ANSO 103 Discussion Leadership

What was the percentage of families in Ypsilanti below the poverty level in 2013?

• 31.5%

• 40,5%

• 63%

• 2%

• 75%

What is social isolation?

• lack of contact or of sustained interaction with individuals and institutions that represent mainstream society

• social outcomes resulting from large number of impoverished people living in proximity to each other

• feeling more comfortable with those of the same social status of you

• lack of intersection between race and work

What was the percentage of residents employed in Ypsilanti in 2013?

• 89%

• 77%

• 28%

• 63%

What are concentration effects?

• the more people who live in an area, the worse the living conditions are

• compounding effects that impact people's morals and ideologies

• the social outcomes resulting from large numbers of impoverished people living in proximity to each other

• similar to mainstream culture

What was the main industry in Ypsilanti in the PAST?

• retail/fast food

• automobile industry

• technology

• fashion design

What is the CURRENT main industry in Ypsilanti? (more than one correct answer)

• educational services

• retail trade

• manufacturing

• agriculture

True or false: Ann Arbor is known as a comfortable city for African Americans of working-class status or below

• true

• false

True or false: it is unusual for upturns in poverty and socioeconomic blight to be matched by upturns in crime and delinquency

• true

• false

Why is underemployment such a problem in Ypsilanti?

• All of the careers in Ypsilanti are dead-end jobs (there are no opportunities for advancement)

• the residents of Ypsilanti don't know what to do after the automobile industry left

• social isolation and concentration effects

• COVID has made people not want to work

True or false: many interviewees stated that their employers treated them unfairly or didn't hire them at all because they assumes they would cause trouble based on their race

• true

• false