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Unit 1.
American Identity and Immigration.
Issue: Do We Need a Common Identity?
Yes. Nation or notion? / Patrick J. Buchanan
No. What does it mean to be an 'American'? / Michael Walzer
Issue: Are Multiculturalism and Assimilation Inevitable Components of the Emerging American Identity?
Yes. The melting pot and the color line / Stephen Steinberg
No. How the multicultural ideology captured America / Lawrence Auster
Issue: Does Immigration Contribute to a Better America?
Yes. The case for immigration : the secret to economic vibrancy / Philippe Legrain
No. Immigration : dissolving the people / Peter Brimelow
Issue: Do Recent Immigration Trends Challenge Existing Ideas of America's White Identity?
Yes. Racial redistricting : expanding the boundaries of whiteness / Charles A. Gallagher
No. What's white, anyway? / Ellis Cose
Unit 2.
Rethinking the Color Line.
Issue: Is the Obama Presidency Moving America Toward a Post-Racial Society?
Yes. Obama, Cosby, King, and the mountaintop / Alvin Poussaint
No. Black by choice / Melissa V. Harris-Perry
Issue: Is the Claim of White Skin Privilege a Myth?
Yes. White benefits, middle-class privilege / Paul Kivel
No. The absurdity (and consistency) of white denial : what kind of card is race? / Tim Wise
Issue: Is the Emphasis on a Color-Blind Society an Answer to Racism?
Yes. Don't box me in / Ward Connerly
No. Racism without racists : color-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in the United States / Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
Issue: Is Racial Profiling Defensible Public Policy?
Yes. Better unsafe than (occasionally) sorry? / Scott Johnson
No. Restoring a national consensus : the need to end racial profiling in America / Wade J. Henderson and Karen McGill Lawson
Unit 3.
Race Still Matters.
Issue: Is Racism a Permanent Feature of American Society?
Yes. The end of racism and other fables / Linda Greenhouse
No. Postracialism' : do we want it? / Russell Nieli
Issue: Is Criticism of President Obama Motivated by Racism?
Yes. It is all still about race : Obama hatred, the South and the truth about GOP wins / Paul Rosenberg
No. Reminder : not all Republican opposition to Obama is racist / Peter Beinart
Issue: Are Native American Mascots Racist Symbols?
Yes. The fight over the Redskins trademark and other racialized symbols / Sonia K. Katyal
No. Holy war on the football field : religion and the Florida State University Indian mascot controversy / Arthur J. Remillard
Unit 4.
The Supreme Court.
Issue: Is Affirmative Action an Effective Way to Reverse Racial Inequality?
Yes. White America's toxic ignorance : Abigail Fisher, Antonin Scalia and the real privilege that goes unspoken / Chauncey DeVega
No. The painful truth about affirmative action / Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor, Jr.
Issue: Is Stand Your Ground Legislation Race Neutral?
Yes. Racial bias and 'stand your ground' laws : what the data show / Patrik Jonsson
No. Protecting what's white : a new look at stand your ground laws / Sabrina Strings
Issue: Should Children of Undocumented Immigrants Have a Birthright to U.S. Citizenship?
Yes. Birthright citizenship sets America apart / Eric Foner
No. An argument to be made about immigrant babies and citizenship / George F. Will
Issue: Is There a Need for a Permanent Voting Rights Act?
Yes. The more things change... / Linda Greenhouse
No. Redistricting, race, and the Voting Rights Act / Abigail Thernstrom
Unit 5.
Geography of Race.
Issue: Is Environmental Racism a Reality?
Yes. Environmental justice : an interview with Robert Bullard / Errol Schweizer
No. The 'environmental racism' hoax / David Friedman
Issue: Is the Mass Incarceration of Blacks and Latinos the New Jim Crow?
Yes. Racism and mass incarceration in the US heartland : historical roots of the new Jim Crow / James Kilgore
No. Racial Critiques of mass incarceration : beyond the new Jim Crow / James Forman, Jr.
Issue: Is Gentrification Another Form of Segregation?
Yes. On Spike Lee & hyper-gentrification / Jeremiah Moss
No. Is gentrification all bad? / Justin Davidson
Issue: Is Black Lives Matter an Effective Civil Rights Organization?
Yes. The Ferguson protests worked / Julia Craven, Ryan J. Reilly, and Mariah Stewart
No. I was a civil rights activist in the 1960s. But it's hard for me to get behind Black Lives Matter / Barbara Reynolds.
