Introduction to Sociology
Professor Larry Stern
Reading Assignments, Lecture Notes, Videos, & Web Sites
Unit 6: Race, Prejudice and Discrimination
Margaret Bourne-White, Louisville Flood Victims, 1937
Overview:
Macionis, Society: The Basics, Chapter 12 ("Race and Ethnicity")
To participate in discussions, click on "Discussions" in the left-hand column on Canvas. Then click on whichever discussion you'd like to join and simply "hit reply" at the bottom of the page.
Go to Project Implicit and take the "Implicit Association Tests"
You do not need to login - click on the box under Social Attitudes and then at the bottom of the page, click on "I wish to proceed. Next, click on and take the Race IAT (implicit association test) and any other that you find interesting
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