[Unit 3] Closing Remarks and Discussion

Colonization: the Origins of Racism

Closing Lecture Remarks

Race and racism, and the economic power gained from racial oppression, produced intergenerational wealth in the United States and in Europe.  Early on in colonization, racism is used as a basis for a new economy that subordinates all indigenous interests of land and non-whites’ free labor in service of European wealth creation.

Racial hierarchies were legally established and culturally enforced from the beginning of colonial economies and wealth exportation.  Even after slavery, racism was continued.  As an exercise of racial power, racism was mobilized to continue the wealth of white households at the expense of non-whites in intergenerational poverty.  The educational system, and the knowledge produced by it, rationalized racism as a necessary system of oppression, exclusion, and erasure.

The preference for White Supremacy culture and materialism continues as part of our shared colonial legacy.  The practices and legacies of European colonialism persist in contemporary social orders and narratives about wealth (status), poverty (access), and race. I challenge you to identify ways you’ve been taught to celebrate and consume a culture of White Supremacy while examining ways race has shaped your family tree, close friendships, and memberships.

Now is your opportunity to demonstrate your ability to utilize course concepts and incorporate case studies in producing knowledge through cultural criticism in writing.

Most unit lectures close with this same class discussion format.  If you read and closely follow all the instructions for this class discussion, you should be able to do well here on out.  I will be leaving you feedback and a grade for this assignment.  It is important you review my feedback so you can address any issues in the next assignment.

I look forward to reading each of your posts and comments.  Contact me ahead of time if you need an extension.  I accept late posts but not late comments or self-reflections.  Feel free to contact me if you have any questions, doubts, or need additional assistance.

Saludos,

Professor Fuentes

Overview and Criteria

Post by Thursday, Reply by Saturday

The three (3) steps to complete this assignment are explained below in more detail, but here they are in a nutshell:

1. Answer at least 2 question(s) or prompts.
2. Incorporate at least 2 course concepts in your discussion.
3. Leave 2 substantive/expansive comments.

There are two (2) dimensions that add up to the total points possible from this assignment.

• Possible 25 Points = Your Post (Due Thursday)
• Possible 10 Points = 2+ Comments (Due Saturday)

You’ll be graded on your ability to utilize course concepts to critically reflect on the unit’s lecture material.   You must closely follow guidelines to earn maximum points.

Each comment you leave is worth up to 5 points (depending on quality of post).  Being nice and respectful is important, but it doesn’t get you all the points. Your comments need to be substantive and expand on the conversation or original post in a meaningful way. 

Comments should contain at least one of the following:

• Comments should provide new information about the original post (“substantive”).
• Elaborate on a point made by the Poster or someone else on the thread (“expand”).

In other words, compliments and salutations do not count as satisfactory comments. 

Pro Tips

What mistake will cost you the most points?

Use of in-text citations for all prompts is required.  Every student should develop the habit of attributing information to sources in college-level writing.  You can use either APA or MLA style for in-text citations.  An example of citing the book in your text is as follows: (Takaki 2008, p.33).   An example of citing lectures in your text is as follows: (Fuentes, “Unit #: Name of Lecture.”).  Both the green number and lecture title must be changed to the appropriate source for credit.

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Copy and paste your posts on Canvas, but write them elsewhere (WordLinks to an external site., GoogleLinks to an external site., etc.).  Canvas logs users out with inactivity.  If this happens, you aren’t alerted and your work will be lost even if you try to “save” or hit “submit.”

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Continuing the Conversation

You have a voice; what’s your say?

Guidance: Select course concepts (2+) introduced in this unit to answer two (2) or more of the below question(s) or prompts according Dr. Fuentes’ lecture materials or Dr. Takaki’s A Different Mirror (2008). You can also incorporate your own personal experiences or recent events, but there has to be a clear connection to concepts and case studies.*

1. What are ways that colonization and racism affect our understanding of American History?
2. Discuss the hidden origins of slavery (Ch. 3).
3. How is race normalized and accepted in society as a “natural” part of people’s identity?
4. Discuss the “the Land of Hope” (Ch. 13).
5. How do economic models of White Supremacist culture (caste system, slave system, Jim Crow Era, indigenous genocide, etc.) reproduce coloniality, racial power, or anti-darkness?
6. Discuss the clamors for social change (Ch 15). 
7. From your own lived experience, what is another example of racism or White Supremacy was/is this experience individualistic or systemic?
8. Add your own link to an IG post, tweet, or Tik Tok and explain how it is an example of White Supremacist Culture or racism; OR Write your own question and incorporate course concepts to explain the importance behind your question (and the value of the potential answer).

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