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Instructor Traci Jo Elliott Email
“Uncovering Whiteness” Syllabus
[email protected] Office Location Cramer Hall 317O Office Hours Thurs. 12-1:30 pm
Intended Audience for Course This course is intended for both freshman, sophomores, and possibly juniors at Portland State University, this is because the course will have a high amount of reading and critical thinking that is required for the entirety of the course. The readings will make up a bulk amount of the homework in the course, but there are still two short response essays and one final essay which must also be factored into homework time, my estimation for possible time per week studying and working on this class would be a minimum of four hours per week and a maximum of twelve hours. This class is primarily for sophomores who have already developed the necessary skills and can further develop their own critical thinking, specifically on the idea of whiteness and also race and social justice as a whole. Juniors may find the course slightly rudimentary in of work load and freshman may find the readings to be too much considering it is their first year, but both are welcome to enroll in the course. Whomever may take the course should be prepared for a discussion-based class rather than a lecture-based as we will be doing readings, examining current
culture around racism, white supremacy, white privilege, etc. Because there will be such sensitive a certain level of maturity and respect is required especially considering this will be a discussion-based course.
Spring term, 2016
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Required Text The Possessive Investment in Whiteness, George Lipsitz Lessons from the Color of Fear, Jamie P. Ross* Beyond Guilt: How to Deal with Societal Racism, Lauren N. Nile* A Journey to Tolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Hate, Leanne Claire Serbulo* *available online via the Portland State Library PDXScholar Website
Learning Objectives The course will provide whomever may take the course with a furthered perspective on race and how whiteness has affected the political, economic, and culture in which we all live in. The key skills that will be covered and focused on throughout the course are thinking critically about the concept of race and how whiteness has been portrayed both in current and past times, how whiteness has affected the current political and societal landscape in which we live in, as well as how whiteness has affected our own lives. One of the other skills that will further develop for those taking this course is reading comprehension, the majority of readings done in the class will be at a higher level of reading and will strengthen the reader’s comprehension skills especially when paired along with the discussions inclass. The in-class discussions, which we will be doing a bulk of our class time, will serve to allow students to understand differing perspectives and further develop their own opinions on the subject material in which we will be covering throughout the term.
Spring term, 2016
Page 2
Rationale behind course material The primary reading for this course is George Lipsitz book, “The Possessive Investment in Whiteness,” the reason in which this book was chosen as the course-long focused reading was because it specifically focuses on the whiteness in a manner that addresses how whiteness has continually been used throughout history to prioritize whiteness and ensure that people of color are below those who are labeled white. This book covers how whiteness has effected a multitude of people of color and the ramifications that have happened over decades of history that have led to the structural and societal racism in American society. There are three readings on top of this book reading, the first is “A Journey to Tolerence: Overcoming the Politics of Hate,” because this short eight page article serves to show that racism has and continues to affect our own area in Multnomah County as well as just in the broad spectrum of American Society. This reading also specifically focuses in on extremist hate groups and the history they have in our own community and how in which these hate groups not only continue but how they currently do affect the community. The next reading that will be featured is the “Lessons from the Color of Fear” and serves to show more of how white race ignorance is normalized in society and focuses on different forms of media in which that has been highlighted and how whiteness remains powerful and has increased privilege due to the normalization of whiteness. The last reading that accompanies George Lipsitz book is “Beyond Guilt: How to Deal with Societal Racism” and the reason in which I included this was because of the fact that I felt it necessary to have some sort of proposed solution to white privilege and thought it would be interesting to discuss as well as there are more than just this one proposed solution, the article itself focuses on dealing with societal racism as a European American, often called white, and the guilt that accompanies that and how to cope and deal with such guilt as well as addressing the question of if whites should feel guilty.
