Course Schedule: Given that dynamics and issues raised in
class will likely affect the pace of the course, the following is a tentative outline of the material we
will cover. You should complete the readings
by class time on the dates specified.
Readings are
from Race, Class and Gender unless
otherwise specified. (RCG = Race, Class and Gender; WP = White Privilege)
M
8/19 Review syllabus, discuss
course objectives and expectations
W 8/21 The Social
Construction of Difference vs Biological/Innate Explanations
Race,
Class and Gender (RCG)
1-10: “Introduction,” Omi and Winant pp. 11-20: “Racial Formations,” Hubbard
45-46: “Rethinking Women’s Biology,” Messner 57-59: “Ah, Ya Throw Like a Girl!,”
Hubbard 64-67: “The Social Construction of Sexuality,” Silko 211-213: “The
Border Patrol State,” Bounds 240-242: “A Teenager’s Play for the Gay ‘90’s?”,
Jones 243-244: “From Mother to Suspect…”
Week 2
M
8/26 Video and Discussion: Prejudice: The Eye of the Storm
Miller 86-92: “Domination and
Subordination,” RCG 95-99: “Understanding Racism…,” Tatum 100-107: “Defining
Racism…,” Carter 562-63: “Tracking.”
W
8/28 Making white privilege visible/Why
study white privilege?
White Privilege (WP) pp. 1-5,
9-24 (Part I), and pp. 97-101 (McIntosh, “White Privilege: Unpacking the
Invisible Knapsack”).
M
9/2 Labor Day - No Class
W
9/4 Changing meanings of whiteness in
history
WP Part II (pp. 29-84)
M
9/9 The power of privilege
WP Part III (pp. 89-110), RCG
152-161: Hurtado, “The Color of Privilege.”
W
9/11 Mixed race issues; anti-Asian
racism--Guest Lecturer Laura Fugikawa
Pryce 361-363: “Black Latina,”
Arboleda 420-424: “Race is a Four-Letter Word,” RCG 483-488: “Korematsu v. US,”
Kochiyama 343-350: “Then Came the War,” Sethi 108-116: “Smells Like Racism,”
Ragaza 209-210: “I Don’t Count…,” Shah 351-353: “Asian American?”
M
9/16 Video and discussion: The Color of Fear Part I
Hess et al 324-334: “Racial and Ethnic Minorities…,” Navarro
363-366: “Latinos Gain Visibility…” Stout 205-206: “3 Blacks Win $1 Million in
Eddie Bauer Store Incident,” Dedman 228-231: “Study Discerns Disadvantage for
Blacks in Home Mortgages.”
Paper proposal due
W
9/18 Video and discussion: The Color of Fear Part II
From White Privilege:
Tatum pp. 115-120: “Breaking the Silence.”
From RCG: Tilove 119-124: “Racial Relations…,” Wood 367-373: “What I
Learned About Jews.”
M
9/23 Race and the law. RCG 427-447, 457-482, 488-490
W
9/25 Internalized racism, hegemony
Wright 21-30: “The Ethics of
Living Jim Crow,” RCG 507-510: “Maintaining… Hierarchies…,” Chafe 535-548: “Sex
and Race,” Snyder 511-517: “Self-Fulfilling Stereotypes.”
M
9/30 Intersections: Race, Ethnicity and
Gender
Video and discussion: The Way Home Part I
“Marable 124-129: “Racism and Sexism,” Cofer 356-360: “The Myth of the Latin Woman.”
W
10/2 Video and discussion: The Way Home Part II
Mohanty 336-342: “On Being South
Asian in North America,” Shaheen 353-355: “TV Arabs,” Purdy 231-232: “Where
Laborers are Handy…”
M
10/7 Intersections: Race, Ethnicity and
Class
“The Foot Analysis:” A Grassroots Analysis of Social Inequality
Jordan 385-388: “Requiem for the Champ.”
W
10/9 Exam 1
Week 9
M
10/14 Sex vs gender, gender socialization
Lorber 47-55: “The Social Construction
of Gender,” Bem 60-63: “In a Male-Centered World…,” Sadker and Sadker 556-561:
“Failing at Fairness,” Bornstein 401-403: “Her Son/Daughter.”
W
10/16 Patriarchy
Johnson 129-137: “Patriarchy,” Frye
139-143: “Oppression,” Sabo 373-376: “Pigskin, Patriarchy, and Pain,” RCG
448-457, 483, 493-496.
Revised
paper proposal and bibliography due
M
10/21 Gender & economy
Wozencraft 199-202: “Gender Bias on Wall
Street,” Tyson 207-208: “Another Day, Another 75 Cents,” Myerson 220-222:
“Supermarket Chain…,” Raab 234-238: “Lawsuits…,” 238: “No Means No,” Myerson
251-52: “Home Depot Pays $87.5 Million…,” RCG 292-304: “The Wage Gap.”
W
10/23 Gender & violence
Pharr 143-152:
“Homophobia as a Weapon of Sexism,” Shange
383-384: “With No Immediate Cause,” Sanday 549-555: “Pulling Train.”
M
10/28 Heterosexism and homophobia
Katz 67-77: “The Invention of
Heterosexuality,” Lefevere 233-234: “Lesbians and Gays Banned…,” Copeland
388-392: “Out of the Closet…,” Mohr 517-522: “Anti-Gay Stereotypes.”
W
10/30 Guest Speaker Clark Vivio
Allen 216-218: “Doctor Refuses to Treat
Lesbian,” Brooke 203-205: “Homophobia Often Found in Schools,” Avicolli,
377-382: “He Defies You Still.”
M
11/4 RCG 494-496: Bowers v.
Hardwick, Ettelbrick 497-505: “Confronting Obstacles to Lesbian and Gay
Equality.”
Paper
outline due
W
11/6 In-Class Exercise
Bronski
627-629: “Confronting Anti-Gay Violence.”
Week 13
M 11/11 Disability
Klein 403-409: “’We Are Who You Are,’” Griscom 410-419: “The Case of Sharon Kowalski and Karen Thompson.”
W
11/13 What is Class?
Mantsios 168-180: “Class in America,” RCG
253-256, Johnson 273-277: “Family Struggles…,” Johnson 398-401: “When Money is
Everything…”
M
11/18 In-Class Exercise
Mantsios 563-571: “Media Magic,” Sklar
257-65: “Imagine a Country,” Sklar et al 267-272: “The Growing Wealth Gap.”
W
11/20 Video & Discussion: People Just
Like Us or Roger & Me
Albelda & Tilly 305-314: “Women,
Income and Poverty,” Newman 315-318: “What Scholars Can Tell Politicians about
the Poor,” Mantsios 563-571: “Media Magic,” Ryan 572-582: “Blaming the Victim.”
Week 15
M
11/25 Intersections: Class, Race and Ethnicity
Orfield & Yun 214-215:
“Resegregation in American Schools,” Rohde 277-278: “Billionaire’s Ex-Wife…,”
Schemo 279-283: “Persistent Racial Segregation,” Conley 284-291: “Being Black,
Living in the Red.”
W
11/27 Movements for social change
Lorde 588-594: “Age, Race, Class and
Sex,” Anzaldúa 595-600: “En rapport, In Opposition,” hooks 601-608: “Feminism:
A Transformational Politic,” Thompson 630-636: “A New Vision of Masculinity,”
Abelson 636-639: “A Push from the Top…”
Peer
review of papers
M
12/2 More social change, catch-up
Yamamoto 654-659: “Interracial Justice,”
Morales 661-662: “Child of the Americas,” other readings TBA
W
12/4 Exam 2
PORTFOLIO DUE