discussion board 1319
There are two different discussion.
#1. https://www.ted.com/talks/negin_farsad_a_highly_sc… and 2013 comedy documentary, The Muslims Are Coming!
Watch the ted talk video of Farsad, and the trailer of the documentary, and then answer the following two questions. The total word count(answer) has to be 250 for both questions together.
1. Has viewing the film and/or video made any difference in how you view Muslims?
2. What role can/does humor and comedy play in national tolerance and social justice?
#2. Read a portion of Chief Justice Taney’s opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford†(PDF copy of the article can be accessed in Course Documents) and answer the following question:
1. According to our text book, the key concepts to understanding the creation of slavery are power, inequality, and institutional discrimination. How does the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision serve as an example of these concepts at work in perpetuating the minority status of African Americans
2. Prior to taking this course, (and reading this week’s chapter) how much did you know about the history of slavery in America? Why is it important to learn about the “hard history of American slavery�
The total word count(answer) has to be 250 for both questions together.
Textbook: <Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class: The Sociology of Group Conflict and Change. Joseph F. Healey, Andi Stepnick, and Eileen O’Brien, 8th edition, Sage Publications, ISBN: 978-1-5063-4694-6. 2018>
