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Social Problems: Materials
Social Problems: Materials
Schedule of Readings, Videos, Podcasts, & Explorations
Meghan Watts
Jun 8, 2022
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Family and Women's Health
Family and Women's Health
Whenever I hear about ICE and immigration detention centers, I think about families and the health of women. There is the part about…
Mya Tse
Dec 12, 2022
Gender Wage Gap and Racial Wealth Gap
Gender Wage Gap and Racial Wealth Gap
I have had conversations with my mom about her job and the pay differences among her coworkers. My mom is a product manager at a tech…
Mya Tse
Dec 12, 2022
Microaggressions in everyday life(white supremacy)
Microaggressions in everyday life(white supremacy)
Some common microaggressions I have run into this semester:
Joshua Aycock
Dec 12, 2022
The Truth About Southern Hospitality
The Truth About Southern Hospitality
I was born, raised, and currently go to school in Raleigh, NC. Living in a southern state my whole life, I am exposed to the concept of…
Mya Tse
Dec 12, 2022
Hearing Loss
Hearing Loss
My grandmother lives in Cary, about 10 minutes away from campus. She is 74 years old and has a lot of health problems. One in particular…
Sarah Beals
Dec 12, 2022
Citizenship in the USA
Citizenship in the USA
Growing up it was difficult to figure out which “category” I belonged to. On one hand my father immigrated to the US from Guatemala…
Sam Hernandez
Dec 12, 2022
Opioids in West Virginia
Opioids in West Virginia
My mother is from West Virginia, an area with some of the highest rates of opioid use in the country. It’s a fact that’s known throughout…
Sam Hernandez
Dec 12, 2022
Wages and Work
Wages and Work
The United States is lacking massively in our passenger train system in comparison to other developed countries. However our freight train…
Sam Hernandez
Dec 12, 2022
CRT in Education Systems
Critical Race Theory, or CRT, is an academic and legal framework that denotes that systemic racism is part of American society. Critical…
Kendall Rosenburg
Dec 12, 2022
American Healthcare System
American Healthcare System
Healthcare in America has somehow become contorted into a controversial issue. There is no universal coverage, the care is less than other…
Sam Hernandez
Dec 12, 2022
Failures of Police in Uvalde School Shooting
A Texas law enforcement official said that there were more than enough armed police officers wearing body armor to stop the shooting at…
Kendall Rosenburg
Dec 12, 2022
Encounter with Ableism
Encounter with Ableism
Real disheartening stuff right here
tobi ojomo
Dec 12, 2022
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