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Class no. 1: Monday / January 29
Topic(s): Introduction: Course Overview
Subtopic(s): Pedagogy: focus on analysis, not just description; emphasis on sociological analysis and less on psychological analysis; relevance of course; democracy and social justice; race-class-gender-disablility and the intersectionality of oppression; visual literacy skills.
Class no. 2: Wednesday / January 31
Topic(s): Continuation of above
Assignment(s):
►"Something the Lord Made" (film about Dr. Vivien Thomas)
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Class no. 3: Monday / February 5
Topic(s): Preliminary forays into course topics (subtext: to whet the intellectual appetite of course participants)
Subtopic(s): Analysis of the life of Dr. Vivien Thomas from the perspectives of race, class, and gender; overcoming oppression: agency versus structure; 13th-14th-15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
Assignment(s):
►RA: 22 of Section 2 of Part G of Online Course Materials ("Fortgotten Genius"--film about African American Chemist Julian Percy)
Class no. 4: Wednesday / February 7
Topic(s): Continuation of above
Subtopic(s): Is oppression a permanent feature of capitalism? Example: space exploration (questions of human relationships [race, gender, sexuality, etc.] do not go away in space); gender and sexual harassment; patriarchy; Footnote: Is space exploration a form of escapism?
Assignment(s):
►Instructor class notes: Course Glossary (PART B of Online Course Materials)—term(s) to study: verisimilitude; patriarchy
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Class no. 5: Monday / February 12
Topic(s): Preliminary forays (continued): operationalizing institutional racism in practice: the role of the mass media (arts, entertainment, journalism, etc.)
Subtopic(s): socialization; stereotypes; mass media and entertainment (as agencies of socialization); Hollywood and the quest for cinematic verisimilitude and the socialization of marginality; visual literacy.
Assignment(s):
►film trailers: "Dunkirk;" "Darkest Hour;" Readings: GE 25 and MA 1 from Section 1 of PART G of online course materials.
Class no. 6: Wednesday / February 14
Topic(s): Continuation of above
Subtopic(s): As above; footnote: Nazism and race; race as an arbitrary socially constructed category (not a biological construct); racial stereotypes (D. W. Griffith and his Birth of a Nation).
Assignment(s):
Assignment(s):
►video: Crash Course: "The Birth of the Feature Film" (D.W. Griffith); Readings: MA 11, MA 12, and MA 13 from Section 1 of PART G of online course materials.
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Class no. 7: Monday / February 19
Test No. 1
Assignment(s):
►See announcement on class home page on what the test will cover.
Class no. 8: Wednesday / February 21
Topic(s): The racialization of U.S. political economy--the past.
Subtopic(s): Settler colonialism and genocidal terrorism; Foundational knowledge: Race/Racism: A Comprehensive Overview
Assignment(s):
►*First Three Sections (plus images) of this Reading.
►*RA: 28 of Section 2 of Part G of Online Course Materials (The Last of His Tribe)
► RA: 29 of Section 2 of Part G of Online Course Materials (Ishi: The Last of His Kind)
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Class no. 9: Monday / February 26
Topic(s): As above.
Subtopic(s): Slavery; Jim Crow; Foundational knowledge: As above.
Assignment(s):
►*Section 4 (plus images) of this Reading.
►*RA: 21 of Section 2 of Part G of Online Course Materials
►*SL1, SL3, and SL5 of Section 2 of Part G of Online Course Materials
Class no. 10: Wednesday / February 28
Topic(s): The racialization of U.S. political economy--the present:
Subtopic(s): Native American marginality; minorities and residential segregation; defacto segregation of schooling; the prison industrial complex; policing; employment; Foundational knowledge: As above.
