Summer 2005
Queens College
Detailed syllabus
| DETAILS: |
Class meets
Mondays through Thursdays June 6th to 29th Time: 1:00 PM to 3:40 PM with one 10-minute break Location: Powdermaker Hall Room 118 |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Mikaila
Mariel Lemonik Arthur |
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| Office
Hours by
Appointment |
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| COURSE DESCRIPTION: |
Why
should we study race? Race does not “exist” in any physical or
biological
sense. The genes that dictate our skin color, our hair color, the shape
of our
eyes or our nose—these genes do not come in some neat little bundle
that tells
us who belongs to which group. Indeed, over history and still today
there has
not been a consensus on how to classify people into races or even how
many
races exist. However, race is extremely real in its effects on our
lives as
individuals and as members of society. By studying race, along with
ethnicity
(an idea which is often confused or conflated with race), we can
unravel where
race comes from, why it still matters, how it impacts us, and how it
intersects
with other sorts of inequality in society.
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| RESOURCES: |
Course quiz questions Supplemental readings and websites Writing in sociology QC Library and Peer Advisement Turnitin.com training ASA Citation Style Guide Get an email account |
| REQUIRED
MATERIALS: |
Ghallagher,
Charles A. ed. 2004. Rethinking the Color Line: Readings in
Race and Ethnicity. Boston: McGraw Hill. Available at the QC
Bookstore and online. |
| Photocopied
reading packet. Available at QC Copy Center. |
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| Working email
account and access to Turnitin.com |
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| ASSIGNMENTS/GRADING: |
Three
daily readings |
| Class
participation and attendance (10% of grade) |
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| Daily
in-class quizzes or other activities (15% of grade) |
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| Three
weekly 4-6 page papers (20% of grade each=60% of grade) |
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| In-class
open-book final exam (15% of grade) |
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| CLASS
SCHEDULE: |
(all
readings
and assignments due on the date for which they are listed) Key to location of readings: T=In Rethinking the Color Line (O-T are optional readings in the text) R=In photocopied reader (O-R are optional readings in the reader) |
| Monday, June 6th |
Introduction
to the Class |
| Tuesday,
June 7th |
Theories
and Definitions Omi & Winant, "Racial Formations" T Feagin & Feagin, "Theoretical Perspectives in Race and Ethnic Relations" T Bonilla-Silva, "Racialized Social System Approach to Racism" T Moynihan, "The Negro Family" O-R |
| Wednesday, June 8th |
The History of Race and Ethnicity Zinn, "Drawing the Color Line" T Espiritu, "Asian American Panethnicity" T Blank, "An Overview of Trends in Social and Economic Well-Being, by Race" T Cartwright, "Report of the Diseases and Peculiarities of the Negro Race" O-R New York City and Media research plans due Overheads on the history of racial thought |
| Thursday,
June 9th |
Migrations Zhou, "The Changing Face of America: Immigration, Race/Ethnicity, and Social Mobility" T Suleiman, "The Arab Immigrant Experience" T Waters, "Racial and Ethnic Identities of Second-Generation Black Immigrants" T |
| Monday, June 13th |
Inequalities: Class Gans, "Positive Functions of the Deserving Poor" T Oliver & Shapiro, Chapter 6 from Black Wealth/White Wealth R Suzuki, "Asian Americans as the Model Minority" R Family History assignment due Overheads on race and class |
| Tuesday,
June 14th |
Inequalities:
Gender, Sexuality, Disability Samuels, "My Body, My Closet" R Frankenberg, "White Women, Race Matters" R Matthaei and Amott, "Race, Gender, Work: The History of Asian American Women" T McIntosh, "Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" O-R |
| Wednesday, June 15th |
Intergroup Relations Feagin, "The Continuing Significance of Race: Antiblack Discrimination in Public Places" T Pinderhughes, "The Anatomy of Racially Motivated Violence" T Wu, "The Changing Face of America: Intermarriage and the Mixed-Race Movement" Waldinger, "When the Melting Pot Boils Over" O-T |
| Thursday,
June 16th |
The
Dynamics of Ethnicity Waters, "Optional Ethnicities: For Whites Only?" T Wilkins, "A Tour of Indian Peoples and Indian Lands" T Gilman, "Are Jews White? Or, the History of the Nose Job" R |
| Monday, June 20th |
Education Kozol, "Savage Inequalities" T Duster, "Individual Fairness, Group Preferences, and the California Strategy" R Steele, "Thin Ice: 'Stereotype Threat' and Black College Students" R Fish, "Reverse Racism" O-R Race and Ethnicity in New York City assignment due Overheads on Education |
| Tuesday,
June 21st |
Law
and Crime Cole, "The Color of Punishment" T Davis, "Race and Criminalization" T Reiman, "...And the Poor Get Prison" T Overheads on Law & Crime |
| Wednesday, June 22nd |
Media Lewis & Jhally, "Television and the Politics of Racial Representation" T Lichter & Amundsen, "Distorted Reality: Hispanic Characters in TV Entertainment" T Lapchick, "The 2001 Racial and Gender Report Card on Sport" T Fong-Torres, "Why Are There No Male Asian Anchormen on TV?" O-R |
| Thursday,
June 23rd |
Work Newman & Ellis, "There's No Shame in My Game" T Neckerman & Kirschenman, "We'd Love to Hire Them But..." T Wilson, "When Work Disappears" T |
| Monday,
June 27th |
Race and Residence Massey, "Residential Segregation and Neighborhood Conditions" T DeSena, "Local Gatekeeping Practices and Residential Segregation" T Bullard, "Environmental Justice in the 21st Century" T Overheads on Segregation Race in the Media assignment due |
| Tuesday,
June 28th |
Religion;
Future Trends Ghallagher, "Color-Blind Privilege" T Camarilla & Bonilla, "Hispanics in a Multicultural Society" T Ong, "The Ambivalence of Salvation" T Lefever, "When the Saints Go Riding In" O-R |
| Wednesday, June 29th |
What Next? Ghallagher, "Ten Simple Things You Can Do" T Huntington, "The Hispanic Challenge" O-R FINAL EXAM in class |