This course has explored histories of racism and racial formation over the last

This course has explored histories of racism and racial formation over the last 500 years on this continent through histories of oppression and resistance, as well as by learning key theories and concepts of Ethnic Studies. Choose an issue or topic in our contemporary society that is an example of institutional racism – one of the four I’s of oppression we’ve studied. You may consider topics from the list provided or choose an issue independently. If you are not sure if your example is fitting, consult with the professor. Research and analyze issues of power and dynamics of racial formation. Are there historical precursors to this topic that might inform our understanding of this issue and how racism works (consult the syllabus, readings and lessons from this semester). Employ at least 3 keywords, theories and concepts from the course (see our Keywords and Concepts handout). Finally, explain how this issue or event is defining race in our present era; in other words how is this a process of racial formation (as Omi and Winant explain)? How do you see the issue/event being possibly resolved?
3-4 pages (750 words minimum)
double spaced, Times, 12 font
bibliography: 5 sources minimum (MLA style preferred, but optional)
Due WED 12/13
Rubric:
F (format, bib) — I (explain institutionalized racism) — K (3 keywords and concepts) — R (racial formation)
Examples of institutionalized racism in contemporarysociety:
police brutality and killing of unarmed civilians (particularly against Black and Brown communities); revoking of Affirmative Action policies (except for the military); home loans/property rights; hiring discrimination (systemic); school funding; the school to prison pipeline; media under-representation or mis-representation of communities of color (“Oscars so White,” stereotypes, etc.); genocidal wars; attacks on Ethnic Studies; book banning of The 1619 Project,critical race theory, and LGBTQ+ themed young adult texts; Florida’s “Black attack” on the African American Studies AP course.