42 pages • 1 hour read
William Julius WilsonMore Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
1.
What arguments does William Julius Wilson make in More Than Just Race that might provide an alternative explanation for the conclusions Herrnstein and Murray drew in The Bell Curve?
2.
Do you agree with Wilson that structural factors are more impactful than cultural ones on African American social immobility?
3.
How similar are contemporary inner-city neighborhoods to segregation in America before the civil rights movement?
