| Autor: |
Stout, Vanessa, Kretschmer, Kelsy, Stout, Christopher |
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Journal of Political Science Education; Apr-Jun2016, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p230-240, 11p |
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We propose that instructors utilize a variation of the game Monopoly,Ships and Shoes,to teach students how legacies of discrimination affect current racial inequality. To accomplish this goal,Ships and Shoesuses a multistage exercise in which students are arbitrarily assigned different game pieces, receive unequal compensation and are subject to different rules based on those assignments. In the second half of the exercise, we end the original unequal policies and make nominal improvements to the situation of the disadvantaged game pieces. The activity approximates the experiences of racial minorities and whites in the United States during two time periods: before and after the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which ended legal segregation. Through our review of qualitative and quantitative data from an introductory social science course, we find that participants ofShips and Shoesbetter understand how historic discriminatory policies influence modern-day racial inequality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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