This week, my students and I watched "The myth of race" video and we discussed a few questions both before watching and after watch.
- What is race?
- Is race permanent? If not, how can you change it?
- Is race a real thing that makes us different or is the concept of race a construct that we've made up? Explain your answer.
We had a lot of great conversations after the video- many students thought that race was an actual scientific thing that could be proved by our DNA. We settled on the idea of race as a made up construct that allowed people to give themselves and those who looked like them more privilege while taking away from others.
- What is race?
- Is race permanent? If not, how can you change it?
- Is race a real thing that makes us different or is the concept of race a construct that we've made up? Explain your answer.
We had a lot of great conversations after the video- many students thought that race was an actual scientific thing that could be proved by our DNA. We settled on the idea of race as a made up construct that allowed people to give themselves and those who looked like them more privilege while taking away from others.