 pts --
Edit criterion description Delete criterion row This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDescription of criterion view longer description Range threshold: 5 pts	Edit rating Delete rating 5to >0 pts Full Marks blank Edit rating Delete rating 0to >0 pts No Marks blank_2 This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.	pts / 5 pts --
Total Points: 20.0

Online Reading for In text citations and Reference Page

· Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights--" Statement on Visit to the USA (Links to an external site.) ." December 15, 2017. I've included this reading because it summarizes a very recent United Nations analysis of poverty and extreme poverty in the United States, linking extreme poverty to political and economic choices and calling attention to the challenges extreme levels of inequality pose to democracy.

· Confronting Poverty Website (Links to an external site.) . This is an excellent online resource for you to explore myths and realities of poverty. It includes an informative, 10-module " Discussion Guide (Links to an external site.) " that addresses an array of poverty-related topics; the Discussion Guide modules also provide links (on right-hand side) to an array of poverty-related resources (you're welcome to use these resources in your Analysis Paper for this week). Although the website focuses on poverty, it is important to understand that, given how widespread poverty and near-poverty is in the U.S., the information provided applies to most people living in the United States. Finally, you will use the website's " Poverty Risk Calculator (Links to an external site.) " to complete your Analysis Paper 1 assignment this week.

· CNN Net Worth Calculator. You will use this to calculate your household net worth. You'll use your calculated net worth to help you complete the Analysis Paper 1 assignment this week.

· Pew Research Center. 2011. " Wealth Gaps Rise to Record Highs Between Whites, Blacks, Hispanics (Links to an external site.) ." This research builds upon the Ore readings from this module, providing historical wealth data by race/ethnicity from before, during, and after the "great recession." Note not only how wealth is unequally divided by race/ethnicity, but also how vulnerability to economic downturns is unequally distributed across groups and how policies have not targeted/helped the most economically vulnerable; instead, policies have benefited the most wealthy among us. Finally a note on aggregate statistics. The data reported here are very important to understand broad racial/ethnic economic trends. What these data do not show are variations within groups. Thus, for example, these data do not help us to see/understand the experiences of poor or low-income Whites, who make up the majority of those living in poverty in the United States. This doesn't mean these data are wrong; they just address aggregate patterns, not complexity of within-group variations. For this reason, I've required you to explore the Confronting Poverty website, above, to capture how widespread poverty and near-poverty is in the United States.

· Pew Research Center. 2014. " Wealth inequality has widened along racial, ethnic lines since end of Great Recession. (Links to an external site.) " This provides a brief yet limited update to the 2011 Pew study linked to in the prior bullet. Again, note the specific mechanisms that help produce racial/ethnic variations in wealth and how political and economic policymaking has not intervened on behalf of those most economically vulnerable.

· The Movement for Black Lives Platform (Links to an external site.) : Explore the elements of the platform developed by the coalition of organizations that make up the movement, which is also often referred to as Black Lives Matter (BLM). Note how their critique and proposed solutions are institutional, an approach which is consistent with sociological understandings of racial/ethnic inequality. You were assigned to review these materials last week, but I'd like you to revisit them with an eye toward identifying the elements of the platform that specifically address issues of social class. To what extent does BLM see institutionalized racism and its solutions as operating through economic mechanisms? How might the Ore and Web-based readings from this week relate to parts of the BLM platform?