Pamela Oliver |
Professor Pamela OliverDepartment of Sociology |
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Sociology 220
Outline of Lecture Topics
Spring 2013
(Revised 4/18/13 )
IMPORTANT NOTE: This schedule begins as a copy/paste of what I did last semester and is subject to change. I will keep it updated. Rows in pink have the "final" version of lecture notes to be presented in class. Rows in white are subject to further editing and updating.
| Date | Topic and Links to Notes |
| Jan 22 Tues | Introduction to the course & grading Also went over the syllabus. If you are doing a make-up be sure you understand it. I talked some about myself - ask other students about this. Slides |
| Jan 24 Thur | Race is socially constructed + names. "guess the race" quiz from Race, the Power of an Illusion found on PBS web site: http://www.pbs.org/race/002_SortingPeople/002_00-home.htm Begin Social Construction of Race + Names Slides/Notes I got part way through Asians. |
| Jan 29 Tues | Finish Social Construction of Race + Names Slides/Notes Also Immigrant Identities A bit of preliminary discussion about asking people what they are and African genetic heterogeneity. (begin cornell) |
| Jan 31 Thur | Film: In the Spirit of Crazy Horse Videos Used in Class gives information about finding copies of the videos used in class |
| Feb 5 Tue | Introduce analyzing controversial issues .General lecture with Black Hills as the main example. I got through Values & Interests. Just started factual claims. |
| Feb 7 Thur | Finish analyzing controversial issues: factual claims, language/frames, power, resources. See notes from previous class. Begin Overview of history of American Indians. Because you've been reading Cornell, I'm going to do this history faster than previous semesters and emphasize some different elements from what Cornell emphasizes. History lecture slides will proably change, although they will be based on the slides linked to below. Inter-group conflict & group formation [I did show these slides] I began Overview of American Indian History Part I. And through the mid-19th century, stressing the interpretation and meaning of history. See also 1491 by Charles C. Mann link to Atlantic.com copy of article summarizing his book (which I drew on for my lecture) Local PDF copy of this article Another set of history lectures Sketch the history of migration to America, ancient American History, & construction of the US as a Racial State 1770-1865 |
| Feb 12 Tues | More on interpretations of history, finished the 19th century slides (part I) .I showed my slides of the Cherokee memorial in Chattanooga. American Indian History 20th Century getting to current issues. |
| Feb 14 Thur | American Indian history after 1960, current issues. Finished up American Indian History 20th Century getting to current issues. Showed family pictures & images. We also talked about importance of within-group diversity in opinions/actions; responding to history. Some discussion of new protest movements. See http://idlenomore.ca/ and youtube video of demonstrations sent around by email. I also briefly showed the web site of http://unitedurbanwarriorsocietyworld.jimdo.com/ that I just learned about. (end cornell) |
| Feb 19 Tues | I began the bridge from AmerInds to AfAms with dimensions of resistance + tactics. And beginning a discussion of comparisons between groups in their situations and responses. Significant discussion (no slides) comparing American Indians and African Americans. Some opening discussion of African American history. I did not go through the slides in a linear fashion, but kind of hopped around in interaction with the students. See Slides in Feb 21. (begin Morris) |
| Feb 21 Thur | African American History & Politics. I plan to shorten the discussion of the 16th-19th centuries to get to current issues more quickly. I will make general points about slavery as interpretation of history and abolitionism and then try to get fairly quickly into Reconstruction, the White Counter-Revolution, and the movements of the early 20th century. This is a PDF handout of the whole slide set which will take several classes to go through. I got to the beginning of the White counter-revolution of the 1880s-1920s.
