Blog #13

After having completed project 2, I think I have sharpened my researching skills as well as my ability to analyze a source. I also learned quite a bit about my topic, discrimination  by banks in the area of home loans and mortgages. This includes the history of redlining in the United States, and how this applies to the difficulty of getting jobs and home loans for people of color. I learned this through my research, which included web articles, scholarly journals, and videos. Through my research and learning about my topic, I was also able to learn effective ways of analysis of different artifacts, and the approaches that worked best for me.

This new knowledge of bank discrimination will be beneficial to me moving forward as this is an area of work that I am considering in the future. Having this awareness will be helpful moving forward when it comes to discussion, or even helping to make a difference in the future. In addition, the research and analysis skills that I have gained through this project will be beneficial for me for the next project, and hopefully for projects in the future here at Fairfield. Next, I would like to learn more about utilizing the library database to find scholarly articles around certain topics. I felt like this would have been helpful for project 2 and will be moving forward, so I would like to learn to navigate the database effectively in the future.