Assignment
Read the articles that have been posted in Blackboard:
Experiencing, Race, Class and Gender in the US
• up to page xvii
Race, Class, & Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study
• Part 1 - The Social Construction of Difference: Race, Class, Gender & Sexuality p 7-12
• Chap 1 Racial Formation p13-22
Answer the following questions for each reading:
• What was the main point each author tried to make?
• Identify one important concept, theory or idea that you learned from the reading.
The following questions can be answered from the collective reading assignment (do not need to answer for each reading) and should be posted on the discussion boards under the corresponding heading:
• What questions have the readings raised for you?
• Connect and/or relate one thing from the reading to a real life experience that you have witnessed, or experienced yourself.
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.