Assignment(s):
►*Study the images on pages 29 and 30 of this Reading: Slide images
►*Sections 5 and 6 (plus images) of this Reading: Race/Racism
►*RA: 9, 11, 12, and 25 of Section 2 of Part G of Online Course Materials
►*Study this reading on resumes and employment discrimination
► AR: 2, 3, and 12 of Section 1 of Part G of Online Course Materials
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Class no. 11: Monday / March 5
Topic(s): Beyond the black-white racial binary (racialized experiences of Latina/Latino Americans; Asian Americans; Arab Americans; recent immigrants); Foundational knowledge: As above.
Assignment(s):
►*Sections 7, 8, and 9 (plus images) of this Reading.
►*Study the images on pages 31, 32, and 33 of this Reading: Slide images
►*IM: 1, 2, 5, and 7 of Section 1 of Part G of Online Course Materials
►*AR 13 of Section 1 of Part G of Online Course Materials
► IM: 3, and 9 of Section 1 of Part G of Online Course Materials
Class no. 12: Wednesday / March 7
In-class Essay (see announcement on the class home page)
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Class no. 13: Monday / March 12
Topic(s): Racism/Ethnicism--Comparative Perspectives-I: Australia; Canada; Africa (Rwanda, Darfur, South Africa; Zimbabwe); Europe (Bosnia, Kosovo, United Kingdom, France, Germany); Foundational knowledge: As above.
Assignment(s):
►*Study the images on pages 35, 36 and 37 of this Reading: Slide images
►*Sections 10, 11 and 12 (plus images) of this Reading.
Class no. 14: Wednesday / March 14
Topic(s): Racism/Ethnicism--Comparative Perspectives-II: Middle East (Israel, Palestine, Libya); South America (Mexico, Guyana); Foundational knowledge: As above.
Assignment(s):
►*Study the images on pages 38, 39 and 40 of this Reading: Slide images
►*Sections 13 and 14 (plus images) of this Reading.
► HE: 33 of Section 1 of Part G of Online Course Materials
Spring Break:
Monday / March 19;
Wednesday / March 21
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Class no. 15: Monday / March 26
Topic(s): Racism/Ethnicism--Comparative Perspectives-III: Asia (Burma, Thailand; India, Indonesia, China); Foundational knowledge: As above.
Assignment(s):
►*Study the images on pages 40, 41, 42, and 43 of this Reading: Slide images
►*Section 15 (plus images) of this Reading.
Class no. 16: Wednesday / March 28
Test No. 2
Assignment(s):
►See announcement on class home page on what the test will cover.
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Class no. 17: Monday / April 2
Topic(s): Class and "classism"; Foundational knowledge: Stratification Theories
Assignment(s):
►See
Class no. 18: Wednesday / April 4
Topic(s): Continuation of above.
Assignment(s):
►See
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Class no. 19: Monday / April 9
Topic(s): Class warfare and class struggle
Assignment(s):
►See
Class no. 20: Wednesday / April 11
Topic(s): Continuation of above.
Assignment(s):
►See
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Class no. 21: Monday / April 16
Topic(s): Gender and Patriarchy
Assignment(s):
►See
Class no. 22: Wednesday / April 18
Topic(s): Continuation of above.
Assignment(s):
►See
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Class no. 23: Monday / April 23
Test No. 3
Assignment(s):
►See announcement on class home page on what the test will cover.
Class no. 24: Wednesday / April 25
Topic(s): Gender and Patriarchy
Assignment(s):
►See
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Class no. 25: Monday / April 30
Topic(s): Gender and culture (perspectives on socialization of norms and values)
Assignment(s):
►See
Class no. 26: Wednesday / May 2
Topic(s): Continuation of above.
Assignment(s):
►See
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Class no. 27: Monday / May 7
Topic(s): Intersectionality: race-class-gender-disability
Assignment(s):
►See
Class no. 28: Wednesday / May 9
Topic(s): Continuation of above.
Assignment(s):
►See
EXAM
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Final Exam (See exam schedule on your MYUB page)
Assignment(s):
►See announcement on class home page on what the test will cover.