Spring term, 2016
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Course Schedule
Week
Readings
Week 1
Introduction & Chapter 1 of The
Assignments due
Possessive Investment in Whiteness Week 2
Chapter 2 of The Possessive Investment in Whiteness and A Journey to Tolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Hate
Week 3
Chapter 3 of The Possessive
Short Response Essay
Investment in Whiteness Week 4
Chapter 4 of The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
Week 5
Chapter 5 of The Possessive Investment in Whiteness and Lessons from the Color of Fear
Week 6
Chapter 6 of The Possessive
Short Response Essay
Investment in Whiteness Week 7
Chapter 7 of The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
Week 8
Chapter 8 and 9 of The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
Week 9
Chapter 10 of The Possessive Investment in Whiteness and
Spring term, 2016
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Beyond Guilt: How to Deal with Societal Racism Week 10
Chapter 11 of The Possessive
Final Essay
Investment in Whiteness Outline/Schedule
Week
What is being done in class
Week 1
Tuesday: I will be handing out and going over the syllabus, would like the introduction and chapter 1 read by the next class period so all would be ready to discuss. We will be watching a video about AJ+ entitled “What is White Privilege?” and then discussing in small groups of 3-5 what whiteness personally means to us and then coming back to discuss it as a whole class. Thursday: Expected to have read chapter 1 and the introduction for Lipsitz book, will be discussing as a class and then breaking off into smaller groups to discuss the chapter further.
Week 2
Tuesday: Discussion on Chapter 2 and formulating opinions on how the civil rights laws have helped or hindered white supremacy, breaking off into small groups to argue on opinions formulated. Thursday: Discussion on “A Journey to Tolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Hate” and relating this to the chapter previously done and discussing how in our own area we can see the effects of white power and gentrification, as well as discussing in small groups the
Spring term, 2016
Page 5
history that is covered in this article as well as chapter 2. Week 3
Tuesday: Discussion of chapter 3 as well as immigration in our own country and how immigration has furthered whiteness, there will also be time to have peer editing that day for the first essay due the next class period. Thursday: SHORT RESPONSE ESSAY DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS. Discussing more identity politics and the ways in which the United States classifies race and how whiteness factors in to this, small groups discuss how racial identity has affected them in their own lives and how they feel whiteness has effected immigration policies.
Week 4
Tuesday: Discuss chapter 4 and go into small groups to discuss how whiteness effects war and the ramification whiteness has due to war and vice versa. Thursday: Watching of the video from the David Pakman Show, “White Privilege is Real,” discussing as a large group what they think about Tim Wise’s responses and what they agree and disagree with him about
Week 5
Tuesday: Discussion on chapter 5, focusing in on how whiteness functions, as well as exploring in small groups how whiteness effects our own lives. Thursday: Discussion of “Lessons from the Color of Fear” and how we view whiteness in through media and how that has shaped our views on whiteness as a whole, as well as how media portrays
Spring term, 2016
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people of color against those who are white will be discussed in small groups. Week 6
Tuesday: Video shown entitled “Why White Privilege Matters” and discussion about the video as well as debate surrounding the reasons in which he provides and if one agrees with said reasons or not and why which will be asked during small group discussions. Thursday: SHORT RESPONSE ESSAY DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS. Discussion of chapter 6, small groups can break off to discuss chapter 6 more in-depth and how they personally feel about Robert Johnson’s death.
Week 7
Tuesday: Discussion of chapter 7 and how identity politics are currently effecting our society. Thursday: Video shown from Tim Wise on white privilege, discussion of opinions on what Wise addresses in the video and how this video can be connected to immigration politics.
Week 8
Tuesday: Chapter 8 discussion focusing on how we construe whiteness and white identity as well as how racism fits in to that. Small group discussion will be focused on how white identity has shaped our own racial identity. Thursday: Chapter 9 discussion focused on how whiteness has affected all people of color and the ramifications addressed in the chapter as well as others that can be pulled from the text.
