READING RESPONSES (6 @ 4pts + 1 freebie pt. = 25pts, 25% of grade)

Reading Response Rubric (4pts)

Points
4	Writing clearly met the requirements, is well written and thoughtfully engages with the text.
3	Writing clearly met the requirements, is somewhat well written and somewhat engages with the text.
2	Writing doesn’t meet the requirements and/or is poorly written.
0-1	Did not do assignment or writing was insufficient.

ALL READING RESPONSES WILL BE POSTED BELOW. REMEMBER YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO 6 OUT OF THE 11. YOU WILL NOT GET EXTRA CREDIT FOR DOING MORE RESPONES, I WILL GRADE THE FIRST 6.

Reading Response #1 (4pts)   DUE Tues. 9/6 by 10p
Undergraduates: Write a 250 word reflection on what you learned from Ch. 1 of In Defense of Housing.

Graduate Students: Write a 500 word reflection on what you learned from Chps. 1 & 2 of In Defense of Housing.

Please upload a word doc of your response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.

 

Reading Response #2 (4pts)   DUE Tues. 9/13 by 10p

Undergraduates: In about 250 words, describe the role of banks and the federal government in racial segregation in the three examples used in Chapter 1 by Rothstein.

Graduate Students: In about 500 words, describe racial capitalism, in your own words as best as you can, drawing on Dantzler et. al. What connections can you make between racial capitalism as a Wilder’s writing about Brooklyn ghetto formation.

Please upload a word doc of your response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.

 

Reading Response #3 (4pts)   DUE Tues. 9/20 by 10p

Undergraduates: Write a 250 word reflection on what you learned from the Introduction to Race for Profit.

Graduate Students: Write a 500 word reflection on what you learned from Chps. 1 & 3 of Race for Profit.

Please upload a word doc of your response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.

 

Reading Response #4 (4pts)   DUE Tues. 9/27 by 10p

Undergraduates: In about 250 words, looking across this week’s readings about (re)zoning under Bloomberg, what are some of the intended and unintended consequences of this restructuring of urban space in NYC?

Graduate Students: In about 500 words, what are some of the impacts (direct or indirect) that area rezonings and affordable housing plans have on NYC’s homelessness problem.

Please upload a word doc of your response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.

 

Reading Response #5 (4pts)   DUE Tues. 10/11 by 10p

Undergraduates: Referring to the Rotramel (2021) article, in about 250 words, describe how public housing became stigmatized in the mid-20^th century and what impact this has on single-mothers.

Graduate Students: Drawing on Sink & Ceh (2011) and Goetz (2011), in about 500 words, what has been the impact of Hope VI and public housing demolition on patterns of racial segregation?

Please upload a word doc of tour response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.

 

Reading Response #6 (4pts)   DUE Tues. 10/18 by 10p

Undergraduates: Drawing on Ch. 3 of Zoned Out! and your other readings for this week, in about 250 words, explain the impacts that zoning and DeBlasio’s affordable housing policy have had on housing stability in NYC.

Graduate Students: Drawing on Elmedni (2018) and other readings for this week, in about 500 words, provide and summary/critique of DeBlasio’s affordable housing plan and key concerns we can take from it.

Please upload a word doc of tour response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.

 

Reading Response #7 (4pts)   DUE Tues. 11/1 by 10p

Undergraduates: Referring to Ch. 13 of Cities for people, not for profit, describe, in about 250 words, the pillars of the free-market system.

Graduate Students: Referring to Fields’ article, “Unwilling Subjects of Financialization”, what role does private equity play in the multi-family rental market?

Please upload a word doc of tour response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.

 

Reading Response #8 (4pts)   DUE Tues. 11/8 by 10p

Undergraduates: In about 250 words, write your main takeaways from Gonik’s chapter.

Graduate Students: In about 500 words, write your main takeaways from Rolnik’s chapters.

Please upload a word doc of tour response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.

 

Reading Response #9 (4pts)   DUE Tues. 11/15 by 10p

Undergraduates: Write a 250 word reflection on Smith’s article Gentrification as Global Urban Strategy.

Graduate Students: In about 500 words, write a reflection on Beauregard’s conception of gentrification theory.

Please upload a word doc of your response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.

 

Reading Response #10 (4pts)   DUE Tues. 11/22 by 10p

Undergraduates: Looking across this week’s readings, write about 250 words that summarize some of the common themes and/or differences in people’s experiences and concerns with displacement.

Graduate Students: Looking across this week’s readings, write about 500 words that summarize some of the common themes and/or differences in people’s experiences and concerns with displacement.

Please upload a word doc of your response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.

 

Reading Response #11 (4pts)   DUE Tues. 11/29 by 10p

Undergraduates: In about 250 words and drawing on the Fullilove and Bendiner-Viani & Saegert articles, reflect on what a sense home is to you.

Graduate Students: In about 500 words and drawing on the this week’s articles, reflect on what a sense home is to you and the importance of ontological security.

Please upload a word doc of your response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.