American Identity and Immigration.
Issue: Do We Need a Common Identity?
Yes. Nation or notion? / Patrick J. Buchanan
No. What does it mean to be an 'American'? / Michael Walzer
Issue: Are Multiculturalism and Assimilation Inevitable Components of the Emerging American Identity?
Yes. The melting pot and the color line / Stephen Steinberg
No. How the multicultural ideology captured America / Lawrence Auster
Issue: Does Immigration Contribute to a Better America?
Yes. The case for immigration : the secret to economic vibrancy / Philippe Legrain
No. Immigration : dissolving the people / Peter Brimelow
Issue: Do Recent Immigration Trends Challenge Existing Ideas of America's White Identity?
Yes. Racial redistricting : expanding the boundaries of whiteness / Charles A. Gallagher
No. What's white, anyway? / Ellis Cose
Unit 2.
Rethinking the Color Line.
Issue: Is the Obama Presidency Moving America Toward a Post-Racial Society?
Yes. Obama, Cosby, King, and the mountaintop / Alvin Poussaint
No. Black by choice / Melissa V. Harris-Perry
Issue: Is the Claim of White Skin Privilege a Myth?
Yes. White benefits, middle-class privilege / Paul Kivel
No. The absurdity (and consistency) of white denial : what kind of card is race? / Tim Wise
Issue: Is the Emphasis on a Color-Blind Society an Answer to Racism?
Yes. Don't box me in / Ward Connerly
No. Racism without racists : color-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in the United States / Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
Issue: Is Racial Profiling Defensible Public Policy?
Yes. Better unsafe than (occasionally) sorry? / Scott Johnson
No. Restoring a national consensus : the need to end racial profiling in America / Wade J. Henderson and Karen McGill Lawson
Unit 3.
Race Still Matters.
Issue: Is Racism a Permanent Feature of American Society?
Yes. The end of racism and other fables / Linda Greenhouse
No. Postracialism' : do we want it? / Russell Nieli
Issue: Is Criticism of President Obama Motivated by Racism?
Yes. It is all still about race : Obama hatred, the South and the truth about GOP wins / Paul Rosenberg
No. Reminder : not all Republican opposition to Obama is racist / Peter Beinart
Issue: Are Native American Mascots Racist Symbols?
Yes. The fight over the Redskins trademark and other racialized symbols / Sonia K. Katyal
No. Holy war on the football field : religion and the Florida State University Indian mascot controversy / Arthur J. Remillard
Unit 4.
The Supreme Court.
Issue: Is Affirmative Action an Effective Way to Reverse Racial Inequality?
Yes. White America's toxic ignorance : Abigail Fisher, Antonin Scalia and the real privilege that goes unspoken / Chauncey DeVega
No. The painful truth about affirmative action / Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor, Jr.
Issue: Is Stand Your Ground Legislation Race Neutral?
Yes. Racial bias and 'stand your ground' laws : what the data show / Patrik Jonsson
No. Protecting what's white : a new look at stand your ground laws / Sabrina Strings
Issue: Should Children of Undocumented Immigrants Have a Birthright to U.S. Citizenship?
Yes. Birthright citizenship sets America apart / Eric Foner
No. An argument to be made about immigrant babies and citizenship / George F. Will
Issue: Is There a Need for a Permanent Voting Rights Act?
Yes. The more things change... / Linda Greenhouse
No. Redistricting, race, and the Voting Rights Act / Abigail Thernstrom
Unit 5.
Geography of Race.
Issue: Is Environmental Racism a Reality?
Yes. Environmental justice : an interview with Robert Bullard / Errol Schweizer
No. The 'environmental racism' hoax / David Friedman
Issue: Is the Mass Incarceration of Blacks and Latinos the New Jim Crow?
Yes. Racism and mass incarceration in the US heartland : historical roots of the new Jim Crow / James Kilgore
No. Racial Critiques of mass incarceration : beyond the new Jim Crow / James Forman, Jr.
Issue: Is Gentrification Another Form of Segregation?
Yes. On Spike Lee & hyper-gentrification / Jeremiah Moss
No. Is gentrification all bad? / Justin Davidson
Issue: Is Black Lives Matter an Effective Civil Rights Organization?
Yes. The Ferguson protests worked / Julia Craven, Ryan J. Reilly, and Mariah Stewart
No. I was a civil rights activist in the 1960s. But it's hard for me to get behind Black Lives Matter / Barbara Reynolds.