Assignment task: Race: The Power of an Illusion (racepowerofanillusion)
Q1. Provide a sociological definition of the concept of race.
Q2. How has race been used as an ideological justification to rationalize inequality?
Q3. How was race used to resolve the moral contradictions that were present as our nation championed the virtues of democracy and freedom?
Q4. How does the story of the Cherokee assimilation and subsequent forced removal illustrate the process of racialization?
Q5. How was race weaponized in the American westward expansion and colonization of Mexican territory? (Cuba, Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico)