SOC 1500 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Phenotype, Double Consciousness, Iroquois
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A significant portion of the mid-term will concern the theories of race advanced by wimmer, omi. & winant, bonilla-silva, and the foundational writings of du bois. You are not expected to know all the intricate ins-and-outs of their theories, but you should have a firm grasp of the basic line of argument. You should be able to tell which of the authors wrote key, representative passages. The rest of the exam is substantive and draws on lectures, readings, and class presentations by students. Racial formation theory: racial processes of domination are constantly constructed and reconstructed through racial projects which reference phenotype. Important points: race is irreducible to ethnicity, ethnicity is cultural, race refers to phenotype, race is imposed, not discretionary, race is structural, not a matter of individual preference. Race is socially constructed: arbitrary yet powerful. Ideas of race shape social structures and the structures reciprocally shape ideas of race.
