Saturday, November 26, 2011

RACE: the power of an illusion

What does race mean? How easy is it to group people into "races" based on appearance? Go to the feature interactive "Sorting People" and complete the activity: http://www.pbs.org/race/001_WhatIsRace/001_00-home.htm

Did you know that in 1960 census enumerators classified people into the races the same way you did - by looking at them. Comment on this quote from the video RACE: the power of an illusion. "To get beyond racism, we must first take account of race" - Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun.


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