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¶ … narrative which describes your personal understanding of how race functions in contemporary society.
I understand that "race" is largely a human social construct that has little factual basis. With the benefit of the various modern DNA sciences, we know today that the external features that typically denote race are completely unreliable because they do not accurately correspond to our lineage. I would define "race" as a meaningless distinction that has evolved into one of the primary factors that many people use to distinguish groups of people they consider "different" from themselves.
Racism is evident to me on a daily basis in the sense that I continually observe social interactions dictated substantially by race-based associations and expectations instead of by objective elements of those interactions. To me, racism encompasses much more than negative conscious beliefs and attitudes about other people; it includes the so-called "positive" elements of racial heritage, such as cultural celebrations and social affiliations. In my opinion, it is nonsensical to simultaneously teach that (1) racism is wrong because race doesn't matter and (2) ones racial or cultural heritage is something to consciously identify with and embrace as an important part of our psychosocial identity. Racism is wrong because race is irrelevant to the personal qualities...
As a member of the race that enjoys the most privilege and opportunity in my society, I am not ordinarily affected by race in any noticeable way on a daily basis. However, I am acutely aware that individuals from other races (especially minority races) expect race to be on my mind and I have experienced instances of reverse racism at times.
2. Read Chapter Colorblindness: Challenging the Discourse of Contemporary U.S. Racism
The chapter perfectly explains why the concept of racism encompasses a tremendously broad set of psychological and sociological conditions and that conscious or overt negative racial attitudes represent only a very small sliver of that broad range at the very top of all identifiable forms of racism. Viewed from the perspective of an ideal society, the chapter describes an unfortunate state of human affairs in connection with notions about race. However, viewed from the longer-term perspective, the chapter describes the slow progress that modern Western societies are making on the long road to societies in which race and racial identity are no longer significant at all.
The most important ideas in the chapter are that: (1) the formation of ideas and expectations about race takes place within the context of the socialization process, and (2) because of…
Low-Context cultural factors assumes that very little is taken for granted; this dictates that there is less chance of misunderstanding various cultural aspects of a specific group or society. Hall draws the parallel between the French and American cultures to highlight the difference between High Context and Low Context ("Hall's Cultural Factors," 2010). Hall asserts that French contracts are shorter in page count than American contracts. This is due to
Keeping the continuous, cycle and rhythmic sense of time before us is another task we have come to associate with the study of narrative." (2000, p. 8) V. Reflection and Deliberation Clandinin and Connelly state that 'reflection and deliberation' are both terms which "refer to the methods of practical inquiry and are springboards for thinking of narrative and story as method." (2000, p. 8) Reflection is stated to have a sense
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