Book to be read: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond
Journal Entry #4: Evictions and Inequality: In our last two entries, you will take a slightly different approach to interpreting the core texts for each unit. While still connecting the core text to United States media that you might come into contact with, you will also be asked to interpret and analyze the texts in more detail. For Entry #4, please address the following two prompts:
Depictions of poverty in the media are pervasive. How do the depictions of poverty and eviction in the text by Desmond compare to those you have seen in the media? Be specific in identifying where and what type of media depictions of poverty you have seen elsewhere as you make your comparison to the text.
Experts that analyze the dynamics of poverty often make the following claim: “it is expensive to be poor.” Bring forward an example from the text by Desmond that illustrates this and describe how and why.
Format and Submission: Please type your journals and save them as word documents or pdfs (no google docs or .pages files, please). Journals should be 12pt Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins all around. Use of AI generated text is absolutely prohibited–all writing must be in your own words except for properly cited in-text citations.
Initial Journal Entry
Thorough and well-argued response to prompt #1, including a clear connection to a specific media example.
Thorough and well-argued response to prompt #2, including a specific example from the text.
Style/grammar, punctuation, page-length (1/2-1 page single-spaced for each entry).
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