Week 9
Tuesday: Chapter 10 discussion focused on how historically racism and the power and influence whiteness has been experienced across
Spring term, 2016
Page 7
the United States of America and how that is highlighted in the chapter. Thursday: Videos show of several spoken word poets speaking on racism and whiteness, discussion and thoughts as whole class after each video is shown and then once all videos shown breaking off into small groups to discuss which video resonated with you the most. Week 10
Tuesday: Video Shown from Paul Joseph Watson entitled “I Love My White Male Privilege,” discussion of points Watson made in video and thoughts surrounding what he had to say and whether one disagrees or agrees with him. Small groups meet to discuss favorite part of Lipsitz book until coming together as a full class to discuss it more. Thursday: No class, turn in final paper to drop-box submissions.
Student Assignments
There will be two short response essays, which should range from 3-4 pages typed, and should focus on a specific chapter or article and should not summarize the article but rather be a response to it. This means thinking critically and developing an opinion on the article. This assignment is thesis driven and should be very analytical and have original ideas and not simply restate the ideas presented in the article/chapter that one has chosen. This will help the student develop their own opinions on the course material and help them think critically about what they are reading as well as demonstrate to me that they are read comprehended and most importantly analyzed the material that has been given to them.
Spring term, 2016
Page 8
The final paper will be an eight to ten page paper highlighting at least three chapters, articles, or videos (there can only be one video though highlighted in the essay) that the student feels have exemplified how whiteness functions in their own lives and the ramifications that whiteness has had on them. This final assignment will help to know that the student has understanding of the material covered as well as provide an examination of how they can relate the course material to their own lives and evaluate the opinions they have come up with from analyzation throughout the course, which should be evident through the essay.
Additional Information Here are the links to the youtube videos if curious: Shown week 10, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TU50Bz3Ey0 David Pakman Show, shown week 4 on Thursday, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9ndyej7YUU AJ+, shown Week 1 on Tuesday, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQK8H0z-irM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Xe1kX7Wsc Shown week 9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Wf8y_5Yn4, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwP6uQorEWQ, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rYL83kHQ8Y Shown week 6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGo3_fU1n6s&list=PLcY3PgkksG7fiZIMh5SZ8kfo_U7oDzf4X
Spring term, 2016
Page 9
“Uncovering Whiteness” Syllabus
[email protected] Office Location Cramer Hall 317O Office Hours Thurs. 12-1:30 pm
Intended Audience for Course This course is intended for both freshman, sophomores, and possibly juniors at Portland State University, this is because the course will have a high amount of reading and critical thinking that is required for the entirety of the course. The readings will make up a bulk amount of the homework in the course, but there are still two short response essays and one final essay which must also be factored into homework time, my estimation for possible time per week studying and working on this class would be a minimum of four hours per week and a maximum of twelve hours. This class is primarily for sophomores who have already developed the necessary skills and can further develop their own critical thinking, specifically on the idea of whiteness and also race and social justice as a whole. Juniors may find the course slightly rudimentary in of work load and freshman may find the readings to be too much considering it is their first year, but both are welcome to enroll in the course. Whomever may take the course should be prepared for a discussion-based class rather than a lecture-based as we will be doing readings, examining current
culture around racism, white supremacy, white privilege, etc. Because there will be such sensitive a certain level of maturity and respect is required especially considering this will be a discussion-based course.
Spring term, 2016
Page 1
Required Text The Possessive Investment in Whiteness, George Lipsitz Lessons from the Color of Fear, Jamie P. Ross* Beyond Guilt: How to Deal with Societal Racism, Lauren N. Nile* A Journey to Tolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Hate, Leanne Claire Serbulo* *available online via the Portland State Library PDXScholar Website
Learning Objectives The course will provide whomever may take the course with a furthered perspective on race and how whiteness has affected the political, economic, and culture in which we all live in. The key skills that will be covered and focused on throughout the course are thinking critically about the concept of race and how whiteness has been portrayed both in current and past times, how whiteness has affected the current political and societal landscape in which we live in, as well as how whiteness has affected our own lives. One of the other skills that will further develop for those taking this course is reading comprehension, the majority of readings done in the class will be at a higher level of reading and will strengthen the reader’s comprehension skills especially when paired along with the discussions inclass. The in-class discussions, which we will be doing a bulk of our class time, will serve to allow students to understand differing perspectives and further develop their own opinions on the subject material in which we will be covering throughout the term.
