Homework 9

Week of Monday, October 18 Thursday: Class session Assignments (Discussion #9 due by Tuesday, 11:59pm, this week)

Part One

“The Western Tradition”: “A new public” (#45; video, 26:40 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYbocufkwRFAS80nLFShkXSblfcFTXwRH

(Fast forward past the introductory graphics)

Part Two

“Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written. Black Americans have fought to make them true”

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/black-history-american-democracy.html

“Death by civilization”

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/03/traumatic-legacy-indian-boarding-schools/584293/

“Schools tried to forcibly assimilate indigenous kids. Can the US make amends?” (video, 8 minutes)

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/schools-tried-to-forcibly-assimilate-indigenous-kids-can-the-us-make-amends

“A vast wealth gap, driven by segregation, redlining, evictions, and exclusion, separates black and white America”

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/racial-wealth-gap.html

Part Three

GPCC, chapter 4, “The nation-state in the culture of capitalism”

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER

Discussion post #9 

Part One

· Describe “the age of the nation-states” and “a new public.”

· What functions does the nation-state perform in the culture of capitalism (pages 99-100, 102-104)?

· Although states (governments) have existed for as much as 7,000 years, how is the nation-state different from previous versions of states (governments)?

Part Two

· How has the nation-state been constructed from the standpoint of social engineering? How does this pertain to the history of race and ethnic relations in the U.S., including slavery, Native American genocide and oppression, immigration, and forms of racial oppression in general.

 250 word minimum for the entire assignment; no maximum word count. Display the word count at the end of your post.

MLA FORMAT. NO PLAGIRISING