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Assignment:

Prompt:

In preparation for this discussion, find a person (friend, family member, etc) who has NOT taken a sociology course. Tell them you are doing an assignment for this class, and ask them to answer the question 'what is race?'. Write down their answer as a quote (you don't need to tell us the name of the person you talked to, but make sure to record their answer exactly. You might even ask them to write their answer down for you).

Submit a discussion board entry in which you:

1. Report the person's answer to the question 'What is race?" Most likely, this response will have some reference to biological characteristics (such as skin color, hair texture) or ancestry (which still assumes it is something 'biological').

2. Give a response to this person that explains the idea that race is a social construct, rather than something that can be attributed to biology (hint: this can be a draft of your response to Weeks 10-12 Application Exercise 1: Race as a social construct). Make sure to use specific examples from the readings/videos in your response.

You can think about writing your response to answer the following questions: What is meant by the idea that race is not a biological reality? What evidence do you have to support this? What is meant by the idea that race is socially constructed? What evidence do you have to support this?