Power points: Race and Ethnicity.

Race: A Social Construct- Videos and Articles

Here are a few extra resources highlighting how race is a social construct:

A Class Divided: School Teacher, Jane Elliot, creates "races" within her classroom

Understanding Race: A really great website that shows race and ethnicity around the world, and how we socially construct race.

A Complete Guide to Hipster Racism: Modern day racism and how it is more subtle but still prevalent

Power Points: Social Stratification.

Children of the Mountains

Click on the link to view the entire show "Hidden America: Children of the Mountains"

Discussion questions: Do you think that these people are stuck, or do you think everyone has a chance to get out? What are their life chances? Does their caste and class system make them privileged or penalized?  

Communist Manifes"toon"

Here is a short video explaining the "Communist Manifesto," one of Karl Marx's most important works.

Power Points: Deviance

Crime: What is More Harmful to Society- Street or Corporate?

Street Crime consists of petty crime: theft, violent crime, damage to property, etc.

Corporate crime is  committed either by a corporation or by individuals acting on behalf of a corporation or other business entity. It can consist of:

§  white-collar crime

§  organized crime

§  state-corporate crime

Which type of crime do you think is more harmful to society? Why? 

Now, after thinking about the two types of crime, take a look at this article:

Twenty Things You Should Know About Corporate Crime

Discussion Questions: After reading this article, has your opinion changed? Do you agree with the article? Why or why not?