Students in the Race, Religion and Donald J. Trump class, a course offered through the Department of Sociology and led by Dr. Gerardo Marti, selected to reveal aspects of their own biography in relation to policies, political decisions, or public statements that relate to American dynamics of race, religion, economics, and political power. In these posts, they focus especially on their racial identity, often in connection with their social class background and religious aspects of their own lives. The students also integrated visual images, for example from their hometowns and childhoods, into their posts. Together, their stories reveal how broad and often hidden societal developments have highly personal consequences.

Projects

• SOC105

Housing Segregation in Amelia Island

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Coming to Terms with the Racial Wealth Gap

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How living in a White affluent community altered my views on racism in America

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Immigration: Success for a Select Few

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A Place of Privilege: Growing Up In White Suburbia

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The Money Doesn’t Add Up: A Letter to My Republican Friends

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Growing Up in a Wealthy White Neighborhood and the Advantages It’s Given Me

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Italian Immigration

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Exploring Race in the Assimilation of Immigrants in the US, the UK, and France

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Australia vs. the United States: Wealth Inequality, the effect of family socioeconomic status on educational opportunity.

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Being an “alien” in my home country and what it taught me

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