Agenda for 6/3 and 6/4

1. Complete Assignment #26 - The Social Construction of Race

Answer the questions in a separate document and upload to eBackpack "Assignment #26."

Assignment #26 – The Social Construction of Race and Racial Preferences

2. What is the main point of "Race the Power of an Illusion pt. 2

3. What is the main point of "The Social Construction of Race"

4. What is the main point of "The Unequal Opportunity Race"

Answer the following questions using the article "A Long History of Racial Preference - for Whites"

5. How did the 1830 Indian Removal Act benefit white settlers? What did it do to the Cherokee, Creek and other Native American groups?

6. How did the 1862 Homestead Act benefit white settlers? How much land was given for free to primarily white settlers ?

7. How did the 1790 Naturalization Act benefit free white persons and white European immigrants?

8. What effect did Alien Land Laws have on land ownership in California?

9. When were racial barriers to US citizenship removed?

10. Who were the only people compensated for slavery in the United States?

11. How did the Social Security Act of 1935 help whites but discriminate against non-whites?

12. How did the 1935 Wagner Act help whites workers but discriminate against non-whites?

13. How did the Federal Housing Administration help whites workers but discriminate against non-whites?

14. How does the mortgage industry discriminate today?

15. How has the history of economic discrimination effected the net worth of African Americans compared to whites?

16. What are ways that whites are able to pass on this wealth from generation to generation?

17. How has the percentage of total net worth owned by African Americans changed from 1865 to 1990?

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