Readings for March 1

Hello, all. So we are moving on to public policy and race for the next couple of weeks. I have here a couple of readings from the Social Security Administration. I'd ask that you read them for Sunday, and I'll talk about some of the ways that the implementation of these programs left out milions of African Americans.

First, a brief history of the SSA and social programs in the U.S. (and if you can bring this one to class on Sunday, we'll go through it and talk about the pieces of the story that they've left out or glossed over):
http://www.ssa.gov/history/pdf/histdev.pdf

And then a piece on the ways that "race neutral" language has differential impacts on members of different racial groups in a more contemporary environment.
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v62n2/v62n2p59.pdf

Thanks so much! I'll see you on Sunday. Best - Amy