POLS 4428 RACE, GENDER AND THE POLITICS OF DIFFERENCE

Class: Our conscious brains remember those who were lost and our prayers and thoughts are with those who were left behind. Our country was forever changed after September 11, 2001. As we continue to move forward, may we never forget.

Decorative images of memorials to the victims and heroes of 9/11.

THE HIDDEN BRAIN

Read Chapters 4 and 5 for this week

CHAPTER 4

Decorative Image: Pegs in a board

OBJECTIVES FOR CHAPTER 4

By the end of this week, students will be able to:

  1. Identify and explain where children learn bias.
  2. Explain and analyze why children from similar racial and ethnic backgrounds tend to share social spaces in middle school and higher.
  3. Define "intent" and evaluate its usefulness in understanding racist words, expressions, and ideas.

LET'S BEGIN WITH A LITTLE TEST. THIS TEST IS ADMINISTERED THROUGH HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND WILL NOT SEND RESULTS TO YOUR PROFESSOR. IT IS A TEST FOR YOU TO LOOK AT YOUR OWN IMPLICIT BIAS. YOU CAN REPEAT THE TEST AS OFTEN AS YOU WOULD LIKE.

Write down your results. Did they surprise you at all? Did the test confirm anything you already know?
Read Chapter 4

Do we ever grow out of our bias?

This video updates the experiments done by Dr. Kenneth Clark and his wife during the 1950s.

Watch as Jason Silva discusses the significance of faces.

Now let's consider the extinction event that occurs in middle school. Why do kids of a single race tend to sit together in cafeterias in middle school? Listen to Dr. Beverly Tatum discuss her research:

Racial bias still exists and has disparate impacts on different racial groups. We may not think about daily opportunities, like trying to rent a space for vacation, that is experienced differently by different people. Listen:

Reading Questions (Chp. 4)

  1. Where do children learn bias?
  2. Why do kids of similar racial or ethnic backgrounds sit together in middle school cafeterias?
  3. What difference does intent make when someone expresses racist words or ideas? Why?
See you Monday in class.

Dr. Gregory

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Sarita Gregory
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