Present as Prologue (choose only one)
A sample title: “The Deep Roots of the Present State of Black America”
Essay #2. (35 points possible) Identify and explain 3 specific current socio-economic disparities (in areas of: employment, health, incarceration, wealth, etc.) between Blacks and whites in the U.S. What positive trends or strengths (prominence, progress, protest/politics) in African American communities are either helping (or have helped) to resolve these disparities; and/or what negative trends or developments are exacerbating/ worsening these disparities? How, in your view, are specific disparities connected to the past chattel enslavement experiences of
African-Americans’ ancestors?