Module 11 Overview: Racism and Racial Formation

To-Do Date: Mar 16 at 11:59pm

Introduction

Racial logics of whiteness and white supremacy are integral to the concepts of race and racial hierarchy that rationalize racist practices at structural and institutional levels.  This module explores this through the following topics:

  • Defining Whiteness and White Supremacy
  • Racism as Structural
  • Structural Legacies of Whiteness
  • Normalization of Whiteness

Learning Outcomes/Goals

  • Analyze race as a social construct and the changing definitions of race;
  • Critically analyze systems of historical and current-day racial/ethnic oppression using social scientific and humanistic approaches, including ethno-centrism, eurocentrism, white supremacy, and settler-colonialism;
  • Explain the significance of power as a crucial variable in racial/ethnic conflict and as they relate to so-called minority-majority group relations;
  • Analyze the cultural and institutional factors involved in race and ethnic relations, relating the macro-level to the micro-level.

Required Materials

Lectures

  • W11-1
  • W11-2

Supplemental Materials

This Week's Assignments

  • Read this module's readings and go through the pages in the module.
  • No Discussion Forum for Week 11: Work on your final paper
  • Reminder: FINAL PAPER:  Do Not Submit Until Week 12 - Due Wed Mar 25, 11:59pm - No Late Submissions
    • Grading & Feedback: Final Papers will be graded using a rubric but will not include substantial written feedback.
      • This is due to the practical limits of having to complete and submit course grades within three business days.
      • If you would like detailed feedback, please meet with me next quarter and I'll be happy to provide it.
  • Note: There is NO FINAL EXAM for this course