What are the racial projects in Supreme Court’s decision against affirmative action in college admissions and what does this mean for the social construction of race?
What are the racial projects in Supreme Court’s decision against affirmative action in college admissions and what does this mean for the social construction of race?
February 29, 2024 Comments Off on What are the racial projects in Supreme Court’s decision against affirmative action in college admissions and what does this mean for the social construction of race? Uncategorized Assignment-helpAssignment Learning Outcome:
Students will be able to apply the concepts of the social construction of race and a perspective of racism as systems of domination to the social and political world.
Directions
To complete this assignment, write one question-and-answer post and one response to a classmate. See grading information below.
Discussion Board Post:
Use the concepts of social construction of race; racial project; racist racial project (racism) to discuss a current events issue or your social and political environment or perspective. Use at least two of the three concepts in your response: (1) social construction of race; (2) racial project; (3) racist racial project (racism). If you use less than two of the concepts then your post may be flagged or moderated. Note: you do not need to have two concepts in your question, but you should have them in your response to your question.
Below is a list of example questions, you may use one of the questions below, or write a unique question:
· Is affirmative action a racist racial project against whites (reverse discrimination) or a racial project to correct past injustices?
· What are the racial projects in Supreme Court’s decision against affirmative action in college admissions and what does this mean for the social construction of race?
· How does the evolution of the US census show the social construction of race in the US and different racial projects throughout time?
· Is gerrymandering a racial project or a racist racial project?