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| Feb 26 Tue | Continue African Amiercan history. I finished the chronology through World War II and got through the separatists (Washington, Garvey, NOI). |
| Feb 28 Thur | Library lectureLecturer is the social science librarian, Tom Durkin, who will be addressing the issues specific to this class. Updated Library guide for this class is also accessible through a link from my.wisc.edu or learn@UW. There are additional materials from this lecture including EndNote Web slides on learn@uw. |
| Mar 5 Tue | An Episode of Eyes on the Prize. See Videos Used in Class I'm planning to show No Easy Walk (ep 4) |
| Mar 7 Thur | Back up to pick up integrationists before the Civil Rights Movement, the Civil Rights Movement, and then on to post-Civil Rights. Ended with riots and the transition to Black Power. Slide set. (end Morris) |
| Mar 12 Tue | Black movement issues after the 1970s to 1990s .I also showed slides from Race the Power of an Illusion about how the past affects present economic standing. LA riots 1992, video clips of beating of Rodney King and subsequent riots; multi-ethnic dynamics. Katrina etc. Obama. Policing, "driving while Black." (begin Acuña) |
| Mar 14 Thur | Patterns of segregation. How past discrimination affects people who today have the same income. Current issues that affect African Americans but also Latinos and others. Brief review of segregation.Patterns of segregation. (See also Also Chicago Segregation.) I began by showing updated segregation maps. You can see the 10 most segregated cities here . |
| Mar 19 Tues | A short bit on racial incarceration patterns, then economic patterns and affirmative action in employment.Lecture notes on discrimination & affirmative action in employment, just the discrimination studies, not affirmative action. Then the Black Employers study Then graphs and charts about economic trends and mobility. Some opening comments from journal about employment issues, murders and education.Finished affirmative action in education.Current issues that affect African Americans but also Latinos and others Economic trends. 1) Graphic on median income of full-time workers by race, sex, education.2)Lecture notes on discrimination & affirmative action in employment (the second half on AA |
| Mar 21 Thurs | |
| Mar 25 - 29 | Spring Break |
| April 2 Tues | Latinos/Hispanics. 19th and early 20th century Mexican-American history. |
| April 4 Thurs | |
| Apr 9 Tues | An episode of Chicano! I show "Taking Back the Schools" |
| Apr 11 Thurs | Immigration and other current issues |
| Apr 16 Tues | Asians- Americans. In the slides, got through history before the 20th century |
| Apr 18 Thurs | Continue Asians- Americans
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| Apr 23 Tuesday | Guest speaker: Muslim woman
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| Apr 25 Thurs | Muslims and Middle Eastern Americans (slides at end of Asian American file) and Religion. Brief on Religion (slides) and also quickly reviewed Muslims and Middle Eastern Americans (the slides are at the end of the Asian American slides, linked below) |
| Apr 30 Tues | Continue Asian Americans |
| May 2 Thurs | Film: Who Killed Vincent Chin. This film will be turned on promptly at 2:30 and will run 5 minutes over. It is the only day class will go long |
| May 7 Tues | |
| May 9Thurs | Last Day Issues Last Day Reflections (Older Last Day Handout (PDF)) |
| Possible topicThen I showed Patterns of segregation. Also Chicago Segregation. I talked about redlining and official support for segregation (not in lecture slides except as a single bullet point: I said more than is on the slides). I posed the question: why so much segregation after the civil rights movement? Then I backed up into the civil rights and riot era to develop the discussion. | |
| Possible topicThen I showed Patterns of segregation. Also Chicago Segregation. I talked about redlining and official support for segregation (not in lecture slides except as a single bullet point: I said more than is on the slides). I posed the question: why so much segregation after the civil rights movement? Then I backed up into the civil rights and riot era to develop the discussion. | Other Theoretical Lecture notes provide more background for those interested (we will return to some of this regarding Black & other movements). Tactics & Responses Basic Social Movement Concepts. Maybe: Beyond multiculturalism: Understanding inter-group conflict. Standpoints, power relations. [New theoretical lecture] (1) (2) Introduce theoretical concepts for analyzing social issues. |
| Guest speaker: KaShia Moua on Hmongs (slides) | |
Overview of American Indian History Part I. Mostly 19th century conquest, displacement. (1) finish up overview of politics of immigrant generations. (slides from last class). Spent time at the beginning on issues that came up in the journals. | |
| Mar 22 Thurs | |
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2. Economic inequality and affirmative action Affirmative action & employment Discrimination Lecture notes on trends in education. Lecture notes on employment discrimination & affirmative action in employment 2. Economic Inequality Slides. These graphs are printed 2/page and are easier to read in color. Color or Black& White 3. Affirmative Action. a) Lecture outline only .rtf file b) Graphics only, pdf file printed 2/page, graphics easier to read in color. Color or Black & White | |
| 1. Affirmative Action in Employment 2. Educational inequality 3. Affirmative action in education 4. Race & admission at UWAffirmative Action. For the whole lecture, you will want BOTH outline AND graphics. a) Lecture outline only .rtf file b) Graphics only, pdf file printed 2/page, graphics easier to read in color. Color or Black & White |
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| Crime, segregation issuesCrime & Segregation Lecture Slides | |
| Film "Racism 101"Videos |
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