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TOPIC I (3/31) INTRODUCTION / CONSTRUCTING RACE IN THIS COUNTRY
Wilson & Russell (1996) Divided Sisters., pp. 1-9 (Note: From here on out, readings from this book are designated at "W & R.")
Video: Ida B. Wells
TOPIC II (4/7) HISTORY: THE DIVISIONS BEGIN
Lebsock, S. (1990). "`No obey": Indian, European, and African women in seventeenth-century Virginia." In N.A. Hewitt Women, Families, and Communities: Readings in American History Vol. One: to 1877. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman/Little, Brown Higher Education, 6-20.
White, D.G. (1985) "The life cycle of the female slave," Ar’n’t I A Woman? Female Slaves in the Plantation South. NY: W.W. Norton & Co., 91-118.
Scott, A.F. (1987) Women’s perspective on the patriarchy in the 1850s. In J.E. Friedman, W.G. Shade, & M.J. Capozzoli (eds.) Our American Sisters: Women in American Life and Thought. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath & Co., 155-168.
Lazarre, J. (1996) The Richmond Museum of Confederacy, Beyond The Whiteness of Whiteness: Memoir of a White Mother of Black Sons. Durham: Duke University Press, 1-20.
Faust, Drew Gilpin (1996) We shall never . . . be the same., Mothers of Invention. NY: Random House, 248-254.
Giddings, P. (1984) "A new era: toward interracial cooperation," When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black women on Race and Sex in America. NY: Bantam Book, 1984, 171-181.
Video: Ida B. Wells
TOPIC III (4/14) CHILDHOOD: FROM SCHOOLGIRLS TO HOMEGIRLS
Announcement: Your readings for next week and beyond can be found on the electronic reserve link of the DePaul Library (http://www.lib.depaul.edu/eres/index.html). Your password to access these readings is psy394. You may have to download Adobe Acrobat to read the articles.
Jones, L. (1994) "A doll is born," Bulletproof Diva: Tales of Race, Sex, and Hair. NY: Anchor, 149-152.
Arditti, R. (1994). But you don’t look Jewish. In E. Featherston Skin (ed) Skin Deep: Women Writing on Color, Culture, and Identity. Freedom: CA: The Crossing Press, 25-29.
Ward, J. V. (1996) Raising resisters: the role of truth telling in the
psychological development of African American girls. In B. J.
Ross Leadbeater & N. Way (eds.) Urban Girls: Resisting Stereotypes,
Creating Identities. NY: New York University Press, 85-99.
Carroll, R. (1997) Kristen, Sugar in the Raw: Voices of Young Black Girls in America. NY: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 126-133.
Caroll, R. (1997) Jo-Laine, Sugar in the Raw: Voices of Young Black Girls in America NY: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 35-44.
TOPIC IV (4/21) SURFACE DIVISIONS: ISSUES OF BEAUTY AND STYLE
Williams, P. (1997) My best white friend. In M. Crawford & R. Unger (Eds.) In our Own Words: Readings on the Psychology of Women and Gender. NY: McGraw-Hill, 291-295.
hooks, b. (1993) Dreaming ourselves dark and deep: black beauty, Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery. Boston, MA: South End Press, 79-97.
Jones, L. (1994) The hair trade, Bulletproof Diva: Tales of Race, Sex, and Hair. NY: Anchor, 282-301.
Browne, M. (Jun., 1993) Dying to be thin. Essence, 86-87; 124; 126-127; 129.
Hebl, M .R. & Heatherton, T. F. (1998) The stigma of obesity in women: The difference is Black and White. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 417-426.
Videoes: Hair Piece
A Question of Color
20/20 Feature (Mar. 1998)
TOPIC V (4/28) SEXUAL TENSIONS
Butts, June Dobbs (1983) Adolescent sexuality and teenage pregnancy from a black perspective. In T. Ooms (ed.) Teenage Pregnancy in a Family Context: Implications for Policy. Philadelphia: Temple Press, 307-325.
Wade-Gayles, Gloria (Nov./Dec., 1996) Brother pain: how a black woman came to terms with interracial love. Utne Reader, 58-61; 104; 106.
Clunis, D. M. & Green, G.D. (1993) "How racism affects couples," Lesbian Couples: Creating Healthy Relationships For The 90s. Seattle, WA: Seal Press, 131-142.
Wyatt, G.E. (1992) The sociocultural context of African-American and White American women’s rape. In L.A. Peplau & S. E. Taylor (eds.) Sociocultural Perspective in Social Psychology. Upper Saddle River, NY: Prentice Hall, 372-385.
Video: Excerpt from Jungle Fever
TOPIC VI (5/5) MAKING
FRIENDS: RELATIONSHIPS ON THE CAMPUS,
IN THE WORKPLACE, AND BEYOND
Golden, M. (1995) Whitegirls. In M. Golden & S.R. Shreve (eds.) Skin Deep: Black Women & White Women Write About Race. NY: Anchor, 24-36.
