| University of Utah |
Spring 2000
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Whiteness Theory and Education
Short Paper Topics
This paper should be 5 pages in length, typed and double-spaced. You need
to be concise but also specific. Do not write in general or sweeping terms:
essays that are framed in generic terms and that do not make use of the
arguments in the readings (whether as support for the essay or as a foil
for the essay) will be returned and must be rewritten. Each essay should
address at least three of the readings and must engage the readings in
some depth and detail. All written work should not only demonstrate an
understanding of class discussion and of the specific texts used in the
course, but should also bring to bear students’ own perspectives and insights.
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According to materialist and combined materialist/discursive analyses
of whiteness, what are the main causes of continuing patterns of racism
in U. S. society? What would seem to be the solutions recommended or implied
by these theorists, and how might education support these avenues for change?
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According to discursive and combined materialist/discursive analyses of
whiteness, what are the main causes of continuing patterns of racism in
U. S. society? What would seem to be the solutions recommended or implied
by these theorists, and how might education support these avenues for change?
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According to psychologically oriented analyses of whiteness, what are the
main causes of continuing patterns of racism in U. S. society? What would
seem to be the solutions recommended or implied by these theorists, and
how might education support these avenues for change?
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Why and how is a historical understanding of the construction of whiteness
indispensable to addressing racism today?
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Drawing on the readings and discussions regarding materialist constructions
of whiteness, describe how you think such social constructions have informed
and organized education — including the curriculum, child-centered and/or
didactic pedagogy, and institutionalized educational conditions.
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Drawing on the readings and discussions regarding discursive constructions
of whiteness, describe how you think such social constructions have informed
and organized education — including the curriculum, child-centered and/or
didactic pedagogy, and institutionalized educational conditions.
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Drawing on the readings and discussions regarding psychological constructions
of whiteness, describe how you think such social constructions have informed
and organized education — including the curriculum, child-centered and/or
didactic pedagogy, and institutionalized educational conditions.
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