Keep in mind that you are entitled to your opinion, as is everyone else. I ask that you be respectful with your comments, but still honest. Use good judgement with what you post and how you say it.
Don't forget to post your name, section and response in the comments section below.
In your response, consider the following questions; you can answer all of them or use them to guide your response. Also, you are encouraged to comment on someone's post.
- What are your overall thoughts with today's discussion?
- what was said that you agree/disagree with and why?
- Now that you have had some time for the discussion to settle, what other comments can you add? What do you want to clarify from your comments today? What do you wish you said?
- What wasn't said that you can add to enhance the topic at hand?
- What do you think the biggest problems are concerning race? How do you suggest we solve these problems.
- Respond to any one's post (agree/disagree).
I am excited to read your responses!
Class notes: Use these class notes taken from each class and they are separated by section. Use them to help you write your response.
Section B:
· Difference b/t skin color
· Anything that makes a person different
· Heritage/religion = race, ancestry
· Race vs. Ethnicity?
· Race = White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, African
· Made progress: Obama
· Race is “bigger picture” heading of essay, color, just surface
· Ethnicity: where you come from
· Racial color doesn’t define in most cases
· Race is basically skin color but there are different “calibers” or levels
· Base skin color to determine race
· White like “tissue” white, Black like “desk” black: closer to one color than others. It is used to categorized…we make it easier
· Does anyone fit nicely into one category?
· We only think in black and white = part of history/society, part of roots that is why we believe it.
· Stereotypes
· Discrimination gets people closer to “their own kind”
· Crime is related to race
· Why is it just black or white?
Section E:
· Category people put you in based color, location, and background
· Formed by people or unsure of other differnces
· Color of skin comapared to another person
· Not skin color: ancestry and where you come from
· Like a heritage
· Science classify human, in slavery had negative meaning
· Ethnic background
· Heritage vs race
· Ancestry
· “Not White”
· Not just about skin color – its about being different
· Compare white vs. black “biggest” controversy
· Modern: where you are from
· Race is what people see you as; not color, “yellow,” “red”
· White is not sock-white or tissue-white, black is not stapler-black
· Stereotypes: white red necks “hillbilly” asian = mathmetician, black = basketball “gangster”
· Mike jack = WHAT????
· White = peace, saint, innocent Black = evil, dark, Yellow = white,
· Asians are up to same standards, lower than whites but higher than black.
