The hidden cost of being african american

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1) After reading "The Hidden Cost of Being African American" by Thomas M. Shapiro, for Shapiro, is poverty simply the lack of adequate income for daily needs and survival?

2) Why do you think sociology has, as Shapiro notes, failed to address the correlation between wealth and race?

3) What is the "privatized notion of citizenship"? How does this notion affect middle-and upper-class people's involvement in the public good?

4) If Shapiro's argument about racial inequality in wealth are true, what should be done? How could wealth be redistributed in a more equitable way? How could public policy be improved to help poorer people hang on to assets?

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