History of Race Lively Conversation

How has race affected perspectives on belonging, settlement, and our understanding of colonial history? In
what ways has race mattered, to whom, and why?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWJFZ2oWXFg&feature=emb_title
How does race find its way into cultural artifacts and performances? What is the value of such artifacts and
what should be done with them?
http://newsreel.org/video/ethnic-notions
Analyze the key ideas of the assigned readings, then respond to them with your own thoughts. If there is only
one reading or video, then obviously you’ll respond to that one. If there are two or more readings/videos,
please respond to at least two.
Analyze the key ideas of at least two of the assigned readings, and connect them to examples from popular
culture, an example from another class, and/or a personal experience of your own.
Compare two or more of the assigned readings with each other. What cuts across them? Where do they differ?