SOCI 1010 CSCC The Power of An Illusion Video Questions
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The Social Construction of Race
Use all of the sources provided in the Word Doc to answer the following questions.
Answer each question separately with 4-6 sentences each.
Based on the video’s concepts in Race–The Power of an Illusion, how is race socially constructed? In other words, how do you understand (after reviewing the materials) race as a biological myth? Be specific in your answer.
What were the most notable things in the video that highlighted evidence that race is a social construction?
Write your thoughts about how race is perceived in the United States and how these perceptions shape stereotypes of various racial and ethnic groups in the U.S.
What, as a society, can we do to lessen gender, racial, and ethnic discrimination? Be specific (do not say, “we just all need to get along”).