Critical Thinking Questions for “Anti-Racism in America” and Reading for “Race and Cultures: “Who are we Really?
(Previous Midway Moment, Post Seminar 8) – Critical Thinking Questions – “Anti-Racism in America”
- Seminar 8 recording can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddS6i1qE_PM
- Seminar outlines of Prof. Arturo Pierre Lewis and Dr. Christensen
1. Choose one or more of the following, and explain how it contributed to social movements against racial or ethnic inequality during the period from around 1955 to 1970: urbanization, economic expansion, mass communications, rising educational levels. Farley 159-165
2. In your opinion, what role did the Black Civil Rights Movement play in the emergence in the 1960s of similar social movements among Mexican Americans, American Indians, or other groups? Farley Ch 7 and 4/20 Seminar & Seminar Notes from Prof. Lewis and Dr. Christensen.
3. Does the usage of the term Black in the title Black Lives Matter make it difficult for some people to embrace? Besides misinformation, what other reasons might explain white resistance to Black Lives Matter? Farley Ch 7 and 4/20 Seminar & Seminar Notes from Prof. Lewis and Dr. Christensen.
4. What’s the difference between Anti-Asian Hate and Antiracism generally? Do you think there’s a need for distinction when addressing racism, harassment, and discrimination specifically? Farley Ch 7 and 4/20 Seminar & Seminar Notes from Prof. Lewis and Dr. Christensen.
5. What is environmental racism? How does this concept apply to the experiences of Native Americans? To the experiences of African Americans? To the experiences of Latino/x Americans? 4/20 Seminar & Seminar Notes from Prof. Lewis and Dr. Christensen.
II. For Preparing for Seminar 9 on Tues., 7:00 pm, May 18 on “Race and Cultures: Who are we Really?
Ch 8., Changing Values , Goals, and Models: New Thinking on Assimilation, Pluralism and Separatism
Ch. 10, Status of Majority and Minority Groups in the United States Today (Latinos/Latinx: Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, et. al.); Muslim and Arab Americans; Asian Americans; Jewish Americans
