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Although most of January is gone, I wanted to update the webpage on the calendar for January and February. Remember to check your nightly reading assignments, as well as dates for tests and quizzes. You can also see the topics we will cover each day in class. Finally, do not forget that Friday, Feb. 5th [...]
From time to time in the class, we will use the RAFTS strategy to explore different themes and topics in Multicultural Studies. RAFTS stands for Role, Audience, Format and Topic. As a writing tool, it can be a powerful organizer. RAFTS also help students visualize themselves in the topics they are learning. For the first [...]
We begin examining readings in Multicultural Studies by looking at the concepts of culture, race and diversity in the first week of the second semester. The two readings we examined on Friday, January 29th reflected how institutional racism can confer privilege on some and disadvantages on others. The first was Constructing Race, Creating White Privilege [...]
