“Wealth and Poverty” Class 4: Why your income increasingly depends on where you live

This week’s Class 4 explores why geographic segregation by income, wealth, and race has been on the rise.

本周的第四堂课探讨了收入、财富和种族造成的地理隔离为何日益加剧。

In case you missed them, here are the classes that have been released so far: Class 1 , Class 2 , Class 3 .

如果您错过了，这里是迄今为止已发布的课程： Class 1 、 Class 2 、 Class 3 。

For Class 4, just double-click on the video below, and you’re in the fourth week of class.

对于 4 班，只需双击下面的视频，您就进入了课程的第四周。

Inequalities that depend on where you live are widening in particularly divisive ways.

取决于居住地点的不平等正在以特别分裂的方式扩大。

To be rich in today’s America means never having to come into contact with anyone who isn’t.

在当今的美国，要想变得富有就意味着永远不必与任何不富有的人接触。

To be poor in today’s America means being trapped on islands of poverty from which escape has become more and more difficult.

在当今的美国，贫穷意味着被困在贫困孤岛上，逃离贫困变得越来越困难。

Why is it becoming easier for the wealthier to segregate from the poorer within a nation?

为什么一个国家内的富人与穷人越来越容易隔离？

What forms does this segregation take in addition to geographic?

除了地理上的隔离之外，这种隔离还采取哪些形式？

Is this much different from a nation as a whole cutting itself off from others around the world who are poorer?

这与一个国家作为一个整体与世界上其他较贫穷的国家隔绝有什么不同吗？

Phillip Longman, “Why the Economic Fates of American Cities Diverged,” The Atlantic

菲利普·朗曼，《为什么美国城市的经济命运出现分歧》，《大西洋月刊》

Jonathan Kozol, “Life on the Mississippi: East St. Louis, Illinois,” Savage Inequalities

乔纳森·科佐尔，“密西西比河上的生活：伊利诺伊州东圣路易斯”，野蛮的不平等

Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, “Separated by Design: How Some of America’s Richest Towns Fight Affordable Housing,” ProPublica

杰奎琳·拉贝·托马斯 (Jacqueline Rabe Thomas)，“因设计而分离：美国一些最富有的城镇如何对抗经济适用房”，ProPublica

For a full list of readings and the student handout for today’s class, you can visit the course website here .

有关今天课程的阅读材料和学生讲义的完整列表，您可以访问此处的课程网站。

A huge thanks to the Wealth and Poverty team — to Michael Lahanas-Calderón, Kyle Parker, Dan Davis, and Emmett Tjen — as well as Coro Fellows Ammar Ansari and Meagan Turner for preparing these course materials to be shared with all of you.

非常感谢财富与贫困团队——Michael Lahanas-Calderón、Kyle Parker、Dan Davis 和 Emmett Tjen——以及科罗研究员 Ammar Ansari 和 Meagan Turner 准备了这些课程材料，以便与大家分享。

And to Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse for making all this happen on this page.

感谢 Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse 让这一切在本页发生。

Hello Robert Reich...

你好罗伯特·赖克...

Thanks for Posting this...

感谢您发布此...

This is very Evident in CA which has the Widest Wealth Inequality in the USA...

这在美国财富不平等最严重的加利福尼亚州非常明显......