All classes and readings are tentative, and subject to additions,
modifications, etc. Please check the web site if you ever miss a
class or are unsure whether you are doing the correct readings.
Note: Readings with an asterisk (*) are suitable for your reaction pieces,
which must be submitted in class on the day for which the reading is
assigned. I will provide additional articles during the semester
which will also be suitable for your reaction pieces, but don't wait until
the last couple of classes to do all five!
Tony Ball
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| Date(s) |
Topic |
Assigned
Reading (to be done prior to class) |
| 1/23 |
Introductions, Basic
Concepts in Sociology and the Study of Race and Ethnicity |
None
(I will distribute the following articles from the Lardner book: Robert
Staples, "What is Black Sociology," Abd-l Hakimu
Alkalimat, "The Ideology of Black Social Science," and
Ronald W. Walters, "Toward a Definition of Black Social
Science." You should read these articles before the 3/6
Mid-Term.) |
| 1/30 |
Historical
Overview: From Slavery Through the Great Depression |
Feagin
& Feagin, ch. 1; Thernstrom & Thernstrom, chs. 1 & 2; Excerpts
from T. Jefferson, Notes on Virginia (1785).* |
| 2/6 |
Historical
Overview: Post-War America, Civil Rights and Reaction |
Thernstrom
& Thernstrom, chs. 3-6; Hine (1), ch. 22. |
| 2/13 |
Desegregation
vs. Integration; Persistence of Jim Crow; Black Nationalism |
Pinkney,
ch. 2; Shipler, ch. 1; Thernstrom & Thernstrom, ch. 8; Schlesinger,
ch. 4*; Patterson, ch. 1. |
| 2/20 |
Employment
and Poverty: Rural and Urban |
Blackwell,
ch. 2; Thernstrom & Thernstrom, ch. 9; Feagin & Feagin, pp.
254-57; Hacker, ch. 6. |
| 2/27 |
Stratification
and Social Mobility; The Black Middle Class |
Blackwell,
ch. 4; Thernstrom & Thernstrom, ch. 7; Steele, ch. 6.* |
| 3/6 |
Family |
National
Urban League, art. 2; Blackwell, ch. 3; Staples & Johnson, ch. 2;
Hacker, ch. 5; Andrew Billingsley, "Black Families and White
Social Science," in Lardner.* |
| 3/13 |
Mid-Term
Examination |
None |
| 3/20 |
Spring
Break: No Class |
None |
| 3/27 |
Part
1: Women
Part 2: The Role of Religion (Historical and Actual); The Place
of the Black Church; Other Institutions |
Hine
(2), ch. 12; Bell Hooks, "Black is a Woman's Color," in
Gates;* Pinkney, ch. 5; Blackwell, ch. 5. |
| 4/3 |
Part
1: Health
Part 2: Education |
National
Urban League, arts. 1 and 9; Blackwell, ch. 11; Pinkney, ch. 6; Thernstrom
& Thernstrom, chs. 13 and 14. |
| 4/10 |
Crime
and Justice |
Thernstrom
& Thernstrom, ch. 10;* Shipler, ch. 7; Pinkney, ch. 8; Blackwell, ch.
12; Hacker, ch. 11.* |
| 4/17 |
Black
Political Power |
Hacker,
ch. 12; National Urban League, art. 4; Hine (1), pp. 572-74; Thernstrom
& Thernstrom, ch. 11. |
| 4/24 |
The
Affirmative Action Debate |
Patterson,
ch. 5; Excerpts from the Bakke, Hopwood, and Piscataway
cases, California Prop. 209*; Steele, ch. 7.* |
| 5/1 |
The
21st Century: Race Relations at the Crossroads, New Paradigms, Problems
and Promises |
Patterson,
Conclusion*; Cose, ch. 8; Dalton, pts. 4 and 5.* |
The
Final Examination
will be on 5/15,
7:15-9:15 p.m.
The final will be cumulative, meaning it will cover material from
the entire course.
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