Introduction to the class – to key concepts – and to each other

Meet IN CLASS @ 6 p.m. - SH 273

This will be the ONLY in-class meeting, designed to help you get started.

NOTE: You can either meet in-class today... OR you can meet me for an ONLINE chat on Saturday, October 29th @ 9 a.m. We will cover the SAME introductory material in both sessions.

Introductions - link in WebCT

Online Responses to Introductions link in WebCT – Due by October 30th, 2005 - Midnight.

Instructions on how to access link: Discussion Boards

Introduction to the class – to key concepts – and to each other

Meet ONLINE @ 9 a.m.

NOTE: You can either meet online today OR you could have met in class on October 26, Wednesday. You are also free to attend both sessions IF you wish to. We will cover the SAME introductory material in both sessions.


Try and post your introductions on the links below BEFORE logging in to the online classroom chat.

Introductions - link in WebCT

Online Responses to Introductions link in WebCT – Due by October 30th, 2005 - Midnight.

Instructions on how to access link: Discussion Boards

Please post to Discussion Boards & Questions link by MIDNIGHT on:

November 2nd - Wednesday

SHIFTING THE CENTER - THEORY IN THE FLESH: WOMEN OF COLOR EXPERIENCE & IDENTITIES

Video at Library: A Place of Rage

This video will be reserved under this number: 83400

Meet ONLINE at 6 p.m. TODAY

Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray… Text
· Sec II – Merle Woo – Josephine and me – p.221-230
· Sec III – Susan Shown Harjo, “What do you want to be called?” – p.288-290

Reader:
· Donna Kate Rushin – The Bridge Poem [poem]
· Cherrie Moraga – La Guera
· Nellie Wong – When I was Growing Up [poem]
· Audre Lorde – Age, race, class and sex: Women redefining difference

Discussion Board on readings above - link in WebCT

Questions & Current Events Link - link in WebCT

November 5th - Saturday

REDEFINING DIFFERENCE: WHITE PRIVILEGE

Video at Library: Color of Fear.

This video will be reserved under this number: 84657

Online Links:
Peggy McIntosh Article

Meet ONLINE @ 9 a.m.

Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray… Text
· Sec III - Mab Segrest, On Being White and Other Lies (243-286)
· Sec IV - June Rostan, Inside-Out and Upside-Down:(505-510)
· Sec IV - Sheri Scott, Stolen Memory (546-555)

Reader:
· Peggy McIntosh – White Privilege and Male Privilege (also available online)
· Jo Carrillo – And When You Leave, Take Your Pictures With You [poem]

Discussion Board for Readings above - link in WebCT

Questions & Current Events Link - link in WebCT

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Please think about the following questions when doing the readings and watching the film. Reflect on them BEFORE class today.

1. How has your awareness of white privilege changed or been affected by these readings and this video?

2. What are some aspects of white privilege as presented by McIntosh that you could relate to most, or have seen operating before?

3. Who did you identify with most in the video and why?

4. Who made you most uncomfortable in the video and why?

5. What are some ways in which we can disrupt white privilege?

QUEERING THE SPECTRUM

DUE: Autoethnography Paper #1 – On RACE


Please turn in your papers through
www.turnitin.com

Turnitin instructions

Meet ONLINE @ 6 p.m.

Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray… Text
· Sec III – Grace Poore - Three movements in a minor – p. 372-377
· Sec III – Multiplicity – p. 340-341 [poem]

Reader
· Spargo: Foucault and Queer Theory. (Pp. 3-33).
· Judith Butler: Imitation and gender insubordination
· Amanda Udis-Kessler: Biphobia as a Crisis of Meaning
· Hooks – Homophobia in Black communities

Questions & Current Events Link - link in WebCT

Please post to Discussion Boards & Questions link by MIDNIGHT on:

November 16th - Wednesday

INTERSECTIONS OF CLASS & POWER

Video at Library: Dam/Age

This video will be reserved under this number: 86365

No synchronous online chat today

Reader:
· Arundathi Roy - The reincarnation of Rumpelstillskin
· Patricia J. Williams – Of race and risk
· Donna Langston – Tired of Playing Monopoly?
· Barbara Ehrenreich – The Silenced Majority
· Gar Alperovitz – Tax the Plutocrats
· Suniti Namjoshi – Magpie

Discussion Board for Readings above - link in WebCT

Questions & Current Events Link - link in WebCT

Your Online Exam #1 will be available from 9-11 a.m. TODAY!

