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Anti-Racism II is an intermediate course between Anti-Racism I and Anti-Racism III, focusing on the topic of race, racism, and strategies regarding how to be an anti-racist. Anti-Racism II is for anyone who has previously taken Anti-Racism I, or who has basic knowledge of the racial issues plaguing the United States, and globally.
Anti-Racism I focused upon how to have open dialogue and conversations about race and racism. Anti-Racism II takes on the vital role assisting students in guiding their own conversations regarding race, and additionally gender and sexuality. Anti-Racism II will expand your knowledge and critically engage your inquiry, centering upon short interviews with leading scholars and activists in the field. Coupled with supplementary video and reading material, these interviews will further demonstrate the power of open dialogue and self-narration, directing you towards being an anti-racist ally. The centrality of the course interviews will culminate in a final project where students will construct and carry out their own personalized interview. The final project will test dialogic skills while asserting the importance of intimate conversations about race, gender, and sexuality.
This is challenging work in troubling times that may conjure uneasy feelings and emotions. Anti-Racism II can work as a bridge coming face to face with your personal individual relationship with social demands plaguing us nationally and globally. The remedy is to allow yourself uncomfortableness in order to get to the solutions. We are all in this together.
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In the first week of the course, you will be guided through readings, documentaries, and interview discussions with reference to three of the most important historical structures of oppression and dominance in American society: settler colonialism, race and racism, and hyper/toxic masculinity.
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6 videos11 readings4 discussion prompts
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6 videos•Total 73 minutes
Welcome to Anti-Racism II•1 minute
Introduction to Week 1•1 minute
Dr. Natalie Avalos: Settler Colonialism, Race, and Decolonization•20 minutes
Dr. Reiland Rabaka: Cultural, Political, and Economic Constructs of Race and Racism•6 minutes
Dr. Seema Sohi: Engagements of Contemporary Dialogues in Race•11 minutes
Dr. Arturo Aldama: Toxic Masculinity•33 minutes
11 readings•Total 334 minutes
Course Updates and Accessibility Support•1 minute
A Note on Course Design•5 minutes
Unpacking and Interrogating Settler Colonialism•10 minutes
What Is Settler-Colonialism?•20 minutes
Foundations of Racism•10 minutes
The 1619 Project•60 minutes
The Birth of a Nation•110 minutes
The Cost of Racism to White America•48 minutes
Toxic Masculinity•10 minutes
Boys Will Be Boys•20 minutes
U.S. Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and the Racially Disparate Impacts of COVID-19•40 minutes
4 discussion prompts•Total 40 minutes
Introduce Yourself!•10 minutes
Oppressive Structures•10 minutes
Unknown Histories•10 minutes
Toxic Masculinity in Your Community•10 minutes
Linguistic Constructions of Race and Racism
Module 2•4 hours to complete
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In the second week of the course, you will navigate multi-media material that takes you through the processes in which race and racism have been constructed through our vernaculars, including a provocative lecture of Ijeoma Oluo reading from her award winning book, So You Want to Talk About Race.
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7 videos4 readings3 discussion prompts
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7 videos•Total 68 minutes
Introduction to Week 2•1 minute
Dr. Reiland Rabaka: Interventions in Racist Terminologies•10 minutes
Guiding Learners Through Race Speak•2 minutes
Dr. Jennifer Ho: Intellectual Perspectives of Race Language•19 minutes
Dr. Awon Atuire: Ghanaian Perspectives of Racial Verbalisms•16 minutes
Dr. Seema Sohi: Discussions of the "Model Minority"•8 minutes
Karia Janai White: Personal Account of Linguistic Racism•12 minutes
4 readings•Total 165 minutes
Why It's So Hard to Talk about the N-Word•19 minutes
The N-Word Documentary•84 minutes
Vulnerabilities around Race•10 minutes
So You Want to Talk about Race?•52 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 30 minutes
What Did You Experience?•10 minutes
Doublespeak•10 minutes
Your Ethnicity•10 minutes
Interpreting Intersectionality
Module 3•4 hours to complete
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In the third week of the course, you will think critically about philosophies of intersectionality and the vitalness of marginalized folk to self-identify.
Chronicles of Intersectional Constructions•1 minute
Dr. Nishant Upadhyay: Interpret Intersectional Structures and Transnational Identity •30 minutes
Dr. Hillary Potter: Intersectionality: Politics of Identity and Criminology•25 minutes
Karia Janai White: Intimate Discussions on Intersectional Identity•7 minutes
Assétou Xango: Remixing Our Reality Through Intersectionality•19 minutes
2 readings•Total 70 minutes
Intersectional Constructions•10 minutes
The Intersectionality Wars•60 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
Your Discussion Responses•60 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 30 minutes
Intersectionality•10 minutes
Self-Identification•10 minutes
Remixing Your Reality•10 minutes
Create a Dialogue
Module 4•4 hours to complete
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In the fourth and final week of the course, you will see what we, as scholars, are implying when we talk about critical thought and critical thinking. We are talking about providing solutions and determining that many of the solutions begin with acknowledgment of self, self-engagement, and self-transcendence.
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10 videos1 peer review1 discussion prompt1 plugin
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10 videos•Total 92 minutes
Introduction to Week 4•1 minute
Dr. Reiland Rabaka: Solutions For Issues of Race and Racism•30 minutes
Dr. Seema Sohi: Dealing With the Complications and Illogicality of Race and Racism•15 minutes
Dr. Awon Atuire: Ideas for Remedies•5 minutes
Dr. Natalie Avalos: Perpetual Fight Decolonizing Societies•5 minutes
Dr. Jennifer Ho: Changing Our Manners of Speaking•8 minutes
Karia Janai White: Self Reflection and Action•15 minutes
Dr. Hillary Potter: Solutions For Dismantling Hegemonic Systems•8 minutes
Dr. Nishant Upadhyay: Deconstructing Fears Around Race, Gender, and Sexuality•3 minutes
Course Conclusion•1 minute
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
Create a Dialogue•120 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
Self-Reflection: Creating Your Dialogue•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 10 minutes
Anti-Racism II Coursera Feedback•10 minutes
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