| Assignment Number 20 Discussion/Writing Chrisler Chapter 19.Suzanna Rose. Crossing the color line in women's friendships. (300-321) Crawford & Unger. Janice D. Yoder, An academic woman as a token. (260-270) hooks 14. Liberating marriage and partnership. (78-84) |
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| 1. | Summarize the important points of the "Gender as Status and Power" lecture. What did you find particularly important? Please explain why. (Lecture) |
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| 2. | How do you believe feminists understand the issues raised in Bob Herbert op ed "Punished for Being Female?" Explain. (Lecture) | ||
| 3. | Have you confronted your own racism? In what ways are you racist? What can you do about that? Have you had transformative experiences regarding race? If so, please describe. (300-321) | ||
| 4. | Do the guided fantasy on being a person of another race. What was the most important thing you learned from the race reversal fantasy? (Table 1, p. 304) | ||
| 5. | Do one of the four exercises in Increasing Race Awareness. Instead of a three-page essay, write a one-paragraph response to this question. You may not have had time to work on this assignment, given how late it was assigned. If you are not able to do one of the four exercises, then write what you think your experience would have been or about a similar experience you have had or someone you know has had. (Table 1, p. 305) | ||
| 6. | How interested are you in having a same-sex friend of another race? What influence has your family had on your attitudes? How many cross- race close friendships do you have now, if any? What race(s) are they? (Exercise 3, question 1, Table 1, p. 305) | ||
| 7. | What is your "friendship potential" as a cross-race friend? How knowledgeable are you about people of other races? (Refer to Exercises 1 and 2.) Generally, White people are less informed about the concerns of People of Color than vice versa. If you are a Person of Color, how much responsibility are you willing to assume in order to educate a White person who has friendship potential about your racial concerns? If you are White, what do you "bring to the table" in terms of contributing to/understanding the concerns of a person of another race? How could you educate yourself about other races, so that you would have more to contribute in a cross-race friendship? (Exercise 3, question 2, Table 1, p. 305). | ||
| 8. | Would someone of another race want to be friends with you? Why or why not? (Exercise 3, question 5, Table 1, p. 306) | ||
| 9. | In "An Academic Woman as a Token, do you think writing her own story in a psychology journal contributes to empowering herself and others? Explain. What was your reaction to the article? (260-270) | ||
| 10. | Describe a situation in which you experienced tokenism. Explain how you experienced the three consequences of tokenism. How did you feel? (260-270) | ||
| 11. | What did you learn and what did you like in the hooks article "Liberating marriage and partnership? Explain. (78-84) | ||