Social Inequality in American
Monday, April 24, 2017
FINAL POST
Since taking this class completing my blog assignments I feel that I have learned a lot about myself. African American, male, and single I realize that the odds are stacked against me and there is a few in my favor. Im think that I am more consciously aware about the world now and I will approach everything with a "gray eye" because the world is not black and white. There is so many different things to consider when talking about job, status, housing, and even discrimination. Social Inequality has shown me the gray and I will forever be looking for it.
WEEK 9
Housing Discrimination
The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) prohibits
discrimination when selling or renting property. The law covers owners, agents,
employees and brokers and makes it unlawful to refuse to rent, show or sell
property based on a person's race, creed, color, national origin, nationality,
ancestry, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial
status, affection or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, sex, or
mental and physical disability, including AIDS and HIV-related illness.
The National Fair Housing Alliance is dedicated to ending
housing discrimination and fostering diverse, inclusive communities through
advocacy. NFHA’s public policy team
weighs in with the federal government to create and affect policy that expands
equal access to fair housing choice for all.
NFHA supports policy initiatives that advance our goals of eliminating
discrimination in housing and expand equal access to homeownership
opportunities.
NFHA also co-chairs, with the NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, the Fair Housing Task Force.
The Fair Housing Task Force is a coalition of the Leadership Conference
on Civil and Human Rights consisting of civil rights, housing and community
development, and other advocacy organizations.
The Fair Housing Task Force meets to address the most pressing
contemporary issues related to the enforcement of the Fair Housing Act and to
advocate for policies that promote equal access to housing opportunities.
NFHA tracks the federal budget process and advocates for the
highest possible appropriations for key fair housing and other housing programs
run through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Today, it is legal for a housing provider in a majority of
states across the country to deny housing to people because they are gay,
lesbian, transgender, unmarried, or a recipient of housing subsidies. NFHA has
been a strong advocate for the expansion of the Fair Housing Act to prohibit
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital
status, and source of income.
Addiction
Established in 1951, NJAMHAA has become recognized as a
leader in providing effective advocacy and legislative support to our members
and the community at large. Their association creates a face for the population
of individuals with mental illness and/or addictions who often have no voice of
their own. Making sure individuals with behavioral health disorders are no
longer invisible, ignored and misunderstood, NJAMHAA is in the national
forefront fighting stigma and discrimination against persons with mental
illness and/or addictions, helping them to improve their lives. They educate
the public, as well as leaders and legislators. By leaning on our comprehensive
support structure, our members stay focused on providing a high-quality
continuum of care to ensure the recovery of adults and children dealing with
mental illness, behavioral and emotional problems, and addictions.
Although they continue to evolve, one thing always remains
constant: Their commitment to providers, individual receiving services and
their families and our efforts help to improve the lives of individuals with
mental illness and/or addictions.
Their presence is highly visible to policy makers and state
and federal legislators on a consistent basis. NJAMHAA has access to key
contacts in Trenton and in the nation's capital and our influence is extensive.
Because of the large and comprehensive constituency of provider organizations
we represent, NJAMHAA is a highly respected voice for the industry. Known for
our persistence and perseverance, we are relentless and successful in our
advocacy efforts on behalf of our members, and the individuals and families
they serve.
The National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP)
is a national non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation founded in 1994 by pioneers from
the first twelve Drug Courts in the nation.
This extraordinary group of innovative judges, prosecutors,
defense attorneys, and clinical professionals created a common-sense approach
to improving the justice system by using a combination of judicial monitoring
and effective treatment to compel drug-using offenders to change their lives.
From those visionaries came the Drug Court movement and
ultimately the broader “problem-solving court” principles taught in law schools
and utilized in everyday court practice throughout numerous municipal, state
and federal court systems nationwide. Today with 3,057 Drug Courts in operation
in all 50 states and U.S. territories, NADCP has forever changed the face of
the justice system.
ALICE
ALICE is a organization that helps provide housing, child
care, health care, transportation, and food to working individuals who cannot
do It themselves. The company plays an important role in providing solutions to
poverty stricken problems and trying to become a dependable source for school
and home care. An example of this organization’s interest in bettering the home
life of people is by providing resources for individuals who are care givers of
family members.
The fact that a lot of communities suffer from job support
the problem with ALICE is that it doesn’t provide a service to help individuals
find work. The company is providing overall help to the community but I believe
that help should start with a job application, not a handout.
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Kristin Seefeldt
Kristin Seefeldt talks about how poor quality jobs, the
decline of housing markets. And low performing schools affects poor and working
class families. She also talks about social isolation’s affects on the African American
community and how that very same segregation can stop them from ascending in
class.
If we improve
low-performing schools that will help children and teens in those school to get
a better chance of finding jobs later in life. With the education it will
provide them with higher quality jobs instead of low-quality jobs that they
have now. By increasing the quality of their jobs then they will be able to
move out of residential segregated neighborhoods.
The thing that is relevant in the reports is how all of
these things like jobs, housing, and education is connected. What I found
interesting and informative was the fact that social isolation can still occur
and have great affects in this day and age where social media (connection) is
so prevalent in our daily lives. I think that if we can look past race and
social class, we can have a more productive and inclusive society.
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