What did you find most surprising or revealing in Pem Davidson Buck’s article?

Week Seven Discussion
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To participate in this week’s discussion, you must do the following: read Chapter Ten (Race and Ethnicity), the article “Constructing Race, Creating White Privilege by Pem Davidson Buck, watch the documentary “A Class Divided” by Jane Elliott and a Kanopy video ” White Like Me: Race, Racism & White Privilege In America by Tim Wise.
Time Wise: White Like Me: Race, Racism & White Privilege In America:
https://mercer.kanopystreaming.com/video/white-me-race-racism-amp-white-privilege-america (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
Pem Davidson: https://egscovelsp13.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/constructing-race-creating-white-privilege.pdf (Links to an external site.)
constructing-race-creating-white-privilege.pdf
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Jane Elliott: A Class Divided: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/class-divided/ (Links to an external site.)
What are your views regarding Jane Elliott’s experiment with her third-grade students?
Is this documentary still relevant in teaching about prejudice and discrimination in today’s society? Why? Or why not?
What did you find most surprising or revealing in Pem Davidson Buck’s article?
Is “psychological wages still a factor in today’s society? Explain your answer
In what ways did Jane Elliott used “psychological wages in her experiment? Explain
How was Time Wise lecture related to the assigned readings and Pem Davidson Buck’s article?
Do you agree with Tim Wise’s argument? Why, or why not? Explain your answer and be specific.
It is often said that when it comes to race relationship in the United States we have a history of taking one step forward and two steps backwards. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain your answer.

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