Written Assignment-Part One

1. Beverly Daniel Tatum begins her essay with anecdotes detailing examples of people claiming that racism no longer exists. How does Tatum account for this phenomenon?
2. What do the examples of childhood development reveal about when and how children internalize racial imagery?
3. How does Tatum explain the significance of omitted information? Use one of her examples to answer this question.
4. Briefly explain the concept of internalized oppression as Miller discusses it.
5. Why does Tatum prefer David Wellman’s definition of racism to other definitions
6. How does Eduardo Bonilla-Silva explain how racism works in the United States? Consider his key terms group power, dominant racial group, minorities, and racial status quo.
7. Describe the notion of life chances as it is discussed in “Color-Blind Racism.”
8. According Bonilla-Silva, what are the four central frames of color-blind racism
9. What is the main significance of naturalization for Bonilla-Silva?
10. According to Bonilla-Silva, how has modern racial ideology biologized presumed cultural practices?
11. What impact does the minimization of racial discrimination have on society?
12. What does Ancheta state is the problem with a black-white racial framework?
13. What does Ancheta mean when he says that for most of U.S. history, Asian Americans have been treated as “constructive blacks?”
14. What does Ancheta mean when he discusses how Asian Americans have been treated as honorary whites?
15. Why did some Asian Americans argue to be classified as white before the law?
16. Who was Vincent Chin and what happened to him, and why did it happen?
17. What do the examples of anti-Asian violence show us about the ways that Asian Americans experience racism, beyond the expression of white racism?
18. How does Marilyn Frye characterize the word oppression?
19. What does Frye say about masculinity and male expressions of emotion? How does this fit into her understanding of oppression?
20. Frye traces the etymology (the root) of the word oppression in order to show a more complex meaning of the term. What does this reveal?
21. How, according to Frye, does her notion of oppression apply to all women, no matter their racial, sexual, or socioeconomic status?

PART 2:

You will explore the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia. While viewing many of the artifacts in the museum may be painful, this lesson is meant to help you understand how everyday items were used to degrade and oppress African Americans in the United States.  After exploring the museum, click on three (3) different caricatures. 

Describe in your own words what purpose each of your chosen caricatures serves in a racist society. 

Then describe your own reactions (both thoughts and feelings) regarding this web site.

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