Racism Sociology essay paper You will be given two possible essay topics to write about. You have to choose one of them. The two possibilities are:1. In cl
Racism Sociology essay paper You will be given two possible essay topics to write about. You have to choose one of them. The two possibilities are:1. In class on Friday, I showed a slide that said, “The way to get rid of racism is to stop talking about it.” Do you agree or disagree? Why? Provide reasons for your agreement or disagreement.2. On Wednesday during class, I administered a racial privilege quiz. The point of the quiz was to identify people with racial advantage and disadvantage. This quiz was like a diagnostic. It was meant to determine if, in your everyday life, you have signs and symptoms of racial advantage or disadvantage. What score did you receive on the quiz? Do you think that score accurately represents the forms of racial advantage and/or disadvantage you experience in your daily life? Why or why not?This essay must be between 500-600 words Week 7 Friday
2/22/2019
Introduction to Sociology
What Unites Us?
What Divides Us?
The Idea of Race
? Nobody questions that individual human beings are different
? The idea of race is that external differences, which are rooted in biology, are linked to internal differences
? But there are no clear cut races
Defining race
? A group of people who share a set of characteristics
? Typically, though not always, these are physically characteristics
? And are believed to share a common bloodline.
Defining racism
? Distinct bloodlines and physical types;
? Bloodlines are linked to distinct cultures, behaviors, and abilities
? Superior and inferior races
On Wednesday we took a racial privilege quiz
RACIAL PRIVILEGE QUIZ RESULTS:
? Between 25 and 50
? Racially Privileged
? Between -24 and 24
? A Little Privileged & A Little Disadvantaged
? Between -25 and -50
? Racially Disadvantaged
? What were your results?
Do you think that score accurately represents the forms of racial advantage and/or disadvantage you
experience in your daily life?
Why or Why not?
LIMITATIONS OF THE RACIAL PRIVILEGE QUIZ
? Do the results represent the condition of interest (highlighting racial advantage and disadvantage) and not
some other condition?
? Captures only limited range of possible experiences where race matters
? For people who are bi-racial, they can think in terms of two distinct racial experiences
? The importance of context/place
? Rates of False Positives and False Negatives
Whats the Point?
Do we live in a colorblind society?
Does it still pay to have conversations about race and racism?
Are you comfortable having these conversations?
You cannot be racist against white people. Agree or Disagree
The way to get rid of racism is to stop talking about it. Agree or Disagree
Lecture 1 – Feb.20 – Wednesday
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Race Matters
Content of internal character, instead of the outside characteristics. – martin
luther king
Does matter because Our racial identity have significant influence in the daily
basis.
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Quiz 25 questions / basis for this week essay
Strongly agree (+2) => agree 2 (+1) => sometimes Agree (0)=>
Disagree (-1) => Disagree strongly 5 (-2)
1. I can be articulate and well spoken without people being surprised.
2. I can, if I wish arrange to be in the company people of my race most of my
time.
3. I can avoid spending time with people whom I was told to mistrust and
who have learned to mistrust me or my kind.
4. I can turn on the television or browse a news website and see people of
my race widely and positively represented.
5. I can go shopping alone most of the time, fairly well assured that I will not
be followed or harassed by store employees.
6. When i am told about American civilization, I am shown that people of my
color made it what it is.
7. When I was in school, I was given curricular materials that testified to the
existence of my race.
8. If a traffic cop pulls me over, I can sure I haven’t been singled out
because of my race.
9. I can do well in a challenging situation without being called a credit to my
race.
10. Whether I use checks, credit cards, or cash, I can count on my skin color
not to work against the appearance that I am financially reliable.
11. I can easily buy posters, postcards, picture books, greeting cards, dolls,
toys and children’s book that feature people of my race.
12. Whenever there is an act of domestic terrorism, I can rest easy because
nobody will label all people of my race as terrorists.
13. I can easily ignore the perspectives and powers of people of other races.
14. When I was a kid, my parents did not have to educate me to be aware of
systemic racism for my own daily physical protection.
15. I can criticize our government and talk about how much I dear its policies
and behavior without being seen as a cultural outsider.
16. I am rarely asked to speak for all the people of my racial group.
17. I can worry about racism without being seen as self-interested or
self-seeking
18.I can take a job with an affirmative action employer without having my
coworkers on the job suspect that I got the job because of my race.
19. I can be late to a meeting without having the lateness reflect on my race.
20.I can swear, or dress in secondhand clothes, or not answer email, without
having people attribute these choices to the bad morals, the poverty, or
the illiteracy of my race.
21. I can be reasonably sure that if I ask to talk to “the person in charge,” I will
be facing a person of my race.
22.1 can easily find academic courses and institutions that give attention only
to people of my race.
23. I can be pretty sure of finding people who look like me who would be
willing to talk with me and advise me about the next steps in my
professional career.
24.If I need legal or medical heloo, I can be sure that my race will not work
against me.
25. If I have know credibility as a leader, I can be sure that my race is not the
problem.
? Racial Privilege Quiz Results
Between 25 & 50 – racially privileged
Between -24 & 24 – a little privileged & a little disadvantaged
Between -25 & -50 – racially disadvantaged
LIMITATIONS OF THE RACIAL PRIVILEGE QUIZ
Do the results represent the condition of interest
(highlighting racial advantage and disadvantage) and
not some other condition?
Captures only limited range of possible experiences
where race matters
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Rates of False Positives and False Negatives
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