REQUIRED READINGS FOR ANT 3451

Week 1. (Jan. 5,7,9):  Lec 1,2. Inclusion vs. exclusion. Mclemore ch. 1,2.  

 

Week 2. (Jan. 12,14,16):  Lec 3,4. Settlement; 3 immigrant streams. Mclemore ch. 3,4.

 

Week 3. (Jan. 21,23): Lec 5,6. Racism/Restrict; eugenics.  Mclemore ch. 5. Writing Assign.[WA] 1*see below

 

Week 4. (Jan. 26,28):  lec 7:  Do Races Exist?.  Mclemore appendix 2.  WA 2*see below

 

            Quiz 1: 1/30  Friday.   on chs. 1-5, appendix 2 and  lec 1-7   Makeup: 305 244 4668**

                                                                                   (**automatic 40 unless you call BEFORE TEST is given)

                               After quiz # 1.  Lec 8.  Opposing Theories of  Discrimination and Prejudice. WA 3*see below

 

Week 5. (Feb. 2,4,6):  Lec 9, 10.  Civil rights, history of KKK.  Mclemore ch. 6 (Pp. 162-174) 

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Week 6. (Feb. 9,11,13): . Lec 22, 23.  Jewish Americans, Haitian Americans

 

Week 7. (Feb. 16,18,20)  Lec 11,12. American Indians.  Mclemore ch. 10.

             

Week 8. (Feb. 23,25):  Video: "LA is Burning."

 

             MIDTERM EXAM:  2/27 Fri. on lec.1-12,22,23, Video, Chs 1-5,6(162-174),10,appendix.

                Makeup: 305 244 4668**(**automatic 0 unless you call BEFORE TEST is given)

Week 9. (March 2,4,6):  Lec 13,14. Hispanic Americans. Mclemore ch. 8, ch. 9.  WA 4*see below

 

Week 10. (March 9,11,13):  Lec 15,16. Black Americans.  Mclemore ch. 6.

                 Spring Break

Week 12. (March 23,25,27):  Lec 16(cont),17. Black Americans.  Mclemore ch. 7.  WA 5*see below

 

Week 13. (March 30, April 1)  Tuesday  Lec 18.  Japanese-Americans.  Mclemore ch. 11

 

*Writing assign. collected Mon. 3/30 (don’t e-mail!)to be returned with comments 4/13.

Quiz 2:  4/3  Friday on lec. 13-18 + chs. 6-9, 11     Makeup: 305 244 4668**

                                                                  (**automatic 40 unless you call BEFORE TEST is given)

        After quiz # 2  Lec 19.  Black vs. Japanese Assim.  Mclemore ch. 12.

 

Week 14. (April 6,8,10):, Lec 24,2.  Asians (4/10) Vietnamese and Arab Americans (4/12)  Mclemore ch. 13.

 

Weeks 15. (April 13,15,17) Lec 20,21. Anti-semitism; the future. Mclemore ch. 14.

            

FINAL EXAM:  Monday, April 20, 12-2 pm:  lec. 13-21,24,25; chaps. 6-9, 11-14

 

*Writing Assign. Ques. [finish (type) 1 week after date assigned; 1 pg. minimum; to be collected Mon. 3/30]:

1.      What is the Eugenics movement?  Identify its objectives.  Was it successful?  Why did it develop in the 19th century?  Was it scientific?  How did it fit the received paradigm? Who were the victims?  Could it happen again? Lec 6 (Note:  Anwer ALL QUESTIONS from LECTURE [L] NOTES)

2.      Do races exist?  Give the scholarly critique of “race.”  Why is “race” still used by social scientists? L7

3.      Explain social psychological and structural theories of racism, describing major elements in each.  L8

4.      Compare Cuban and Mexican immigrants with regard to secondary structural assimilation.  What structural and historical factors would explain the greater “success” of Cubans?  Lec 13-14

5.      Compare blacks and Cubans with regard to access to cultural and physical capital.  Lec 14-17