Please see attachment below for assignment details and rubric.Each slide should contain at least 75 – 100 words. This assignment should be in APA format including
reference sheet. You should have a total of thirteen content slides
Make sure the slides look good, use bullet points in the slides and pictures, then explain on the speaker
notes
Use points and pictures
African
American Families
(AAS 228)
Jeslynn Cortes
March 30th, 2023
MPP #7: Systemic Poverty
• How did the system of racism create racial
segregation and government ghettos?
• The great migration of the Blacks
in the 20th Century.
• Government ghettos formed due
to segregation.
• The Ghettos’ inhabitants were
poor and uneducated.
• What is redlining?
• Redlining involved the literal marking
of street maps in red.
• The red regions represented high-risk
areas that mortgage insurers avoided.
• Redlining ensured that Black’s property
remained at low value and barely
appreciated.
• Talk about segregation
• Segregation affects the
economic, political, and
social structures.
• Segregated Blacks have:
➢ Lower employment
opportunities.
➢ Poor living conditions.
➢ High poverty levels.
➢ Higher illiteracy.
➢ Unhealthy lifestyles
• Share some of the poverty statistics
• Nhh
• (NBC News, 2021)
• What are the impacts of systemic poverty?
• Causes financial stagnation or drain
• Inhibits investment opportunities
• Limits constructive economic and social exploits and progress
• What is the racial wealth gap?
• The white- and Black family wealth median
• Savings + Assets – Debts
• Most Blacks are in debts
• Most Blacks have subprime mortgage and
loans
• Most household property belongs to the
whites
• How does centuries of systematic poverty and
racial wealth gap impact Black families?
• Causes generational poverty
• Reduces life quality
• Increases risks to social and medical
issues
• How does housing impact Black families?
• It either builds or diminishes wealth growth
• It encourages generational wealth
• It cultivates financial gains
References
• NBC News. (2020). The Impact Of Generational Poverty On Black
Americans | Nbc Nightly News . YouTube. Retrieved May 3, 2023,
from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJEUM7NRjeg.
• Netflix. (2020). Explained | Racial Wealth Gap | Full Episode | Netflix .
YouTube. Retrieved May 3, 2023, from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqrhn8khGLM.
• The Root. (2021). Racial Segregation and Concentrated Poverty: The
History of Housing in Black America . YouTube. Retrieved May 3, 2023,
from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi9sjhISYfg.
The Extra Question
What is urban renewal? How does it impact the Black community?
• Urban renewal is the transformation of the American cities into segregated zones
• The whites occupy the high-end areas
• The Blacks are segregated within government ghettos