Problem
i. Why has full employment been the priority item on the Black Agenda since the end of the civil rights movement?
ii. Examine the multiple consequences of historic, long-term, persistent unemployment on the African American community and its overall economic well-being.
iii. Discuss the differential impact of the Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic on the African American community.
iv. Describe how material-based policies are necessary to end historical structural inequalities in the Black community. Which material-based policies would you propose?
v. Why have Congress and the president been more likely to enact rights-based than material-based reforms?