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“Experiencing Race, Class, and Gender in the United States”

“Experiencing Race, Class, and Gender in the United States”. Overview increasing diversity in U.S. media images of past unrealistic then, certainly now how will increasing diversity affect your life? Enrichment Challenges Practical – workplace, etc Social cohesion

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“Experiencing Race, Class, and Gender in the United States”

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  1. “Experiencing Race, Class, and Gender in the United States” • Overview • increasing diversity in U.S. • media images of past unrealistic then, certainly now • how will increasing diversity affect your life? • Enrichment • Challenges • Practical – workplace, etc • Social cohesion • how does it affect American politics, culture, economy? • Why Study? • Understand • Adapt • Change

  2. I. OVERVIEW • Names and Labels • Are important • Reflect power • Affect self-image • Change over time and with different subgroups

  3. I. OVERVIEW • Theories • Are both models of present and visions of future • Assimilation • Amalgamation / Melting Pot • Pluralism / Multiculturalism

  4. I. OVERVIEW • Sociopolitical positions • different from book, will stress conservative, liberal, radical • They vary by: • Premises about human nature and society • Analysis of the present • Vision of the future

  5. I. OVERVIEW • “Ideological Principles” - better seen as systems • Eurocentricity • Patriarchy • Capitalism • Conservative, liberal, radical views • Operate singly, together • reinforce

  6. “IDENTITY” • Complex, “multidimensional” • Internalization vs. self-definition • “self” definition usually involves group effort

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