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Week 8 – Lesson 14: Affirmative Action

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

posted by Sam and Michelle

Post your 450 word (minimum) comment and 100 word (minimum) response to a classmate. You should be responding to the lecture about affirmative action. You can write anything you want about whatever you hear in the lectures.

Week 7 – Lesson 13: Immigration

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

posted by Sam and Michelle

Post your 450 word (minimum) comment and 100 word (minimum) response to a classmate. You should be responding to the lectures about immigration. You can write anything you want about whatever you hear in the lectures.

Week 7 – Lesson 12: Multiculturalism & LGBT

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

posted by Sam and Michelle

Post your 450 word (minimum) comment and 100 word (minimum) response to a classmate. You should be responding to the lectures about multiculturalism and LGBT. You can write anything you want about whatever you hear in the lectures.

Week 6 – Lesson 10: Stages of Racial Identity – People of Color: Stages 1-4

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

posted by Sam and Michelle

Post your 450 word (minimum) comment and 100 word (minimum) response to a classmate. You should be responding to the lecture about Stages of Racial Identity – People of Color: Stages 1-4. You can write anything you want about whatever you hear in the lecture.

Week 5 – Lesson 9: Stages of Racial Identity – White People: Stages 3 & 4

Monday, June 14th, 2010

posted by Sam and Michelle

Post your 450 word (minimum) comment and 100 word (minimum) response to a classmate. You should be responding to the lecture about Stages of Racial Identity – White People: Stages 3 & 4. You can write anything you want about whatever you hear in the lecture.

Week 4 – Lesson 6: Race and Ethnic Inequality

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

posted by Sam and Michelle

Post your 450 word (minimum) comment and 100 word (minimum) response to a classmate. You should be responding to the two lectures about race and ethnic inequality. You can write anything you want about whatever you hear in the lectures.

Week 3 – Lesson 5: Social Inequality

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

posted by Sam and Michelle

Post your 450 word (minimum) comment and 100 word (minimum) response to a classmate. You should be responding to the two lectures about social inequality. You can write anything you want about whatever you hear in the lectures.

Week 3 – Lesson 4: Ethnocentrism

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

posted by Sam and Michelle

Post your 450 word (minimum) comment and 100 word (minimum) response to a classmate. You should be responding to the two lectures about ethnocentrism. You can write anything you want about whatever you hear in the lectures.

Week 1 – Lesson 1: “Whad’ya Know?”

Monday, May 17th, 2010

posted by Sam and Michelle

Post your 450 word (minimum) comment and 100 word (minimum) response to a peer. You should be responding to the first lecture of the course, “Whad’ya Know?”. You can write anything you want about anything you heard in the lecture!

In Her Own Words

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

posted by Sam Richards

Coincidentally, Laurie was in a play tonight where SHE talked about bleeding. By the way, that’s her word, not mine.

What are all of you thinking about Asians?

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Posted by Sam Richards

If men could menstruate…

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Posted by Sam Richards

What’s the big deal with periods?

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Posted by Sam Richards

Native Americans, Oil, Tribal Division, $$$

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Posted by Sam Richards

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This article will throw a new light on the issue of the socioeconomic conditions of Native Americans. Remember that there are nearly 600 federally recognized tribes within the borders of the United States. And at least one of them is getting rich off of liquid black gold. Mind you, as you can read in the article, it is not without negative consequences that always come with sudden infusions of money into any system. But it’s worth thinking about.

Read the article.

Of course, oil refineries ALWAYS bring pollution and this will be no different. Pollution will destroy natural resources and harm people’s health. Cost-benefit.

Check out this article.

Inequality Class: Comment

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Posted by Sam Richards

Inequality Class: Question One

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

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Inequality Class: Question Four

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Posted by Sam Richards

Another Reason Why Gay Marriage Matters

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

posted by Sam Richards

I’m curious about what you all think of this. The problems of not recognizing same-sex marriage/unions are far ranging and leave deep wounds on many families….and “the children.”

LGBT Class: Question Six

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

posted by Sam Richards

Swinging Past the Other End of the Ideological Spectrum on the Way to the Intellectual Gray

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

posted by Sam Richards

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I’ve been discussing freedom and determinism in a serious way for about twenty years and I’ve delivered yesterday’s class one hundred times if I’ve done it once. And Tuesday…for some strange reason I was in the zone in a way that I’ve never been with that particular class. I’d like to think that I stirred some things up in people with regards to how they…you…see the world of causality. I know that I rocked my own world in those 75 minutes and I suppose that that is all that really matters.

So why don’t you watch the video below just to jog your thinking and then kick out some thoughts. Perhaps now is a good time to consider reading the ideas of some other people and respond to them and not directly to the class. I’m quite curious about how you manage other people’s interpretations of the ideas.

The Enlightened “West” Knows Best

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

posted by Sam Richards

niqabThis issue has meaning for me now that I visited one of the most conservative of Muslim countries where women in the “niqab” or “abeyya” or “hijab” were all around me. Certainly many of the more Western oriented women only worn the abeyya intermittently, and many refused to wear it at all, but many extremely progressive women wore it in the same way that many “progressive” women in the U.S. wear high heels, make-up, and nylon stockings. Like their American counterparts, few claim to be victims of a male-oriented, oppressive culture. Rather, they take it as a matter of course.

No doubt there are more than a few women throughout the Muslim world who feel oppressed by the mandate to cover up, but I’m thinking that the vast majority just go along for the ride–and a much smaller percentage totally embrace the experience as a path toward spiritual and psychological growth. (I have to believe, much like the two women in this video.) So my question is related to the French government and people who think they know best for Muslim women — “We are going to turn you into enlightened French citizens.” What should they wear to demonstrate this? Perhaps skin tight jeans and high heels? A tight fitting shirt with an under wire bra? Thong underwear? That’s enlightened…not to mention comfortable.

Seems to me that truly enlightened governance allows people to pursue the path toward self awareness and growth that best suits them — as long as they don’t harm others in the meantime.

Last Name Begins with “U” or “V” or “Y” or “Z” (e.g., Brian Zabrowski)

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Make a one word response.

Last Name Begins with “W”

Monday, January 25th, 2010

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Last Name Begins with “T”

Monday, January 25th, 2010

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Last Name Begins with “S”

Monday, January 25th, 2010

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