Soci 2001 Week 1 Discussion

Post an analysis of race, ethnicity, racial relations, and racism in your immediate environment and your experiences, addressing the following:

• How does your racial and/or ethnic identity affect your life?
• Share an example (or examples) of negative and/or positive race relations you have experienced or witnessed.
• What is the source (historical, structural, political, cultural) of racism in your environment?
• What underlying values support the nature of the race and ethnic group interaction you’ve observed?
• How might positive social change be encouraged to improve race and ethnic group relations in your immediate context?

• Marger, M. N. (2015). Race and ethnic relations: American and global perspectives(10th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.
  • Chapter 1, “Introduction: Some Basic Concepts” (pp. 3–26)
• Pew Research Center. (2016c). Social & demographic trends: Race and ethnicity. Retrieved from http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/topics/race-and-ethnicity/
• Understanding Prejudice. (2016a). Racism now [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.understandingprejudice.org/multimedia/racism-now.htm