Agenda for 6/10 and 6/11

Like height, race (skin color) is a spectrum. Where you draw the line is arbitrary.

Where does white end and black begin?

1. Is it hard to talk about race? The "difficult conversation" about race. 

• Do you agree? 
• Is it difficult to talk about race? 
• Why is it difficult for some to talk about race?

2. Big/Essential Idea - "Race is a social construction" (video 1, video 2)

• How do we determine a person's race? Physical characteristics? How well can YOU identify a person's race from physical characteristics?
• The "myth" of race.
• How is this idea different from how most people think about race? 
• The history of race in America.

3. How does race impact the lives of people in America?

•  Stereotyping: 
• What are stereotypes? Why stereotypes?
• Physical stereotypes?  
• What stereotypes must black men endure? 
• What was the message of this skit?

• Racism - its not just the KKK (hidden racism is much more common)
• Racial Microaggressions.
• White Normativity - "What kind of Asian are you?"

• Racial segregation
• How segregation happened in the North? It's all about where you could buy a house.

•  Life expentancy, health, employment, wealth...etc.