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Week 1.Introduction: Lecture on the Overview of Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. Readings: Royal British Racism and the Pandemic --Kimberley Ducey and Joe R. Feagin, “Concluding Thoughts: The Royals, British Racism, and the Coronavirus Pandemic,” from Ed. K.Ducey and J.R.Feagin, Revealing Britain’s Systemic Racism: The Case of Meghan Markle and the Royal Family (New York: Routledge, 2021), pp. 218-237. --Kimberley Ducey and Joe R. Feagin, “White Men Ruling and the Problem with Meghan Markle,” from Ed. K.Ducey and J.R.Feagin, Revealing Britain’s Systemic Racism: The Case of Meghan Markle and the Royal Family (New York: Routledge, 2021), pp. 122-152. Readings: White Racial Frame in the US history --F.Carl Walton and Stephen M. Caliendo, “Origins of the Concept of Race,” pp. 9-17. --Joe Feagin, “Creating a White Racial Frame: The First Century,” pp. 38-58.
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Race and Ethnicity Readings: --Joe Feagin, “The Contemporary White Racial Frame,” from The White Racial Frame: Centuries of Racial Framing and Counter-Framing (New York: Routledge, 2010), pp. 91-122. --Stephen Cornell & Douglas Hartmann, “Mapping the Terrain: Definitions,” from Cornell & Hartmann, Ethnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing World (Thousand Oaks, Cal.: Pine Forge Press, 2007), pp. 15-40. --Vivian Ibrahim, “Ethnicity,” from Ed. S.M.Caliendo & C.D.McIlwain, The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity (New York: Routledge, 2021), pp. 18-24. --Robert Jensen, “Whiteness,” from Ed. S.M.Caliendo & C.D.McIlwain, The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity (New York: Routledge, 2021), pp. 25-32.
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The Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity: --Michael Omi & Howard Winant, “Part One: Paradigms of Race: Ethnicity, Class, and Nation,” Racial Formation in the U.S.(New York: Routledge,1994), pp. 9-50. --Michael Omi & Howard Winant, “Part Two: Racial Formation,” Racial Formation in the U.S.(New York: Routledge,1994), pp. 53-76. --Stephen Cornell & Douglas Hartmann, “A Constructionist Approach,” from Cornell & Hartmann, Ethnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing World (Thousand Oaks, Cal.: Pine Forge Press, 2007), pp. 75-106. ***In-Class Essay on Omi & Winant articles (Week 3) Recommended: --DVD—PBS Documentary America Beyond the Color Line (Part 2) with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. interviews in Southside Chicago.
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The Social Constructs in Media, Popular Culture & Colorism --Stephen M. Caliendo, “Race, Media and Popular Culture,” from Ed. S.M.Caliendo & C.D.McIlwain, The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity (New York: Routledge, 2021), pp. 78-86. --S.P.Udayakumar, “Race, Ethnicity, and Globalization” from Ed. S.M.Caliendo & C.D.McIlwain, The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity (New York: Routledge, 2021), pp. 87-97. --Nikki Khanna, “Introduction,” from Ed.N.Khanna, Whiter: Asian American Women on Skin Color and Colorism (New York: New York University Press, 2020), pp. 1-35.
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Midterm Exam I (October 16, 2023) (Monday) --DVD film—Black or White (2014) & Discussion of the film Recommended: --DVD--Henry Louis Gates, Jr., PBS documentary (Part 3)
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The Making of Racial and Ethnic Identities --Katharina Natter, “Immigration,” from Ed. S.M.Caliendo & C.D.McIlwain, The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity (New York: Routledge, 2021), pp. 60-67. --Nina Asher, “Race, Gender, and Sexuality,” from Ed. S.M.Caliendo & C.D.McIlwain, The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity (New York: Routledge, 2021), pp. 68-77.
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Cultural Racism: Prejudice and Stereotypes --Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, “The Central Frames of Color-Blind Racism,” from Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006), pp. 25-52. --Na’ilah Suad Nasir, “Wrestling with Stereotypes,” from Racialized Identities: Race and Achievement among African American Youth (Stanford, Cal.: Stanford University Press, 2012), pp. 61-83. --Na’ilah Suad Nasir, “On Being Black at School,” from Racialized Identities: Race and Achievement among African American Youth (Stanford, Cal.: Stanford University Press, 2012), pp. 84-108.
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Cultural Racism: The Politics of Toys and Racial Representation --Ann DuCille, “Toy Theory: Black Barbie and the Deep Play of Difference,” Skin Trade (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996), 8-59. --Institutional Racism: Barbara Trepagnier, “The Production of Institutional Racism,” from Silent Racism: How Well-Meaning White People Perpetuate the Racial Divide (Boulder, CO.: Paradigm Publishers, 2006), 63-65, 79-84. --John Lamberth, “Driving While Black,” from Ed. Stephen K. Rice & Michael D. White, Race, Ethnicity, and Policing: New and Essential Readings (New York: New York University Press, 2010), pp. 32-35. --David A. Harris, “The Stories, the Statistics, and the Law: Why ‘Driving While Black’ Matters,” from Ed. Stephen K. Rice & Michael D. White, Race, Ethnicity, and Policing: New and Essential Readings (New York: New York University Press, 2010), pp. 36-64. ***In-Class Essay on Ann DuCille’s article
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Midterm Exam II—November 13, 2023 (Monday) --DVD—Excerpts from Selma (2014) & Discussion on the film
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Racialization of Ethnicity --J.Torkelson & D.Hartmann, “The Racialization of Ethnicity: The New Face of White Ethnicity in Postmillennial America.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 6.3 (2020): 302-318.
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Understanding Racial Conflict: Interpersonal Relations --DVD—The Butler (Lee Daniels Film, 2013): The role of the social context in black-on-black and black-on-white everyday understandings about white normative expectations from black people
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Understanding Racial Conflict: Interpersonal Relations continued -- Joe Feagin, “The Frame in Everyday Operation,” from The White Racial Frame: Centuries of Racial Framing and Counter-Framing (New York: Routledge, 2010), pp. 123-154. --Internet—PBS documentary The Sixties: The Years That Shaped
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Understanding Racial Conflict: An Overview on 1950s-1980s --Stephen Cornell & Douglas Hartmann, “What They Bring: Group Factors in the Making of Identities,” from Cornell & Hartmann, Ethnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing World (Thousand Oaks, Cal.: Pine Forge Press, 2007), pp. 211-246.
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Michael Omi & Howard Winant, “Conclusion,” Racial Formation in the U.S.(New York: Routledge,1994), pp. 137-144. Reflections on the 21st Century United States: What will Prevail and What will Change? --Stephen Cornell & Douglas Hartmann, “Making Sense and Making Selves in a Changing World,” from Cornell & Hartmann, Ethnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing World (Thousand Oaks, Cal.: Pine Forge Press, 2007), pp. 247-266. ***Final Exam will be based on all the materials we have studied this semester. Good Luck!