| Unit 1: Defining Racism and Prejudice |
Week of:
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Lesson |
Reflection Paper Due |
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| 08/29 |
01: Intro
to Race and Racism in American Law |
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| 09/05 |
Labor Day - No Class |
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| 09/07 |
Administrative Monday |
Class Cancelled |
| 09/12 |
02: Race |
The Shadow of Hate |
| 09/19 |
03:
Prejudice |
Understanding Race |
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Unit 2: Racial Groups
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Week of:
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Lesson |
Reflection Paper |
| 09/26 |
04:
Discrimination |
Defining Prejudice and Racism
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| 10/03 |
05:
Defining Whiteness; European/White Americans, White Privilege and the Law |
Racism and Evolving Notions of Equality |
| 10/17 |
07: American Indians/Inuits |
White Privilege and the Law |
| 10/24 |
08: African Americans |
Federal Indian Policy |
| 10/31 |
09: Latina/o Americans |
Slavery and Reparations |
| 11/07 |
10: Asian Americans |
English Only Laws and the Treaty of Guadalupe |
| 11/14 |
11: Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander |
Internment of Japanese Americans |
| 11/21 |
12: Muslim
and Arab Americans |
Native Hawaiians Sovereignty |
| Unit 3: Hot Topics |
| Make-up Class |
Presentations Group |
Terrorism and Racial Profiling
Comment and Critique on Presentations |
| Nov 24 |
Thanksgiving Recess - No Class |
| 11/28 |
13:
Responses to Racism |
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| 12/02/03 |
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Reflection on Responses to Racism particularly
racism in the classroom and the Legal Profession. |