5.6 Module 6 - Race and Racism

Meeting 6-1 - Wednesday, March 30 - Race and Racism 1

  • Before Class:
    • Read A Sociology Experiment, “Chapter 7 - Race and Ethnicity,” pp. 1-23 (Link)
    • Read Cooper et al. (2003)
      • Cooper, Richard S., Jay S. Kaufman, and Ryk Ward. 2003. “Race and Genomics.” New England Journal of Medicine 348(12):1166-1170. (Link)

Meeting 6-2 -Monday, April 4 - Race and Racism 2

  • Before Class:
    • Read selections from Segregation in St. Louis: Dismantling the Divide (Link)
      • Chapter 1 - “Segregation at the center”, pp. 4-13
      • Chapter 2 - “St. Louis: A city of promise, a history of segregation”, pp. 14-25
      • Chapter 5 - “Segregation in St. Louis today”, pp. 64-85

Meeting 6-3 - Monday, April 11 - Race and Racism 3

  • Before Class:
    • Read A Sociology Experiment, “Chapter 7 - Race and Ethnicity,” pp. 23-28 (Link)
  • After Class:
    • Complete Sociological Experience 3 for Wednesday, April 13 (Canvas)

Meeting 6-4 - Wednesday, April 13 - Racism and Health

  • Before Class:
    • Read Jones (2006)
      • Jones, David S. 2006. “The persistence of American Indian health disparities.” American Journal of Public Health 96(12): 2122-2134. (Link)
    • Read Sarche and Spicer (2008)
      • Sarche, Michelle, and Paul Spicer. 2008. “Poverty and health disparities for American Indian and Alaska Native children.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1136(1): 126-136. (Link)
    • Read Williams and Sternthal (2010)
      • Williams, David R. and Michelle Sternthal. 2010. “Understanding Racial-ethnic Disparities in Health : Sociological Contributions.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 51(S):S15-S27. (Link)
  • After Class:
    • Watch Unnatural Causes, Part 4 - “Bad Sugar” (Kanopy) and complete the accompanying exit ticket (Canvas)
    • Make sure you are wrapping up Mama Paper 2 for Wednesday, April 20 (Canvas)