Write a 3 page or longer essay (double-spaced, time roman, 1 inch margins, get it edited at the WCC Student Success Center). Ā Be sure to address all of the following questions in this order.
1. How have you come to define your race or ethnicity?
2. How can you explain that race is a social construction and not about DNA or color per se? What is the difference between race and ethnicity?
3. How do Takaki, Morrision, and Borunda help us to understand a history of Ā race and ethnic relations in the United States? What do they and others say about the history of Ā race and ethnic relations? Offer direct quotes from their readings and explain the quotes.
4. How have or can Anti-racist White and Black citizens form coalitions or alliances in history against institutional racism? Consider the material in class to answer this and the questions above.
