SOC6

Here is an additional reading for our section on gender. Please read this article for Thursday. You will be responsible for this material on our exam. http://cla.calpoly.edu/~bmori/syll/311syll/Ridgeway.html

Come prepared to discuss "Immigration's Aftermath" on Tuesday. Here are some discussion questions: Describe the chances of success for the children of recent immigrants. What sorts of difficulties do the children of immigrants encounter? Compare blacks living in the inner city to immigrants living in the inner city.

Come prepared to discuss "From Ellis Island to JFK" on Tuesday. Here are some discussion questions: How does Foner explain the success of Eastern European Jews in New York in the early 20th century? How does Foner explain the success of immigrant children from Asia in education?

Come prepared to discuss "Covering Immigration" on Tuesday. What was the impact of the 1965 Immigration Act? Discuss the recent trends in immigration.

Come prepared to discuss "Notes of a White Black Woman" on Tuesday. Here are some discussion questions: How does Scales-Trent used the analogy of "skinwalkers" to describe her biracial identity? Who are the line-drawers? How does Scales-Trent's account show how race is both imaginary and real?

Come prepared to discuss "How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?" on Tuesday. Here are some discussion questions: What race, religion, and ethnicity are Muslims? Arabs? Middle Easterners? Where is the color line drawn on the Eurasian continent? Who decides what race you are? Why would some Arab Americans want to be classified as a minority group? How much prejudice and discrimination do you think Muslim and Arab Americans face today?

Come prepared to discuss "On Racial Formation" on Thursday. Here are some discussion questions: What is racial formation? What are racial projects? Compare the neoconservative racial project with the liberal one.

Come prepared to discuss "Planting the Seed: The Invention of Race" on Thursday. Here are some discussion questions: Discuss the invention of race. Talk about the relevance of racism in the invention of race.

Come prepared to discuss "Defining Race" on Thursday. Here are some discussion questions: How can race be understood? Even though race is a social construction, in what ways does race matter?

Come prepared to discuss "Changing Race" on Thursday. Here are some discussion questions: How can someone change their race? Why would anyone want to? What is the role of others in defining what race you are?