ethan 107 ass 5 widad

Assignment 5: Whiteness Deconstructed

Assignment goal

• Discuss the construction of whiteness.
• Apply an understanding of whiteness to societal structures.

Instructions

Read the OER chapter on whiteness, watch the video, and and answer the following:

1. Give examples of how whiteness is institutionalized. Provide at least 2 examples. (hint: you can use the definition from the week 2 module-- institutional racism definitions)
2. What is the Possessive Investment in Whiteness and what are examples of this in this chapter/video? Provide at least 2 examples.
3. How do you explain how Irish people became white in the United States? (Use the video for this one)

• Use the whiteness materials from this week to respond.
• Use the rubric to guide your work.
• Post your assignment to Canvas

Grading Criteria

Please see rubric. This will include:

• answers the prompts
• when asked, includes direct citations and cites each citation
• makes the connection between institutional racism and whiteness (rather than just interpersonal racism)
• discusses how Irish people became white in the United States

Submission process

Please submit to Canvas under Assignment #5: Whiteness Deconstructed by the deadline

Resources

see this week's materials

Institutional racism/oppression definition

Institutional Oppression

• Institutional Oppression: Unfair and unjust policies or laws passed by the government, schools, the judicial systems, military, and law enforcement. These institutions are used to protect the privileges of elites, or people in power, by withholding privileges enjoyed by the elite and/or basic civil rights from people who don’t have access to institutional power and keeping less powerful people divided. These systems are enforced by mass media, police, schools, and family values (Daus-Magbual, 2009)

• Examples: Executive Order 9066 that ordered all Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II. The Muslim ban (2017) that banned Muslim-dominant countries from immigrating to the United States. Slavery. Etc.
• EMPHASIS on ”policies or laws”

https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ethnic_Studies/Introduction_to_Ethnic_Studies_(Fischer_et_al.)