Law 6892- Race and Racism in American Law
Professor Vernellia Randall
The University of Dayton School of Law

01: Defining Race


 

        

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Preliminary Assignment:
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    • Email copy of photo to me.
  • In the virtual lounge, post a posting introducing yourself. Year in school. Interest in the law. Why you are taking remedies? Legal experience, etc.
  • Download Student Guide to Moodle and keep it available as you use Moodle this semester.
  • Complete the Survey on having read and understood the syllabus: Survey on Syllabus by  January 6th, 11:30am. (see lawschoolmoodle)
 

Reading Assignment

  • How to Talk About Race (Complete Reflection on Moodle before completing reading assignment) Write a Pre-class reflection about your experience  living in a racialized society. When did you become first aware of the concept of race?  What is your race? Have you lived and worked in a diverse community?  School?  Workplace?  Has your "race" affected your life or the life of your family members? How?  Has the "race" of others affected your life or the life of your family members? How? Describe your most positive experience related to race.  Describe your most negative experience related to race. Maximum: 500 Words. Submit as a Word ".doc" or "rtf" file. Submit this on Moodle by Jan. 7th 11:30am.
  • Finding Words to Talk About Race (Complete Reflection on Moodle before completing reading assignment) What is your experience "talking" about race? How often have you talked bout race? Has it been formal or casual? Have those conversations been productive or divisve? Have they been been in diverse groups? How do the conversation differ when you are in same race group or multi-racial group? In a multi-racial group Does it make a difference the racial make-up of the group?
  • Feagin, xvii-xx, 1-13
  • Perea,  pp. 1-19, 72-95
  • Moran, i x-xiv, 1-36, 147-174
Other Assignment (Due Jan 14th):

See Moodle for Additional Assignments


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Home
01 Defining Race
02 Racism
03 Indians - Part I
04 Indians - Part II
05 Blacks - Part I
06 Blacks - Part II
07 Whites
08 Latinos - Part I
09 Latinos - Part II
10 Asian - Part I
11 Asian - Part II
12 Hawaiians
13a Arabs
13b Global Racism
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[ 01: Defining Race ] 02: Prejudice, Stereotype, Racism and Discrimination ] 03: American Indians: Conquest to Allottment Period ] 04: American Indians: Reorganization/Contemporary Issues ] 05 Blacks: Slavery, Reconstruction and Reparations ] 06: Black Americans: Jim Crow and Anti-Black Racism ] 07: European-White Americans ] 08: Latinos: Mexican Americans and the Treaty Guadalupe Hildago ] 09: Latino: Puerto Rican and Independence ] 10: Asian Americans: Chinese Exclusion Act and Immigration ] 11: Japanese Americans and Concentration Camps ] 12: Native Hawai'ian Sovereignty ] 13a Arab American: Racial Profiling ] 13b Responses to Racism ]

Child Level:
Home ] Writing Learning Objectives ] Finding Words to Talk About Race ] Hudgins v. Wrights (1806) ]
Parent Level:
Race and Racism in American Law ]

 

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Thanks to Derrick Bell and his pioneer work: 
Race, Racism and American Law
(1993).