Rose, S. Who to let in: Women's cross-race friendships. In J. C. Chrisler, C. Golden, & P.D. Rozee (Eds.) Lectures on the Psychology of Women. NY: McGraw-Hill, 211-228.
Wolf, N. (1995) The racism of well-meaning White people. In M. Golden & S.R. Shreve (eds.) Skin Deep: Black Women & White Women Write About Race. NY: Anchor, 37-46.
Smith, A. & Nickerson, S. (1986). Women’s interracial friendships, Women’s Studies Quarterly, 14, 15-16.
Edwards, A. (Mar., 1998) Black and White women: what still divides us? Essence, 77-78; 80; 136; 138-139; 140
Ting-Toomey, S. (1986) Conflict communication styles in Black and White subjective cultures. In Y.Y. Kim (ed.) Interethnic Communication: Current Research, 10, Newbury Park, NJ: Sage, 75-88.
Guest Lecturer: Deena Johnson, Illinois Employment & Training Institute
TOPIC VII (5/12) SOCIAL ACTIVISM: SHARED AGENDAS AND UNEASY ALLIANCES
Giddings, P. (1984) "The women’s movement and Black discontent," When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black women on Race and Sex in America. NY: Bantam Book, 299-324.
hooks, b. (1995) Feminism in Black and White. In M. Golden & S.R. Shreve (eds.) Skin Deep: Black Women & White Women Write About Race. NY: Anchor, 265-277.
Walker, A. (1983) In Search of our Mothers’ Gardens. NY: Harcourt, Brace, & Jovanovich, xi.
Grant, J. (1982) Black Women and the church. In G. T. Hull, P.B. Scott, & B. Smith (eds.) All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women’s Studies. NY: The Feminist Press, 141-152.
Gray, C. & Bryant, S. (1995) `Are we so different?’ A dialogue between an African- American and a White social worker. In M. Golden & S.R. Shreve (eds.) Skin Deep: Black Women & White Women Write About Race. NY: Anchor, 287-303.
Rozee, Patricia D. (1993) Forbidden or forgiven? Rape in cross-cultural perspectives. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 17, 499-514,
Guest Lecturer: Keisha Carr, clinical psychology graduate student
TOPIC VIII (5/19) RELATIONS ON THE HOME FRONT
W & R, pp. 217-242.
Tucker, S. (1988) Knowing the white folks, knowing the black folks, Telling Memories Among Southern Women: Domestic Workers and Their Employers in the Segregated South. NY: Schocken Books, 89-205; 222-230.
Lisa Page. (1995) High yellow, White trash. In M. Golden & S.R. Shreve (eds.) Skin Deep: Black Women & White Women Write About Race. NY: Anchor, 13-23.
Jones, L. (1994) Mama’s White, Bulletproof Diva: Tales of Race, Sex, and Hair. NY: Anchor, 28-35.
Norton, P. (1994). Her favorite color. In E. Featherston Skin (ed) Skin Deep: Women Writing on Color, Culture, and Identity. Freedom: CA: The Cross Press, 99-100.
Davis, F.J. (1991) Transracial adoptions and the one-drop rule, Who Is Black?: One Nation’s Definition. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 128-132.
Video: Excerpt from The Long Walk Home
TOPIC IX (5/26) POP CULTURE AND THE MEDIA
Turner, P.A. (1994) Back to the kitchen, Ceramic Uncles & Celluloid Mammies. NY: Anchor, 41-61.
Malveaux, J. (1994) "When a queen’s crown turns to ashes," Sex, Lies, and Stereotypes: Perspectives of a Mad Economist. L.A.: Pines One Publishing, 348-350.
Kern-Foxworth, M. (1994) Aunt Jemima: the most battered woman in America rises to the top, excerpt from Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, and Rastus: Blacks in Advertising, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 70-72; 103-104.
Dyer, R. (1988) White. Screen, 29, 44-47; 54-59.
Webb, V. (Sept., 1996). Where have all the Black models gone? Essence, 108-110; 166; 168.
"Africa’s fashion set sneers at Negroid supermodel" (1998, Mar. 1). The Times of London.
Davis, Eisa. (1995) Sexism and the art of feminist hip-hop maintenance. In R. Walker (ed.) To Be Real. NY: Anchor Books, 127-141.
Video: Nightline Feature: America in Black & White.
TOPIC X (6/2) BRIDGING THE GAP
Raybon, Patricia My First White Friend (NY: Penguin, 1996)
Swim, J.K. & Miller, D.L. (1999). White guilt: Its antecedents and consequences for attitudes toward affirmative action. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 500-514.
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EXAM DAY (6/9)
FINAL PAPERS, SOCIAL ACTIVISM REPORTS, & PRESENTATIONS DUE