Assignment
After reading these 3 course readings experiences and experiencing out-of-class activities on civil rights and history, you have seen a sample of ways we tell narratives about race and ethnic relations in the United States. What are some characteristics of our storytelling? What are the political and social implications of this way of structuring, detailing, and sharing such narratives? How has an exploration of these narratives changes the way a typical white college student would think about race and ethnic relations in the United States? Draw on these 3 course readings and out of class experiences to write this paper.
Course Readings
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~jdowd/omi%20and%20winant%20-%20racial%20formations.pdf
http://www2.uni-jena.de/svw/igc/studies/ss04/blumer_1960.pdf
http://aca.lasalle.edu/schools/sas/sscdept/content/faculty/gallagher/Color_Blind_Privilege.pdf
Out of class Experiences
– Viewing of Stanley Nelsons “freedom Riders”
– Panel Discussion on Race Relations on college Campus 2012
– Elementary Student learning “2 sides to the story” in reference to Indians and slavery.
