10/10/2016

Presentation #1
Introduction to Race Theory (Cierra Levey & Alice Wu)
Reading: When and Where I Enter
Method: Archival Analyssi
o Quotes from prominent books
o Diaries
Motivating Research Questions
o What encounters and preconceptions contributed to the
orientalist attitudes that Americans held/hold about Asians?
o What role has European and American historical relations
played n the formation of what it means to be a person of
Asian descent in general, as well as in America?
Reading: Racism From domination to Hegemony Howard Winant
Method:
Archival Analysis
o Motivating Research Questions
How should racial hegemony be understood and
confronted?
Although the overt racial hierarchies have largely
disappeared, how has racism still existed in the U.S?
Why isnt assimilation and color-blindness the solution
Big Concepts and Themes
o Saids theory of Orientalism and The Other
Ridiculous stereotypes: Exotic, erotic, diabolical,
effeminate, males, wild, savage, beastly, sexual
deviants
o Identity: What it means to be American and what it means
to be Asian American
o Racism and acknowledgement of it
o New World Racial System: Racial Hegemony versus Racial
domination
o Erasure of identity and culture
Use of Quotes

Author Definitions of Categorizing what Social Terms Mean.

Use of Diagrams
Analysis of The Readings
Use of Videos Prior analysis to describe the video
Questions:
What pervasive ideals still exist that contribute to children of elementary
school age and younger expressing racist comments and sentiments?
Do you think that it is the people that are the problem when it comes to
racism or do you think it is the new world system of racial the hegemony
that is the problem? Why?
What do you think can be done to the fix the system? Should more people
exercise their agency?
What do you think, as an Asian American, it means to be American?
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