Spring term, 2016
Page 2
Rationale behind course material The primary reading for this course is George Lipsitz book, “The Possessive Investment in Whiteness,” the reason in which this book was chosen as the course-long focused reading was because it specifically focuses on the whiteness in a manner that addresses how whiteness has continually been used throughout history to prioritize whiteness and ensure that people of color are below those who are labeled white. This book covers how whiteness has effected a multitude of people of color and the ramifications that have happened over decades of history that have led to the structural and societal racism in American society. There are three readings on top of this book reading, the first is “A Journey to Tolerence: Overcoming the Politics of Hate,” because this short eight page article serves to show that racism has and continues to affect our own area in Multnomah County as well as just in the broad spectrum of American Society. This reading also specifically focuses in on extremist hate groups and the history they have in our own community and how in which these hate groups not only continue but how they currently do affect the community. The next reading that will be featured is the “Lessons from the Color of Fear” and serves to show more of how white race ignorance is normalized in society and focuses on different forms of media in which that has been highlighted and how whiteness remains powerful and has increased privilege due to the normalization of whiteness. The last reading that accompanies George Lipsitz book is “Beyond Guilt: How to Deal with Societal Racism” and the reason in which I included this was because of the fact that I felt it necessary to have some sort of proposed solution to white privilege and thought it would be interesting to discuss as well as there are more than just this one proposed solution, the article itself focuses on dealing with societal racism as a European American, often called white, and the guilt that accompanies that and how to cope and deal with such guilt as well as addressing the question of if whites should feel guilty.
Spring term, 2016
Page 3
Course Schedule
Week
Readings
Week 1
Introduction & Chapter 1 of The
Assignments due
Possessive Investment in Whiteness Week 2
Chapter 2 of The Possessive Investment in Whiteness and A Journey to Tolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Hate
Week 3
Chapter 3 of The Possessive
Short Response Essay
Investment in Whiteness Week 4
Chapter 4 of The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
Week 5
Chapter 5 of The Possessive Investment in Whiteness and Lessons from the Color of Fear
Week 6
Chapter 6 of The Possessive
Short Response Essay
Investment in Whiteness Week 7
Chapter 7 of The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
Week 8
Chapter 8 and 9 of The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
Week 9
Chapter 10 of The Possessive Investment in Whiteness and
Spring term, 2016
Page 4
Beyond Guilt: How to Deal with Societal Racism Week 10
Chapter 11 of The Possessive
Final Essay
Investment in Whiteness Outline/Schedule
Week
What is being done in class
Week 1
Tuesday: I will be handing out and going over the syllabus, would like the introduction and chapter 1 read by the next class period so all would be ready to discuss. We will be watching a video about AJ+ entitled “What is White Privilege?” and then discussing in small groups of 3-5 what whiteness personally means to us and then coming back to discuss it as a whole class. Thursday: Expected to have read chapter 1 and the introduction for Lipsitz book, will be discussing as a class and then breaking off into smaller groups to discuss the chapter further.
Week 2
Tuesday: Discussion on Chapter 2 and formulating opinions on how the civil rights laws have helped or hindered white supremacy, breaking off into small groups to argue on opinions formulated. Thursday: Discussion on “A Journey to Tolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Hate” and relating this to the chapter previously done and discussing how in our own area we can see the effects of white power and gentrification, as well as discussing in small groups the
Spring term, 2016
Page 5
history that is covered in this article as well as chapter 2. Week 3
Tuesday: Discussion of chapter 3 as well as immigration in our own country and how immigration has furthered whiteness, there will also be time to have peer editing that day for the first essay due the next class period. Thursday: SHORT RESPONSE ESSAY DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS. Discussing more identity politics and the ways in which the United States classifies race and how whiteness factors in to this, small groups discuss how racial identity has affected them in their own lives and how they feel whiteness has effected immigration policies.
