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At this point, we have had some in-depth conversations about Race, Racial Formations, Racialization, and Racism. So, I want you to take what you have learned thus far about these concepts/ideas and articulate them into an essay. For this assignment, you will write a  two-page double spaced paper  where you define these terms and demonstrate your comprehension of course materials by incorporating information we have covered thus far. In this paper you will write out your own definitions of: 

-Race  

-Racial Formations OR Racialization 

-Racism 

I want you to incorporate and cite course materials (ie readings and lecture notes) to develop a robust definition of these concepts in your essay. You will need to cite  AT LEAST one course reading and one lecture in your definition of these concepts. For example: 

I define Race as the social understanding of human difference based on phenotype. Race has often been based on skin color, which are white, black, yellow, red, and brown (Pérez). Race was born out of systems of slavery and conquest where those with power wanted to control or remove certain populations (Zinn). 

 

You will follow the above framework to define the three terms above. Thus, you will need to incorporate  SIX  total citations ( three from course readings and three from lecture notes) to complete this assignment and receive full credit.  

 

Formatting/requirements: 

1. 6 citations: 3 references from lecture notes/3 from course reading

2. intext citations should be formatted using MLA (Last Name) or (Last Name pg #)for direct quotes

3. definition of three terms above using your own words and course references

1. dedicate one paragraph toward defining each term

4. 500 word or two-page double spaced multi-paragraph essay

5. 12 point times new roman font

6. 1” margins 

 

Grading Rubric 

10points possible: 

· 2 pts for grammar/syntax/writing  

· Make sure that your paper is well written, using appropriate language, with minimal typos or other issues.  

 

· 6 pts for sources and appropriate use course information 

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· You will need to include 2 sources (1 from course readings and 1 from course lectures) for each definition.  

· You will need to appropriately cite this information following MLA standards 

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· For more information on MLA

· https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.htmlLinks to an external site.    

· https://lbcc.libguides.com/citation_stylesLinks to an external site.  

· https://style.mla.orgLinks to an external site.   

· 2 pts for structure and flow of the essay 

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· You will write a multi-paragraph essay where each of the three concepts (Race/Racial Formations or Racialization/Racism) are defined.  

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· Structure: 

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· Paragraph 1: Race 

· Paragraph 2: Racial Formation or Racialization 

· Paragraph 3: Racism 

· Your paper will need a general flow that is readable that also shows that you have a good grasp of the concept and course materials 

 

RacialFormations-1.pptx

Racial Formations

ETHST 1

Dr. Frank Pérez

Lecture Layout

What will be covered:

What is race revisited

Phases of Race Thinking

Christian/theological

Biological/Scientific

Social Science 

Racial prerequisite cases (evolving understanding of race

Racial Formation Theory

Racialization

Race making

Key terms:

Racial Formation Theory: an analytical tool in sociology used to look at race as a socially constructed identity, where the content and importance of racial categories are determined by social, economic, and political forces

Racialization:

The process by which social understandings (think stereotypes) are used to classify individuals or groups of people within a black-white colored binary or continuum.

Can be good or bad (Asians are good at math, all immigrants are criminals)

This is a (centuries long) process that associates certain social classifications (based on physical makers) with individuals that need to be:

Exploited for capitalist gains 

Removed because they no longer serve  a function in the capitalist society

What is Race? (Revisited)

What are our 4 (or 5) primary race categories?

These are considered to be what kind of construct?

When did our understandings of Race and racial difference emerge?

What was one of the primary purposes of establishing Race/Racial and Ethnic differences?

Racial Formations: Phases of Race thinking

Christian/theological thinking

Polygenesis: stemmed from European explorers that interacted with People of Color all over the world

They claimed that these people came from different origins than those of Anglo-Europeans, which was at odds with the Adam and Eve creationism story

Monogenesis: church argued that there was only one species of man but that different races were of different levels of piety (BIPOC were pagans in need of rescuing/Christianizing)

This both justified the conquest of lands and enslavement/eradication of people

Racial Formations: Phases of Race thinking

Biological Science

Evolutionary biologist, botanist, and medical scientist argued that human races we different down a cellular level

Essentially, there were different species of man (our 5 types)

Social Science

Anthropologist argued that Race was a social concept

Race was created out of social, political, and historical moments when various people were defined as different

Racial Formations: Racial Prerequisite Cases

History of Racial Perquisite Cases

https://youtu.be/gsKx59n4TnQ 

List of all 51 Racial Perquisite Cases determining who was white

https://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/ncc375/rp/index.html 

Racial Formations Theory

Theory of Racial Formation

an analytical tool in sociology, developed by Michael Omi and Howard Winant, which is used to look at race as a socially constructed identity, where the content and importance of racial categories are determined by social, economic, and political forces

https://youtu.be/J3Xe1kX7Wsc

Things to consider with regard to with Race: 

It is a social construct

It is unstable 

It evolves to include new groups of people over time

It is socially, politically, and economically defined

While imaginary, it has material effects on peoples' lives

Racial Formations: Racialization

Racialization:

The process by which social understandings (think stereotypes) are used to classify individuals or groups of people within a black-white colored binary or continuum.

