Journal 6: Race/Ethnicity in Education and Family

 

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We explore race and ethnicity in education and the family.  Our objectives this week are to:

• Recall      historical racial battles over education for Native Americans and African      Americans;

 

• Determine      how social capital, cultural capital, and stereotype threat reproduce      inequalities in education;

 

• Assess  whiteness in the American educational system;

 

• Dissect      the history of the family recognizing how the institution has changed      since colonialism and slavery;

 

• Examine  the history of the “one-drop rule” and its impact on interracial      relationships; and
   
• Recall  statistics and sociological explanations for trends in interracial      marriage and divorce in the United States.

 

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Disc. 6

 

Individual and sociological explanations for select family issues

 

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Briefly describe a news story regarding a current family issue (provide link).  Do they use individual explanations or sociological/historical explanations to explain the issue?

 

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