Week 4
Tuesday: Discuss chapter 4 and go into small groups to discuss how whiteness effects war and the ramification whiteness has due to war and vice versa. Thursday: Watching of the video from the David Pakman Show, “White Privilege is Real,” discussing as a large group what they think about Tim Wise’s responses and what they agree and disagree with him about
Week 5
Tuesday: Discussion on chapter 5, focusing in on how whiteness functions, as well as exploring in small groups how whiteness effects our own lives. Thursday: Discussion of “Lessons from the Color of Fear” and how we view whiteness in through media and how that has shaped our views on whiteness as a whole, as well as how media portrays
Spring term, 2016
Page 6
people of color against those who are white will be discussed in small groups. Week 6
Tuesday: Video shown entitled “Why White Privilege Matters” and discussion about the video as well as debate surrounding the reasons in which he provides and if one agrees with said reasons or not and why which will be asked during small group discussions. Thursday: SHORT RESPONSE ESSAY DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS. Discussion of chapter 6, small groups can break off to discuss chapter 6 more in-depth and how they personally feel about Robert Johnson’s death.
Week 7
Tuesday: Discussion of chapter 7 and how identity politics are currently effecting our society. Thursday: Video shown from Tim Wise on white privilege, discussion of opinions on what Wise addresses in the video and how this video can be connected to immigration politics.
Week 8
Tuesday: Chapter 8 discussion focusing on how we construe whiteness and white identity as well as how racism fits in to that. Small group discussion will be focused on how white identity has shaped our own racial identity. Thursday: Chapter 9 discussion focused on how whiteness has affected all people of color and the ramifications addressed in the chapter as well as others that can be pulled from the text.
Week 9
Tuesday: Chapter 10 discussion focused on how historically racism and the power and influence whiteness has been experienced across
Spring term, 2016
Page 7
the United States of America and how that is highlighted in the chapter. Thursday: Videos show of several spoken word poets speaking on racism and whiteness, discussion and thoughts as whole class after each video is shown and then once all videos shown breaking off into small groups to discuss which video resonated with you the most. Week 10
Tuesday: Video Shown from Paul Joseph Watson entitled “I Love My White Male Privilege,” discussion of points Watson made in video and thoughts surrounding what he had to say and whether one disagrees or agrees with him. Small groups meet to discuss favorite part of Lipsitz book until coming together as a full class to discuss it more. Thursday: No class, turn in final paper to drop-box submissions.
Student Assignments
There will be two short response essays, which should range from 3-4 pages typed, and should focus on a specific chapter or article and should not summarize the article but rather be a response to it. This means thinking critically and developing an opinion on the article. This assignment is thesis driven and should be very analytical and have original ideas and not simply restate the ideas presented in the article/chapter that one has chosen. This will help the student develop their own opinions on the course material and help them think critically about what they are reading as well as demonstrate to me that they are read comprehended and most importantly analyzed the material that has been given to them.
Spring term, 2016
Page 8
The final paper will be an eight to ten page paper highlighting at least three chapters, articles, or videos (there can only be one video though highlighted in the essay) that the student feels have exemplified how whiteness functions in their own lives and the ramifications that whiteness has had on them. This final assignment will help to know that the student has understanding of the material covered as well as provide an examination of how they can relate the course material to their own lives and evaluate the opinions they have come up with from analyzation throughout the course, which should be evident through the essay.
Additional Information Here are the links to the youtube videos if curious: Shown week 10, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TU50Bz3Ey0 David Pakman Show, shown week 4 on Thursday, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9ndyej7YUU AJ+, shown Week 1 on Tuesday, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQK8H0z-irM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Xe1kX7Wsc Shown week 9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Wf8y_5Yn4, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwP6uQorEWQ, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rYL83kHQ8Y Shown week 6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGo3_fU1n6s&list=PLcY3PgkksG7fiZIMh5SZ8kfo_U7oDzf4X
Spring term, 2016
Page 9
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