Readings for today:
- Theory Toolbox, Chapter 10, pp. 171-177; 189-193.
- "How the Irish Became White: An Interview with Noel Ignatiev," in Race Traitor: Journal of the New Abolitionism.
- Ward Churchill, "The Crucible of American Indian Identity," Z Magazine, Jan 1, 1998.
- "Wiping Latino American History Off the Map," Common Dreams, January 17, 2012.
Reading questions & guides:
- Questions: Ignatiev and Churchill
- Guide: 'Identity' from Keywords in American Cultural Studies
- Guide: 'Race' from Keywords in American Cultural Studies
- Guide: 'Ethnicity' from Keywords in American Cultural Studies
- Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Race, RACE-The Power of an Illusion, PBS.com.
- Interview with Stephen Jay Gould on race & biology, RACE-The Power of an Illusion, PBS.com.
- Ward Churchill, "Let's Spread the 'Fun' Around: The Issue of Sports Team Names and Mascots," in Acts of Rebellion: The Ward Churchill Reader, pp. 201-204.
- William 'Upski' Wimsatt, excerpts from Bomb the Suburbs (Soft Skull Press, 1999).
- William "Upski" Wimsatt, Cornel West, Noel Ignatiev, "I'm Ofay, You're Ofay," Transition, No. 73 (1997), pp. 176-203.
- F. James Davis, "The One-Drop Rule Defined," from Who is Black? One Nation's Definition (University Park: Penn State University Press) 1991
- “The New Racism and the Changing Beauty Norm,” Bad Subjects #76
- Sonia Scherr, "It Takes a Village to Raise a Racist," AlterNet, February 9, 2010.
- "The Critical Fashion Lover's (Basic) Guide to Cultural Appropriation"
- Native Appropriations blog
- Pancho McFarland, "Food Justice in the City," Environmental & Food Justice Blog, April 16, 2010.
- United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind (1923).
- Jennifer Lee & Frank D. Bean, "Reinventing the Color Line: Immigration and America's New Racial/Ethnic Divide," Social Forces, Vol. 86, No. 2 (2007): 561-586.
- Mimi Nguyen, "It's (Not) a White World: Looking for Race in Punk," Punk Planet, Nov/Dec, 1998.
