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USP 514 Session 5 Notes
Session 5: Equitable Sustainable Development Apparently we are skipping this? NO REQUIRED READING FOR SESSION FIVE/SIX HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT Watch the video: The Costs of Inequality: Joseph Stiglitz, TEXxColumbiaSIPA (16 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYHT4zJsCdo Answer the following questions in writing and be prepared to discuss them in class. What are Stiglitz’s main points about inequality in the USA? The economic story…
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“Intelligence” Is A Racist Lie
IQ tests, SAT tests, GMAT tests, etc are racist. “Preferences” for people who score high on these tests are preferences for people who are a part of white culture. Let’s look at some examples of statistical racism to illustrate exactly why this idea that “intelligence is a real thing” is so problematic. Statistical racism is…
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Reading Reaction: Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™
Note: I deeply enjoyed reading “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™” and in particular I enjoyed this version read by Levar Burton who also provides some analysis of his own. Our protagonist is a storyteller who creates elaborate virtual experiences to share “an authentic Indian experience” to tourists. This story follows a nascent relationship he…
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USP493 Session 4 Notes
Lecture Measures of Variability Index of Qualitative Variability – used for nominal data The range – used for interval data – simply the largest value minus the lowest value The interquartile range, the difference between the cutpoint where 25 percent of the cases have a larger values, and the cutpoint where 25 percent of the…
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USP515 Session 4 Notes
September 14th and 16th Session Four: Environmental Justice This session will focus on the concept and root causes of environmental injustice. We will be guided by the following questions: How would you define the concept of “environmental injustice”? Disparate impact Social movement in relation to environmental movement with social justice component Poorer nations bear the burden of…
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USP514 Session 4 Notes
September 14th and 16th Session Four: Sustainable Development in Historical Context This session will focus on the origins of the concept of sustainable development and how it is connected to the concept of development. Our discussion will be guided by the following questions: What is meant by the term “development”? To improve the accessibility or availability of…
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Symbolic Logic Operators
This is just like computer science! Operators (~) Negation operator (&) (And) Conjunct operator (v) Disjunct operator (->) (if then) Conditional operator (<->) (if and only if) Biconditional operator
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USP515 Session 3 Notes
September 9th Session Three: Central Theories This session will focus on the concept and root causes of environmental injustice. We will be guided by the following questions: What are the main issues discussed in Feagin and Eckberg article? (These are all quotes) Most of the germane social science literature contains some variation of the assumption…
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USP493 Session 3 Notes
Graphic presentation of data For nominal and ordinal data you can do a pie chart or a bar chart For grouped interval data you can construct a histogram For grouped or ungrouped interval data you can construct line graphs Measures of Central Tendency Mode – can be used for nominal, ordinal and interval data the…
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The Core Strength of Community-Centered Activism Built on Radical Queer Anarcho-Communism
One of the huge advantages of anarcho-communist radical queer organizations comes as a deliberate result of the way they were constructed. Early gay leaders like Harry Hay started nonprofits like Mattachine Society in order to advocate for gay rights from within the structures of the political establishment. At the time, COINTELPRO was an FBI…