Independent Online Activities on Race, Identity and Culture
This website has some very interesting activities and information about the concept of race, its history, and its implications. It also deals with and illustrates racism, as with a comparison of how historical inequalities can translate into current inequity (e.g. ho
1. What most interested, surprised, illuminated, or irritated you from the websites above? Why?
2. Various researchers have proposed assumptions and actions that dominant culture members can take for granted. What elements of so-called “white privilege” do you notice? Think of other privileged identity aspects (e.g., male, heterosexual, etc.)–what similar statements might be made from that standpoint?
3. When were you first aware of your racial identity? How was ethnicity, and your ethnicity, in particular, discussed by your friends and family when you were growing up? How do the websites you looked at for this activity relate to your experiences in this regard?
