Debating Multiculturalism

February 3, 2017
Film: White Like Me: Race, Racism, and
White Privilege in America by Tim Wise
What Should White People Do?
 Exam Wednesday, February 8
Bring Blue Books
Essay you will be asked to analyze a particular
issue or event by using concepts and frames from
the class
Two columns of terms (5 in each, choose 3) you
will be asked to find a match and explain its
connection to the studies of multiculturalism
Monday review I will give you sample essay
questions, and well discuss how to answer them
effectively
 Matching terms. Note more than
one match can be correct
Discourse
Colorblind racism
The Enlightenment
Politics of Respectability
Race traitor
Stereotypical dualism
Assimilation
Native American mascot
Racial codes
GI benefits
Affirmative action for
whites
Regime of truth
Noble savage/barbarian
Minimization of racism
Control of representation
Civil rights movement
Melting pot
War on drugs
Individual equality
Cultural appropriation
Film: White Like Me: Race, Racism, and
White Privilege in America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4w9UnE4FLY

What are some of the reasons that whites tend to

think that racism is a thing of the past?
According to Wise, do all whites have privilege?
What about poor whites? What are examples of
affirmative action for whites?
Does colorblidness help to deal with race issues?
According to Wise, how could it perpetuate racial
inequalities? How could it be harmful to whites?
What is implicit racial bias? What are some of
the examples of racial codes discussed in film?
 Other films
Shadow of Hate: History of Intolerance in
America,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiUom0q
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Race: The Power of an Illusion, episode 2 The
Story We Tell:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGLsn8O
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Some questions about Alcoffs reading
What Should White People Do?
How can whites combat racism without
repudiating their own identity and history and
engaging in traumatic self-denial and hatred?
How should white people address their own
whiteness and the privilege it entails?
Is there difference between cultural
appropriation and race traitor? Why or why
not?
 Next time
Mid-course review
Workshop on sample exam questions