Overview
Part 2: How do George A. Martinez (Mexican-Americans and Whiteness), Neda Maghbouleh (“From white to what? MENA and Iranian American non-white reflected race”), and Ian F. Haney López (“White Lines”) all claim that whiteness (and race) is constructed? Where do the authors’ opinions differ? What are the similarities? What stood out to you the most from any of these readings? Include evidence from the readings.
Part 3: According to Barth (and my lecture), how does he claim that ethnic groups are distinguished? Include evidence from the reading and/or lecture. Do you agree or disagree? Discuss a situation/moment/memory where you were made to feel “different.”
Part 4: How would you consider how intersectionality shapes bell hooks’ experience in “Black and female: reflections on graduate school”? What experiences did you face growing up that taught you how men and women should act, dress, present themselves, etc.? Which ethnographic (anthropological cultural case study) example stood out to you the most from the "Gender and Sexuality" chapter? Why did this example stand out to you, and how might this relate to the ways in which race is constructed?
Part 5: What is the “double discrimination” that Emma DeGraffenreid experienced, as described by Kimberlé Crenshaw i
“The urgency of intersectionalityLinks to an external site.”? How does this relate to Crenshaw’s conception of intersectionality and what the "What is Intersectionality?Links to an external site." video describes?
Part 6: Kat’s video question response (question prompted by Kat in one of her lecture videos - you must watch/listen to the lectures to respond to this question):