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1	Relations before Transactions Glenn C. Loury, Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences Brown University
2	Trend in Median Family Income by Race: 1980-1999
3	Poverty Rate (Children)
4	Test Scores
5	The 1990s: Falling Crime Rates and Rising Imprisonment Rates
6	Crime Trends: ‘73-’91 vs ‘91-’01
7	Imprisonment Rises Sharply
8	A Huge Racial Disparity in Incarceration
9	Whites use drugs more than blacks
10	Blacks arrested more than whites
11	Drug Prices, Emergency Treatment and Incarceration Rates: 1980-2000
12	Incarceration and HIV Transmission (Source: Johnson and Raphael 2005)
13	What if no racial disparity in incarceration? (Men)
14	Annual Newly-Diagnosed AIDS Cases (Women)
15	What if no racial disparity in incarceration? (Women)
16	Public Policy and Racial/Ethnic Disparities Distributive Disparities: who gets more or less, and why Civic Disparities: how groups are positioned in relation to one another and vis-à-vis major societal institutions The Social Question: How can solidarity (or inclusive and equal membership) be achieved in a society divided by ethnic identities as well as material inequalities? How do public policies organize governance and define terms of membership for different social groups?
17	The New Poverty Governance: Change in Numbers Incarcerated and Receiving Cash Aid:1990-2000
18	Civic Incorporation as a Goal of Poverty Policy Europe Unemployment and welfare dependence as problems of “social exclusion” Labor activation as a strategy for incorporation into the societal “mainstream” United States (The New Paternalism) Social dysfunction, behavioral pathology, and personal disorganization as sources of societal marginality “Telling the Poor What to Do” (Help and Hassle) Directive, supervisory, and punitive policies Supports to enable preferred behavior
19	Mid-1960s: a policy long racialized in practice becomes racialized in media coverage and in the public mind
20	Race Matters: The Effect of Black Caseload Percentage on Welfare Policy Choices in an “Average State”