"Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?" Chapter 3 Analysis by carlos https://padlet.com/cdea_mexico_us/o4kejb852zac Made with good vibes en-us 2018-02-21 15:28:56 UTC 2018-03-10 03:21:45 UTC hello@padlet.com The purpose of section one is to explain and describe what conventional wisdom is. cdea_mexico_us https://padlet.com/cdea_mexico_us/o4kejb852zac/wish/238668794 Galbraith explains that conventional wisdom is the truth that benefits you. It may not be true but may seem very true to the listener. It may also seem common sense to the reader or audience.]]> 2018-03-06 15:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cdea_mexico_us/o4kejb852zac/wish/238668794 The purpose of the chapter as a whole is to view the effect of drug dealing on the lives of those who practice drug dealing and the reality of it. cdea_mexico_us https://padlet.com/cdea_mexico_us/o4kejb852zac/wish/238669166 Drug dealers still live with their moms because drug dealing does not provide the worker with enough monetary benefit to live by themselves.]]> 2018-03-06 15:30:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cdea_mexico_us/o4kejb852zac/wish/238669166 Support cdea_mexico_us https://padlet.com/cdea_mexico_us/o4kejb852zac/wish/238675622 Statistics- "His three officers, meanwhile, each took home $700 a month, which works out to about $7 and hour. And the foot soldiers earned just $3.30 an hour, less than the minimum wage"(100).]]> 2018-03-06 15:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cdea_mexico_us/o4kejb852zac/wish/238675622 The purpose of section two is to explore the reality of drug dealing and how it is "conventional wisdom." cdea_mexico_us https://padlet.com/cdea_mexico_us/o4kejb852zac/wish/239196088 In this section of the chapter, Sudhir Venkatesh studied the habit and living of a Chicago gang from the branch of the Black Gangster Disciple Nation. He discovered that most of the members still lived with their moms because the were economically unstable and poor. This is an example of conventional wisdom because most people would expect to see drug dealers as wealthy.]]> 2018-03-07 15:24:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cdea_mexico_us/o4kejb852zac/wish/239196088 The purpose of this section is to describe the impact on people because of the cocaine and crack cocaine distribution during the 1980s. cdea_mexico_us https://padlet.com/cdea_mexico_us/o4kejb852zac/wish/240156240 In the 1980s African Americans were benefiting greatly from the laws that would desegregate hospitals which stopped the "third world care" they were getting. However, the discovery of crack cocaine created a great downfall for the African American people. ]]> 2018-03-09 14:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cdea_mexico_us/o4kejb852zac/wish/240156240 Support cdea_mexico_us https://padlet.com/cdea_mexico_us/o4kejb852zac/wish/240157593 False Ethos-A man who was homeless was giving statistics about the homeless population and everyone believed him because he was an "expert"(Levitt and Dubner 86).
Claim of Solution- Listerine came up with the idea that bad breath was not a good thing at all and they came up with a solution to it. However, bad breath was not a problem until they presented the problem to the people(87).]]> 2018-03-09 14:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cdea_mexico_us/o4kejb852zac/wish/240157593 cdea_mexico_us https://padlet.com/cdea_mexico_us/o4kejb852zac/wish/240163956 Claim of Cause and Effect- "Within a five-year period, the homicide rate among young urban blacks quadrupled"(112).
"After decades of decline, black infant mortality began to soar in the 1980s, as did the rate of low-birthweight babies and parent abandonment"(112)]]> 2018-03-09 14:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cdea_mexico_us/o4kejb852zac/wish/240163956