25 November 2009

Diversity Day...

After watching "Diversity Day" from the NBC television show The Office do you think humor and satire can teach people about racism and ethnic differences? Also, the character Michael Scott is clearly intolerant towards all people. Can we learn a lesson from people like him?

20 November 2009

Race Classifications...

Are Sociologist and Cultural Anthropologists right by having only THREE classifications for Race? Do those classifications need to change? If so, how would you classify them?

12 November 2009

Tell Me What You Saw...


In the opening activity to Race & Ethnicity you were shown slides of 15 people and had to determine both their Race and Occupation. Many if not all students were unable to correctly identify 25% of the slides. What does this activity tell a person about how they perceive people of a different race or ethnicity?