I have essay about Intro to Ethnic Studies 35 $

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But My Mother Says its Rude to talk

about Race

Essay 1

Class poll….

 Prior to this class how often had you thought about your

race? When you think about it, which events occurrences

prompted it?

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 Is it rude to talk about race?

 Where does this originate with?

 Is this dehumanizing?

 How does this make you feel?

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The impact Of the college Experience

 Your experience in College.

 What has it been?

 What about Student Body President?

 Groups?

Ghetto Parties

 Who has attended one of these?

 Hostility or Ignorance?

 What’s wrong with this?

 What is gained?

 What is lost?

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White Guilt

 White guilt is the individual or collective

guilt felt by some white people for harm

resulting from racist treatment of ethnic

minorities by other white people both

historically and currently.

 Have you felt this?

Tim Wise- Anti-racist Writer

 Video link:

 https://www.youtube

.com/watch?v=BxqM

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Have you been socialized to be

censured?

 For Example, ….a parent, teacher or friend, suggested it

was rude to mention race, let alone discuss it in a serious

manner. (9)

 What messages did/do you get?

 Looking back how do you feel about talking about this?

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Think about this….  “The main reason Blacks

gravitate towards basketball is due to convenience. Its one of very few sports that does not require a ton of equipment and multiple players. With basketball, all you need is a ball and hoop. You can practice solo, play one on one, play with odd numbers (i.e. the game called "21"), 2 on 2, 3 vs 3, and so on, up to 5 vs 5.”

Essay 1 Thoughts

 History matters

 Context Matters

 Dialogue Matters

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Essay 2

Racism 101:

What is Racism anyway?

Race  Implies obvious

biological/physical differences

 skin color,

 facial features,

 size, eye shape, etc…

 According to the Human

Genome Project mapping

DNA, no true biological races

exist; rather, human groups

must be placed on a

continuum.

 Socially Constructed

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Social Constructs

 Race is sociality constructed

 Racial Dynamics located in the social

 Page 10

 What do you think about this explanation?

Super Fancy Sociology

Definition

Race refers to an externally imposed

system of social categorization and

stratification.

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Ethnicity Refers to the distinct cultural norms and values of a social group. Characteristics of ethnic groups include (to varying degrees):

 Shared history

 Religion and culture

 Kin or ancestry

 Sense of shared destiny

 Language

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Racism: the belief that all members of each race possess

characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially

so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another

race or races.

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Do you think

this is

racism, or

an example

of double

standards?

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Racism a system involving Cultural

messages with Roots in History

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Institutionalized Discrimination

 Refers to the unjust and discriminatory mistreatment of an

individual or group of individuals by organizations such as

governments and corporations, financial institutions (banks,

investment firms) public institutions (schools, police forces,

healthcare centers), and other societal entities.

 Is embedded within social structures as matters of policy and practice

 Culturally supported practices supported through norms, beliefs, and values

that are prejudicial in nature

 Legally prohibited through the Civil Rights Act of 1965, yet informally, still

part of every day life

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Prejudice: preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.

Discrimination: treatment or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing is

perceived to belong to rather than on individual merit.

Race in U.S. history—Slavery  From early colonization on, racialization has been part of the

story of the United States.

 Africans were brought as slaves in huge numbers: nearly 4

million by 1780.

 Their responses to slavery varied from rebellion to passivity

to cultural development to hostility.

 With abolition, life for former slaves did not change quickly

or evenly.

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Seeing racial and ethnic inequality

 To say that a society is racialized is to say that it has a racial

system of stratification.

 The United States is a racially stratified society, and we can

see this in many places:

 Educational attainment

 Income

 Residence

 Wealth

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