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Assignment:

Please write Three paragraphs at most for two of the following questions your choice. With assigned reading on the links provided below.

You must respond to TWO of the following:

1. "Race is a social construction." Explain the meaning of this statement, discussing at least two moments in U.S. history when government institutions have used their power to define "race" in American society. (Suitable examples include constitutional amendments, U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and laws passed by Congress or specific states.) Be sure to offer examples and to cite at least two assigned sources from Unit 2 in your response.
2. In her article "Construction of an Enemy," Eleanor Stein describes moments in U.S. history when specific racial or ethnic groups have been singled out as "enemies," including members who were U.S. citizens. In what ways have people of Asian descent experienced hostility during moments of crisis in the U.S.? Be sure to offer specific examples and to cite at least two assigned sources from Unit 2 in your response.
3. How does James Baldwin's discussion of the process of "becoming white" compare to Min Zhou's analysis of Americans of Asian descent "becoming white"? What does "white" as a social construction mean to each author? Refer to specific examples from both essays to support your response.
4. Compare the impacts of immigration for European communities as described by Baldwin with the more recent experiences of immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean as described by Berlin. What choices do these different communities face as they adopt the United States as a new home? Refer to specific examples from both essays to support your response.
5. In their chapter "Race and Ethnicity," Conerly, Holmes, Tamang, et. al. (2021) identify six types of intergroup relationships (pp. 301-304). Identify and discuss two of these six types of intergroup relationships. Be sure to give at least one example from U.S. history for each type you discuss and to reference at least two sources from Unit 2 in your response.
6. How have science and medicine play a role in the racialization and subjugation of nonwhite Americans? How have communities of color viewed health care advocacy as a way to address racial inequality, and what implications might this have for healthcare practitioners working with these communities? Be sure to offer at least two specific examples and to cite at least two assigned sources from Unit 2 in your response.

REFERENCE to read:

Tonja R. Conerly, Kathleen Holmes, Asha Lal Tamang, et al., "Race and Ethnicity," Chap. 11 in Introduction to Sociology 3e (2021)

Race: The Power of an Illusion, Episode 3: "The House We Live In" (PBS, 2003, 56 min);

Read before class: Eleanor Stein, "Construction of an Enemy," Monthly Review, Vol. 55, No. 3 (July/Aug 2003).

• "Japanese Relocation" (U.S. Office of War Information, 1942, 10 min).
• "George Takei on the Japanese internment camps during WWII," Archive of American Television (2004, 7 min)

Ira Berlin, "The Changing Definition of African-American," Smithsonian Magazine (Feb 2010).

James Baldwin, "On Being 'White' . . . And Other Lies," Essence (Apr 1984)

"Would You Dare to Question Who You Are?" (2016, 5 min).

"Race, Ethnicity, Nationality, and Jelly Beans" (2016, 3 min).

Min Zhou, "Are Asian Americans Becoming 'White'?" Contexts (American Sociological Association), Vol. 3, Issue 1 (2003).

Alondra Nelson, "The Longue Durée of Black Lives Matter," American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 106, No. 10 (Oct 2016): 1734-1737.

Stay Woke: The BLM Movement Documentary (2016, 40 min).

Vikas Gampa, Kenneth Bernard, and Michael J. Oldani, "Racialization as a Barrier to Achieving Health Equity for Native Americans," AMA Journal of Ethics 22.10 (2020): E874-881.

Tonja R. Conerly, Kathleen Holmes, Asha Lal Tamang, et al., "Gender, Sex, and Sexuality," Chap. 12 in Introduction to Sociology 3e(2021).

Thekla Morgenroth and Michelle K. Ryan, "Gender Trouble in Social Psychology: How Can Butler's Work Inform Experimental Social Psychologists' Conceptualization of Gender?" Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 9 (27 Jul 2018): 1-9

Yen Le Espiritu, "'We don't sleep around like White girls do': Family, culture and gender in Filipina American lives," Signs 26.2 (2001): 415-440
Sam Killermann, "Understanding the Complexities of Gender," TEDTalk (2013, 16 min).