Humanities Homework Help

Part 1.

Summary 1: Choose a reading assigned this week (or the previous week)- Check the syllabus—and provide a comprehensive summary. Explain the main findings, back up your claims with at least two citations from the reading (Author, page. Number). (1 full paragraph)

Summary 2: Choose a SECOND reading assigned this week (or the previous week)- Check the syllabus—and provide a comprehensive summary. Explain the main findings, back up your claims with at least two citations from the reading (Author, page number). (1 full paragraph)

Part 2.

An analytical response to the question below. (1 -2 paragraph) with references (Author, page number) to specific course material (be sure to cite accurately). An analytical response means that this is not merely your opinion, but it is an informed critique of the information posed.

Reading Analysis Question 11:

In what ways do environmental issues like pollution, poor air/water quality, natural disasters, deforestation etc. correspond directly to social issues like social class and race? Choose an example of environmental racism discussed in class or the readings this week. Examine the impact of the history of redlining (define/explain and cite) to help explain how we can understand the correlations between race, socioeconomic status, and political power for these communities experiencing environmental racism. Discuss how the idea of meritocracy (define and cite) helps to justify this unequal treatment. Explain how these two things (redlining and meritocracy) have led to these disparities not being considered acts of overt racism/classism (define overt and cite) which could be prosecuted as illegal— and instead representations of institutional racism (define) that is much harder to prove. Give examples from the readings.