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Community Dialogues
Fall 2006 Syllabus
Week 1 - September 11th: Introductory session
- Race Matters by Cornel West, Prefaces, Introduction, Epilogue;
- Emory Student Video;
- Emory Wheel Articles
Week 2 - September 25th: Race and History
- Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz, Ch. 11: Gone With the Window
- Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball, Ch. 10
- "The Voice of a Prophet: Andrew Sledd Revisited," by Terry L. Matthews
Fall Break: Oct. 9th-10th
Week 3 - October 16th: What is Race?
- Film Screening & Discussion: "Race: The Power of an Illusion," PBS Documentary, Episode 1 (Online Companion to this series at: http://www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm)
- "Blacks Pin Hope on DNA to Fill Slavery’s Gaps in Family Trees" by Amy Harmon
- Emory Wheel Articles – Polignano; Chace
Week 4 - October 30th: What is Racism? Part I.
- Film Screening & Discussion: "Ethnic Notions"
- "Seeing More Than Black and White," by Elizabeth Martinez
- Emory Wheel articles
Week 5 - November 13th: What is Racism? Part II.
- Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, Randall Kennedy, pp. xi-44, 89-147
- Emory Wheel articles
Thanksgiving Break
Week 6 - November 27th: Group Choice
Taking Action Against Racism! Selections to TBA
Week 7 - December 4th: Group Choice
Whiteness; Race and Class; Race and Affirmative Action; Race and Music; Race and Health; Race and Art; Action Planning
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