Can be good or bad (Asians are good at math, all immigrants are criminals)

This is a (centuries long) process that associates certain social classifications (based on physical makers) with individuals that need to be:

Exploited for capitalist gains 

Removed because they no longer serve a function in the capitalist society

All groups are racialized in relational and oppositional ways

Exp: Evolving Racialization of Chicanx/Latinx

Race Making

Social: 

Academics (education/theology)

Media (news/cinematic and tv/music/advertising)

Political

Campaigns

Politicians

Legal

Laws

Policies/Practices

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0f1PE8Kzng 

Conclusion

What we covered

What is race revisited

Phases of Race Thinking

Christian/theological

Biological/Scientific

Social Science 

Racial prerequisite cases (evolving understanding of race)

Racial Formation Theory

Racialization

Race making

Key Terms

Racial Formation Theory

Racialization

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UnderstandingRaceVirtual-1.pptx

What is Race?

ETHST 1

Dr. Frank Perez

Lecture Layout

What We Will Cover

Race

Demographics

Breakdown of colorism

Dominant group v Subordinate group

How we see them differently

Origins of Race thinking

Evolution of Race

Race Making

Key Terms:

Race

Social Construct

Dominant and Subordinate groups

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Understanding Race

Fact check:

Both race and ethnicity are socially constructed

What does that mean?

Who creates these?

Understanding Race

Race

Social categorization based upon phenotypical differences

Used to establish hierarchal social orders based upon “physical” distinctions: Remember your colors and roots:

Anglo/European=White

Asian/Asian American=Yellow

Chican@ and Latin@=Brown

American Indigenous=Red

African/African American=Black

Race is a social construct: something that exists not in objective reality, but as a result of human interaction. It exists because humans agree that it exists.

Understanding Race

Race based groupings:

Dominant group: the group that posses more wealth, power, and prestige in a society

This group is seen as the normal community possessing the cultural/physical characteristic that are accepted, invisible, unchallengeable, and the standard by which we judge all other groups

Subordinate group: a group of people who are in a minority in a given society and who, because of “distinct” physical or cultural characteristics, are oppressed/dominated/subjugated/ suppressed with in the society

This groups is seen as abnormal group with cultural/physical characteristics that are exotic/erotic, desired/despised, and pathological/infectious

When did Race thinking begin in the Western World

There a couple ways to think about the Origins of Race in Europe/U.S

Columbus: Columbus arrival in the new world set precedence for the dehumanization of Indigenous Mesoamericans

https://youtu.be/k8PQXiJiLOY

1619 and the first slave ships: The arrival of first ships with enslaved Africans and the founding of the American colonies and chattel slaver system

https://youtu.be/Q14BTdS6BRc

Rise of Race

The roots and rise of race:

Colonization/colonialism and slavery

How do you justify taking over someone’s lands or enslavement?

Racial paternalism (“white man’s burden”)

Moralistic

Biological

In a nutshell, painting colonized people as evil or biologically/psychologically inferior and therefore in need of:

Rescuing/civilizing by colonizer

Eradication (to maintain racial order/purity)

History of Race

Race is a European colonial construct

Related entirely to migration and citizenship

Pioneered by Christian leaders and cartographers

Scientifically justified by evolutionary biologist

 Carl Linnaeus (1758) describes human taxonomy:

-Homo Americanus (Indigenous Americans) as reddish, choleric, obstinate, contented, and regulated

-Homo Europeaus (Europeans) as white, fickle, sanguine, blue-eyed, gentle and governed by laws

-Homo Asiaticus (Indigenous Pan Asian Cultural-Ethnic groups)  as sallow, grave, dignified, avaricious, and ruled by opinion

-Homo Afer (Indigenous African) as black, phlegmatic, cunning, lazy, lustful, and governed by caprice. 

https://youtu.be/Q69pq7cQ_nY?t=534 

Conclusion

What we covered:

Race: what it is and how it relates to color

Dominant vs. Subordinate groups

History of Race: where it comes from and how its made/changes

Key terms:

Race: Social categorization based upon phenotypical differences. Used to establish hierarchal social orders based upon “physical” distinctions

Social Construct: something that exists not in objective reality, but as a result of human interaction. It exists because humans agree that it exists.

Dominant group: the group that posses more wealth, power, and prestige in a society

Subordinate group: a group of people who are in a minority in a given society and who, because of “distinct” physical or cultural characteristics, are oppressed/dominated/subjugated/ suppressed with in the society

Race Making: social process for developing ideas about human difference that various social actors use to separate race/ethnically different populations

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