Multiculturalism---ETHNOGRAPHIC REPORT of Chicago
Class Subjects we went over
WEEK 1 April 5thMULTICULTURALISM: REALITY & DEBATERead: “A Different Mirror: The Making of Multicultural America,” Ronald Takaki “An Overview and Point of View,” John Koval“Urban Fieldwork,” George Gmelch & Petra Kuppinger, from Urban Life (our required course text)
WEEK 3 April 19thGEOGRAPHY & INEQUALITYRead: “The Shadow of the Skyscraper,” Harvey Zorbaugh“Urban Danger: Life in a Neighborhood of Strangers,” Sally Engle Merry, Urban Life“How Urban Ethnography Counters Myths About the Poor,” J. Goode, UrbanLifePART II: MAKING BLACK, LATINO & WHITE CHICAGOS
WEEK 4 April 26thTHE BLACK BELT & SEGREGATIONRead: “The Black Ghetto,” St. Clair Drake & Horace Cayton “Less Than Plessy: The Inner City, Suburbs, and State-Sanctioned Residential Segregation in the Age of Brown,” Arnold R. HirschDue: Reading Review, for Weeks 3-4, online under Submissions on D2L by 6PM Thurs