Assignment:
Write a 525 to 700 word paper discussing the current view that race is a social construction supported by political realities.
Include the following:
1. How does this view compare with the traditional, biological view of race?
2. What are motivating factors for early Americans to construct race and racial categories?
3. Which approach - assimilation, melting pot, fusion and/or pluralism - matches most closely to the new definition of race in contemporary America?
4. Which definition of race do you support? Why?