Assignment 2: Whiteness Deconstructed

Assignment goal

Discuss the construction of whiteness.
Apply an understanding of whiteness to societal structures.

Instructions

Read the OER chapter on whiteness, watch the video, and and answer the following:

Give examples of how whiteness is institutionalized. Provide at least 2 examples. (hint: you can use the definition from the week 2 module– definitions)
What is Possessive Investment in Whiteness and what are examples of this in this chapter/video? Provide at least 2 examples.
How does white supremacy impact people of color and inequalities/inequities? (this can be answered in relation to the course up until this point citing specific examples ONLY from course materials and connecting the understanding of white supremacy from this chapter. this can also be answered solely using this week’s materials)

Use the rubric to guide your work.

Grading Criteria

Please see rubric. This will include:

answers the prompts
when asked, includes direct examples ONLY from the chapter (Hodges, 2023) or video that appropriately reflects the task and cites each example
makes the connection between institutional racism and whiteness (rather than just interpersonal racism)
when asked, makes appropriate course connections using only course materials up until this point connected with this week’s materials

Sources to use

https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ethnic_Studies/Introduction_to_Ethnic_Studies_(Fischer_et_al.)

OER reading on whiteness

from Intro of Chapter 7 and Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5.

Video: Historical Constrution of Whiteness

Here is a video that explains the construction of whiteness. This does not explain EVERYTHING about it, it is just an introduction. Pay attention to when people have historically chosen the category and especially who did it seek to differentiate from? See the

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