The Institutionalization of Racism

For the past two semesters my students have explored the construction of race in the United States. They read the second chapter from A Young People's History of the United States adapted by Rebecca Stefoff and used that information to answer questions from a lesson I adapt from Deborah Menkart "The Institutionalization of Racism". The version of the lesson I used can be found in Beyond Heroes and Holidays. Here are some pictorial responses (via Google Docs) to questions asked based on the readings.

1. During what century was racism institutionalized in the United States?

https://docs.google.com/a/uni.edu/file/d/0B-1itcVTg1EuRWhFSGw2bXhYbHkyTjVabFg1ZUZpRWxLaUM0/edit

2. What evidence is there that Whites are not born racist?

https://docs.google.com/a/uni.edu/file/d/0B-1itcVTg1EuZ25zOThvSWc5TndQSlpFTEI1cVlLbEVvU3Iw/edit

3. What incentives were given to teach Whites to separate from Blacks?

 https://docs.google.com/a/uni.edu/file/d/0B-1itcVTg1EubF9md3o0Yk01Yk9xUW1sMmdGUGFYNlRuOWpj/edit

4. Why was racism promoted? Who benefited and who lost?

https://docs.google.com/a/uni.edu/file/d/0B-1itcVTg1EuX2lXVWJ4M3U0SXR2WEJ3QWY3Wkxrc0xBTHVN/edit

They also discussed and visually displayed the methods used today to divide people by race and the fear of colonial and today's elites in certain groups (indentured servants, slaves, Natives, etc...) uniting.

https://docs.google.com/a/uni.edu/file/d/0B-1itcVTg1EuWGd1VEpMQjVCbG9xZ1pWVHRXYndsOFZwTHFn/edit