Answer the following essay question (address each part!) around 1250-1750 words

Now that the semester is nearly over, your family and friends demand to know what you're learning in college. The first thing that you tell them is that there has been an increase in inequality in cities like New York City. "Oh, that can't be true," they challenge. "Isn't everyone better off today than we were fifty years ago?" they ask. Break it down for them by describing how changes in employment policies and practices, globalization, the persistence of segregation, immigration policies, the militarization of public space, the advent of new city planning policies, environmental racism, criminal injustice and welfare "reform" have made cities more unequal. Address the issues of gender, racial and class-based inequality in your answer. Your family and friends won't believe you unless you providing concrete, detailed examples from course materials.