Race and Ethnic Relations (SOC 1104)

Prep

• Review Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer (2016), Ch. 1 (‘Race in the Twenty-First Century’): ‘A Biological Reality?’; ‘Whiteness’; ‘Race Is a Social Reality’; ‘Ethnicity and Nationality’; Thinking Like a Sociologist’

In Class

1. Attendance/New People?
2. TBA
3. For Next Time/Review of the Syllabus

For Next Time

• Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer (2016), Ch. 2 (‘The Invention of Race’): ‘Modernity Rising’; ‘Colonization of the Americas’; ‘The Invention of Whiteness and Blackness’
  

Nice to meet you all! I forgot to mention that I’m available after class during office hours on Mondays from 13:00-14:00 (1pm-2pm) in Namm 600.

Prep

• Ground Rules for the Classroom
• Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer (2016), Ch. 1 (‘Race in the Twenty-First Century’): ‘A Biological Reality?’; ‘Whiteness’; ‘Race Is a Social Reality’; ‘Ethnicity and Nationality’; Thinking Like a Sociologist’

In Class

1. Low-Stakes Writing Assignment: What Are Your Goals for the Course?
2. How to Submit the Semester Goals HW
3. Remaining Introductions and Attendance
4. Prologue: What Is Sociology?
5. Review of the Syllabus
6. Q&A: Racism, Whiteness, and Thinking Like a Sociologist
7. Review for the Final
8. For Next Time

For Next Time

• HW Due: Semester Goals
• Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer (2016), Ch. 2 (‘The Invention of Race’): ‘Modernity Rising’; ‘Colonization of the Americas’; ‘The Invention of Whiteness and Blackness’