This guide will provide you with resources and research strategies for the Social Justice essay assignment in Professor Pamela Askew's EDUC 1300 (Spring 2023).
Remember: DO NOT simply number your paper and answer the questions. You are to craft a paper around the questions and around your position, and research regarding the subject that you have chosen.
What is gentrification?
Have you experienced gentrification? If so, what was your experience?
How does gentrification impact families and cultures?
Is gentrification progress or exclusion? Please explain.
Based on your research, what is the protagonist’s view and what is the antagonist’s view?
How does gentrification impact diversity?
Based on your research, are neighborhoods improved after gentrification? If so, what are the improvements?
What is redlining?
Are there states with higher gentrification rates than others? If so, which states?
Would you move into a neighborhood that has been gentrified? If so, what would motivate you? If not, what would discourage you?
Holley, Peter. "They Just Moved Into an Austin Neighborhood. Now They Want to End One of Its Traditions." Texas Monthly, 23 Mar. 2021, www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/austin-car-clubs-gentrification//wealth.html.
