University of California Los Angeles The Myth of Pruitt Igoe

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Answer question A. Paper should be double-spaced and typed. Citations should appear in parenthetical form: (Chafe, P.29) You can cite my lectures simply by saying (Corey, Lecture.) If you use outside sources you will need a bibliography. Answer must have a thesis statement that is no longer than two sentences printed in boldface. Restate the prompt at the top of the essay.

-Please watch the film Pruitt-Igoe to fully understand and interpret the question. When quoting from the film, simply use (Pruitt-Igoe.) Please use at least 2-3 quotes from the film and if you want to use quotes from the lecture, the notes are below.

You can watch the film on

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thepruittigoemyth/276600370

The username is rotemyakobi26@outlook.com and the password is: Mississippi1

-Just search up the film and it will pop up 🙂

A. WHAT IS THE MYTH OF PRUITT-IGOE? BE SURE TO INCLUDE A DISCUSSION OF STRUCTURAL RACISM/POVERTY IN YOUR ANSWER. MANDATORY(2-3 PAGES.)

Corey Pruitt-Igoe Notes:

⁃Myths are that these victims are being blamed for something. The initial idea of building these buildings was not done in an aligned way.

-In a racist country where race is in the DNA ..it is like it has been in the drinking water and gone in the bones.. when that exists you don’t have to be saying racist things to create a situation that’s messed up.

– People that do this aren’t trying to act from racist ideologies they thought they’re doing a good thing. That’s why we talk about the structural part. It was built in their DNA and people don’t have to be actively racist to create a situation that’s an obstacle for people that causes them to not move forward.

⁃The thing that happened in the end that is the exploding in the building is a physical metaphor for the explosion of any idea that happened in society.

  • It got blamed on the victims
  • end of the idea that unborn can change
  • In a racist country, you don’t have to be doing obvious acts of racism
  • In a racist country, you don’t have to be actively racist in order to keep the people of color from flourishing.