SOCI 4303 Race & Ethnicity

Discussion Requirements

This response should be at least 250 words. A response that is not at least a half page/250 words in length cannot receive full credit. Responses must demonstrate substance beyond the student’s agreement with a statement or the mere expression of opinions. The student should support his/her responses in some way with references to the assigned readings or data from another scholarly source.

**A note on outside sources: Bringing in other sources beyond the syllabus is, for the most part, optional. For example, to make a specific discussion point you may find that looking at published US Census data is helpful to illustrate your remark. That is an appropriate use of an outside source, and you should provide a link to help your classmates understand where you found the data. If you are unsure about what constitutes a scholarly source, please see the introduction to scholarly literature on Canvas under “Files.”

**A note on quotations: Quotations do not count toward your 250 word minimum; only your own words count. You can assume everyone has done the readings, so there is no need to re-state large portions of the reading material in your posts. Please use quotations sparingly, i.e., only to orient one another to specific passages in the readings (with page #s cited in parentheses). Posts that include mostly quotations or lengthy quotations will not receive credit. This ill-advised practice merely adds clutter to the discussion process and is inappropriate for our purposes.

Question to answer:

One of the ways that racial and ethnic differences are socially constructed is through a dominant group claiming moral superiority over another group of people. Sometimes this happens through rumors, myths, and stereotypes but it can also be incorporated into our policies and social institutions. In what ways do you see evidence of this in the readings this week? (hint: Discrimination might be the most clear way this presents in our readings.)