Week 1:
Syllabus and Expectations
History & Interdisciplinary Knowledge: What is Africana Studies? Black Studies? Afro-American Studies?
Harris, R. L. (2004). The intellectual and institutional development of africana studies. In J. Bobo, C. Hudley, & C. Michel (Eds.), The black studies reader (pp.15-20). Taylor & Francis. (Login using your John Jay credentials)
Social Construction of Race
Ten things everybody should know about race. Available at http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-x.htm
Has race always been the same? Available at http://www.pbs.org/race/003_RaceTimeline/003_00- home.ht
Smedley, Audrey and Brian D. Smedley. 2005. "Race as biology is fiction, Racism as a social problem is real: Anthropological and historical perspectives on the social construction of race." American Psychologist 60 (1, January), pp. 16-26.
Film: Herbes-Sommers, C., Cheng, J., Adelman, L., Smith, L. & Strain, T. (Directors). (2003). Race: The power of an illusion [Film]. California Newsreel. (Login using your John Jay credentials)
Complete worksheet/questions on this film.
Watch: John Jay Lecture: Dr. Leith Mullings, Professor of Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center; “The Social Construction of Gender” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmF_d7fRtdE
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