Pitzer College
The Claremont
Colleges
Office
Hours:
203 Scott Hall.Tu-Th 10:00 – 11:00
and by appointment. X 7-3056
Course
Web Page: http://bernard.pitzer.edu/~hfairchi/courses/psy194f2000/
Texts:
Eberhardt,
Jennifer L., & Fiske, Susan T.(Eds.).(1998).Confronting
racism:The problem and the response.Thousand
Oaks, CA:Sage Publications.
Bulmer,
Martin, & Solomos, John.(Eds.).(1999).Racism.Oxford:Oxford
University Press.
Synopsis
and Objectives: This
seminar explores an area of longstanding concern in social psychology:racism.It
does so by reviewing the works of leading social psychologists’ theory,
research and praxis in this area of concern (see Eberhardt & Fiske,
1998).An important component of
the course is the incorporation of international and interdisciplinary
perspectives to the study of racism (see Bulmer & Solomos, 1999).The
seminar explores the subject matter with an emphasis on developing students’
written and oral presentations.
Course Papers. The instructor and students have placed exemplary papers on the web. To see an index of these papers, and to read the papers themselves, click here!
Syllabus
8-29 Introductions
and Course Overview
8-31 What
is racism? B&S General
Introduction (pp. 3-17), Part I Intro., Chapters 1, 2 and 3.
9-5 Historical
Origins. B&SChapters
4, 5, 6
9-7 Contemporary
Prejudice: E&F:Chapter
1, B&SChapter 7, Part
II Intro, Chapter 8
9-12 Institutional
Racism: B&SChapters
9, 10, 11
9-14 Power
Relations: E&F:Chapter
2, B&SChapter 12
9-19 The
African Diaspora: B&SChapters
13, 14, 15
9-21 The
Law. E&F:Chapter
3, B&SChapter 16
9-26 Turn
of the Century, U.S.: B&SChapters
17, 18, 19
9-28 Racial
Politics, U.S.: E&F:Chapter
4, B&SChapter 20
10-3 Nation,
Epoch and Generation. B&SChapters
21, 22, 23.
10-5 International
Perspectives. E&F:Chapter
5
10-10 Racial
Violence: B&SPart
IV intro, Chapters 24, 25
10-12 Criminal
Injustice: E&F:Chapter
6.B&SChapter
26.
10-17 Fall
Recess
10-19 Whiteness,
old and new: B&SChapters
27, 28, 29.
10-24 Anti-racism. B&SPart
V intro, Chapters 30, 31
10-26 Racism
and Self-Esteem. E&F:Chapter
7.B&SChapter
32.
10-31 Psychological
Liberation. B&S Chapters
33, 34, 35.
11-2 Racial
(Social) Identity. E&F:Chapter
8.B&SChapter
36.
11-7 Racism
and the State. B&SChapters
Part VI intro, 37,
11-9 Stereotype
Threat. E&F:Chapter
9.B&SChapter
38
11-14 Global
Inequality. B&SChapters
39, 40, 41.
11-16 Positive
Relations. E&F:Chapter
10, B&SPart VII introduction.
11-21 Theories
of Racism. B&SChapters
42, 43
11-23 Thanksgiving
recess
11-28 Theories
of Racism. B&SChapters
44, 45, 46
11-30 Racism
in Higher Education. E&F:Chapter
11, B&SChapters 48, 49
12-5 Power
of Racism. E&F:Chapter
12, B&SChapter 50
12-7 Solutions. B&SChapter
51
Requirements
Writing
Intensive:This
course requires weekly papers.Each
paper should be about 750 words (3 – 4 pages, including title, notes and
references).Papers must be typed,
double-spaced, with one inch margins.Students
should adhere, strictly, to APA recommended format for review papers.Twelve
point type (12 pt) is strongly preferred.Papers
are due at the beginning of class every Tuesday (as Tuesday, October 17
is during Fall recess, the paper for that week will be collected on Thursday.).Papers
should incorporate the readings for that week as well as previous weeks
(where appropriate).For example,
the paper due on September 5 should be a discussion that integrates Chapters
4 through 8 in Bulmer & Solomos and Chapter 1 in Eberhardt and Fiske.
Where appropriate, papers should incorporate mention of video and other
presentations in class.Each paper,
beginning with the paper due on September 5 and concluding with the paper
due on December 5, is graded on a 100 point basis.The
maximum point total for the 14 papers is 1400.Students
must submit the paper with an original title.The
name and contact information for the student should be placed on a separate,
last page.Students’ identities
should not be revealed any where in the paper (or on the paper) except
on the last page.The last page
should also include the number of words in the essay (penalties
are exacted for large deviations from the target of 750 words).Attendance
is required.Students are awarded
100 points toward their final grade for every day they are in class on
time.(Persons arriving late receive
partial credit at the discretion of the instructor.)2600
points is the maximum for attendance. Participation
is required.As this is a seminar,
an emphasis is on the sharing of opinions and ideas about the reading material,
films, and/or lectures/presentations.At
the end of the class, the instructor will assign up to 1000 points based
upon his subjective judgment of the quality of in-class
participation (quantity and quality are usually inversely related in this
area).Grading:Of
the total points available (5000, subject to change), A’s = 92% or more;
A- = 90%-91.99%;B+ = 88%-89.99%;
B = 82% - 87.99%; B- = 80%-81.99%; etc.