Please make sure you are prepared (with books and notes, and a reliable internet connection) BEFORE logging in to the exam as you will be allowed ONLY ONE attempt at the exam.

You can access the exam by clicking on the "GRCS ONLINE EXAM" link once you log in to the WebCT class site (link on left).

The exam consists of Multiple Choice questions and Essay questions that will draw on the readings, class discussions and videos. You will be expected to demonstrate through your answers that you have engaged with the materials in a meaningful way and made connections between different texts.

Note: You can send me your links to your Group Projects in ADVANCE today ... if you need any help on them.

However, they are only officially due on December 5th.

MEET ONLINE OR IN PERSON @ 6 p.m.. FOR WORK IN GROUPS.

As I am away at a conference during this week, you may use this class time as a group meeting time - to work on your final projects.

This is the ONLY class time you will be given to work in groups, so please utilize it well.

If you want to meet online, you may use the Group Chats - in the ONLINE CHATROOM link. If you meet in person, you should coordinate that on your own. In either case, please use email to coordinate your group meeting so that you can make progress on your final group projects.

Please post to Discussion Boards & Questions link by MIDNIGHT on:

November 30th - Wednesday

THEORY IN THE FLESH: Nation, Immigration and Resistance along the Intersections.

NO synchronous online chat TODAY

Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray… Text
· Sec IV - Becky Thompson, Multiracial Feminism (397-424)

Reader
· Chandra Talpade Mohanty – Defining genealogies: Feminist reflections on being South Asian in North America
· Margaret Atwood – A woman’s issue [poem]

Online
· Aimee Carrillo Rowe – My Spine - Power Lines

Discussion Board for Readings above - link in WebCT

Questions & Current Events Link - link in WebCT

THE RACIAL AND GENDERED ASPECTS OF WAR – SPECIAL FOCUS

Video at Library – Hidden Wars of Dessert Storm

This video will be reserved under this number: 10338

Visit 2 websites that are anti-war and two websites that support the war before logging on to do the discussion boards.

DUE by TODAY: Response Paper # 2 – On WAR.

Please turn in your papers through
www.turnitin.com

Turnitin instructions

Meet ONLINE @ 9 a.m.

Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray… Text
· Sec I: Suheir Hammad – First writing since - p.3
· Sec I: Barbara Lee – I’ve seen this war before – p. 13
· Sec I: Rosalind Pechesky – Phantom Towers… - p. 15
· Sec I: Lisa Albrecht – From the First Intifada to the Second Intifada – p. 103
· Sec I: Anonymous – Lurching through these frightening days – p. 116
· Sec III – Joanna Kadi – “Letter to Hassan” – p. 291-292

Available Online

Link to Roy article: Instant Mix Imperial Democracy

Link to Walter Mosley article – An African American Appeal for Peace

Extra Credit Opportunity: Watch Farenheit 9/11 and write a one page reaction to it -- DUE on December 7th. Please turn in your paper through www.turnitin.com

Questions & Current Events Link - link in WebCT

December 7th - Wednesday

NO synchronous online chat TODAY

Reader

· Audre Lorde – The Erotic as Power
· Bell hooks – Love as the practice of freedom
· Audre Lorde – The Art of Response [poem]
· Marge Piercy – The Low Road [poem]

Questions & Current Events Link - link in WebCT

Please post your group presentation links here by midnight TODAY:

Group Presentations

Please visit all the group project links online before we meet.

Individual Papers DUE

Please turn in your papers through
www.turnitin.com

Turnitin instructions

Meet ONLINE @ 9 a.m.

Overview and wrap up discussion for the class.

Your Online Exam #2 will be available from 6-8 p.m. TODAY.

Please make sure you are prepared (with books and notes, and a reliable internet connection) BEFORE logging in to the exam as you will be allowed ONLY ONE attempt at the exam.

You can access the exam by clicking on the "GRCS ONLINE EXAM" link once you log in to the WebCT class site (link on left).

The exam consists of Multiple Choice questions and Essay questions that will draw on the readings, class discussions and videos. You will be expected to demonstrate through your answers that you have engaged with the materials in a meaningful way and made connections between different texts.

You will have 1 hour to complete it. Please budget your time accordingly.