Race+and+Ethnicity


 * Essential Questions:**
 * 1. What is race? Where does it come from? **
 * 2. Where does racism come from? What function does it serve in society? **
 * 3. To what extent is it possible to reduce prejudice/racism in society today? Give 2 potential actions that could reduce prejudice/racism in your educated opinion. **

Day 2: Has racism been reduced since the 1950s? Solutions for racism?
Questions for the day: To what extent has racism been reduced in American society?/Other places in the world? What could be done to reduce racism?

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 * Reflections on perceptions of race by 5 black teens in a short interview after the riots in Ferguson:**

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Search for yourself to try to answer question **1: To what extent has racism been reduced in American society since the 1950s? In the WORLD?** Keep track of your sources! You should also use what you learned from the reading and videos from this unit. Prepare to discuss.
 * Activity 1:**

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[|Look at this post]

[|And any other posts here]

Choose to listen to 2 or 3 short stories from "The Race Card Project". As you listen, write down what reinforces what you already know and what surprises you about racism today. [|The Race Card Project]

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 * Is white privilege real?:[| Daily Show Interview with Bill O'Reilly]**

You must reference the research/readings you did AND discuss your own PERSONAL experience with race. Questions to choose from (you don't need to discuss all of them, choose the one you would like to reference when you share, also make sure you respond to/question each other!): Some ideas for discussion are in parentheses.
 * Homework:**
 * Prepare for a small group Socratic Seminar on Race next class:**

(How does location/socioeconomic status/peer group etc influence one's experience of race?)
 * 1. Where does racism come from? What function does it serve in society? ( **How does each person experience race differently?

(How have you experienced/witnessed racism throughout your life? How can we be sociologically mindful of racism? (yes I just **did** bring up a term from the first unit!) How can racism be reduced sociologically?)
 * 2. To what extent is it possible to reduce prejudice/racism in society today? Give 2 potential actions that could reduce prejudice/racism in your educated opinion. **

= Day 3: Socratic Seminar! =

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[|Implicit Racism is a reflex according to Tim Wise]

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You must reference the research/readings you did AND discuss your own PERSONAL experience with race. Questions to choose from (you don't need to discuss all of them, choose the one you would like to reference when you share, also make sure you respond to/question each other!): Some ideas for discussion are in parentheses.

How does location/socioeconomic status/peer group etc influence one's experience of race?
 * 1. Where does racism come from? What function does it serve in society? ( **How does each person experience race differently?

How have you experienced/witnessed racism throughout your life? How can we be sociologically mindful of racism? (yes I just **did** bring up a term from the first unit!) How can racism be reduced sociologically?
 * 2. To what extent is it possible to reduce prejudice/racism in society today? Give 2 potential actions that could reduce prejudice/racism in your educated opinion. **

1. Does racism extend to nationalities? 2. How would explicit racism be better than implicit racism? 3. Victims of racism? 4. What was the main turning point for racism in the U.S.? [|5. Emmitt Till] 6. Racial Profiling 7. Ferguson/Trevon Martin
 * Revisit Questions posted last class:**

For this post, please post about race. You may wish to talk about the social construction of race, ingroups/outgroups and stereotypes and prejudices especially explicit and implicit racism as well as white privilege. As you apply it to your own experiences, you might want to think about: assumptions you have had about race (esp. biological), experiences you have had with other races and/or racism, and how privilege affects you.
 * Homework/or classwork: Blogpost**
 * You MUST reference the socratic seminar and at least 1 additional resource you have reviewed in class the past 2 classes. ALSO be sure to talk about your own experiences with race. **


 * If there is time: Start [|Crash] **

= Day 4: Finish CRASH! =
 * Do Now: Comment on the posts of 2 of your classmates**

(From Sociology Sal: Chris Salituro:) Rather than tracing a main character throughout the movie, Crash traces the construction of race throughout the film. Try not to watch the movie literally, because it is obviously implausible that these characters are so interrelated. Instead, watch the movie and think about race metaphorically. There are many ways in which race shows up in the movie. Race is really what is interrelated to all the characters. Race is much more complex than the black and white way it is often portrayed. Race can be related to language, social class, religion, skin color, power, and other social constructs. Sometimes race divides people we would normally put in the same racial category. Sometimes race leads to explicit racism and sometimes it is implicit.
 * Activity 2: [|CRASH!]**

Answer the following as you watch the movie: (this is shared in your drive folder too)

Here are some sociological questions to consider after watching the movie: **As you watch, take notes to help you answer these questions: (Note: This is shared with you in drive if you would like to answer it there. OR you can use quicktime)**

1. What are some of the stereotypes in the movie that characters hold that are not true? How were these stereotypes not true?

2. The movie looks at both explicit and implicit racism. But the question the movie implores us to explore is which is worse? The young cop tries really hard to not be explicitly racist, but he doesn’t realize the implicitly racist ways that he has been shaped. He assumes that the young black kid was not ice skating and is laughing at him and that he is reaching for a weapon. What are some other examples of explicit and implicit racism in the movie? Which do you think is worse? Why?

3. Another theme highlighted in the movie is that individuals might not be racist (or might be trying to overcome it) but they live in a larger society with racist dynamics. For example, the detective has to deal with his mom feeling that he left the family behind because he became a detective and got an education and moved out of the neighborhood. Another example is the tv director who has his own ideas about the show but he is forced to succumb to the will of the white producer who has his own ideas.

4. Using the movie as an example, what can be done to help reduce the racism in society? How could some of the racist incidents be handled so as to minimize the racism in America?

**Homework: Finish CRASH and finish answering the questions above in drive via quicktime or in writing.**

= Day 5: Finish Race and Start Social Inequality Unit = Race is more than a black and white issue…
 * Do Now: **
 * What are some examples from the movie that show the idea of race is not just a black or white issue and instead race is much more complicated? What scenes/characters show this idea? Do you think that simplifying race to a black-white issue continues to create confusion over race issues in America? **

Discuss.

**Activity 1: Start Social Inequality Unit**

**Project from 2013**

[|Rubric] Crossing the Racial Divide Project Rubric = = = =