Seminar One Discussion Questions I choose option number 3 to Listen to the NPR audio interview: A Revealing History of a Multiracial America http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96916821. Describe the information presented in this audio interview and then relate it to the concept covered in the course material on the “social construction of race.” Incorporate specific information from both the audio presentation and textbook in support of your analysis. Both the textbook and the audio talk about how important race is because of the social meaning people have attached to it. The textbook and the audio that I viewed talked about America been a “one drop rule.” Both the textbook and the audio talk about having one drop of blood in you than you are considered to be a black person.
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The book and audio talk about when biracial actually started in the mid-1900 hundred. The textbook and the audio talk about the 1800 and the Native American and the creation of the reservation system for Native American in late 1800. They both said this an example of racial formation. Both sources talk about biracial and multiracial identity and who am I. Both sources talk about how people feel today about race. These beliefs are based on the notion that humankind can be divided into distinct groups. Both sources talk about President Obama and how it was conceived in the black community. He black but has a white mom and was raised by his white grandparents. The textbook and audio explain that race is a social construction and it benefits the oppressor. Often times this is what divides the nation into groups rather than being one. The split into groups starts to give some the idea that certain races are dominant to other races. The textbook shows
The book and audio talk about when biracial actually started in the mid-1900 hundred. The textbook and the audio talk about the 1800 and the Native American and the creation of the reservation system for Native American in late 1800. They both said this an example of racial formation. Both sources talk about biracial and multiracial identity and who am I. Both sources talk about how people feel today about race. These beliefs are based on the notion that humankind can be divided into distinct groups. Both sources talk about President Obama and how it was conceived in the black community. He black but has a white mom and was raised by his white grandparents. The textbook and audio explain that race is a social construction and it benefits the oppressor. Often times this is what divides the nation into groups rather than being one. The split into groups starts to give some the idea that certain races are dominant to other races. The textbook shows