Schedule of Assignments

Day 1 (9/1)--Orientation

• video

Day 2 (9/3)--Recent controversies over racial preferences in college admissions

• syllabus
• Barnes, "Surprising" {website}
• Barnes, "(Re)Affirming" {website}
• Sanchez {website} (under construction)

Day 3 (9/8)--California's Proposition 209

• News articles available in class or on the website
• Jeffrey & Kennedy {packet}

Day 4 (9/10)--"All men are created equal"

• Jefferson {packet}
• Roberts & Stratton, pp. 13-20 only {packet}

Day 5 (9/15)--Slavery

• deTocqueville {packet}

Day 6 (9/17)--Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision

• Taney {packet}
• Lincoln {packet}
• handout on Missouri Compromise and Kansas-Nebraska Act recommended (handed out in class)
• Paper 1 assigned

Day 7 (9/22)--Life under Jim Crow

• Thernstroms's America, pp. 25-62

Day 8 (9/24)--Debate/discussion on topic to be determined

• Sack , Kevin (1998, Sept. 19). Blacks Remain Firmly Loyal to Clinton for Many Reasons.
• Paper 1 due

Day 9 (9/29)--1950's struggle

• Thernstroms's America, pp. 95-121
• video

Day 10 (10/1)--Early 1960's struggle and triumph

• Thernstroms's America, pp. 122-151
• video
• Paper 1 returned

Day 11 (10/6)--The national consensus crumbles

• Thernstroms's America, pp. 158-180
• video

Day 12 (10/8)--Federal pressure for racial balance: From desegregation to integration

• Thernstroms's America, pp. 315-322, 343-347
• Mills, pp. 1-17, 26-32 {Mills book}
• Gaziano {packet} Skim or skip this reading. Just take note of the irony intended.
• Rethink 1 due

Day 13 (10/13)--Social-psychological effects

• Steele, pp. 37-47 {Mills book}
• Kennedy, only pp. 48-55 {Mills book}

Day 14 (10/15)--Fundamental principles at stake

• Kennedy, pp. 55-67 {Mills book}
• Roberts & Stratton, only pp. ix-xiv {packet}
• Rethink 1 returned

Day 15 (10/20)--Racial development vs. serfdom

• Loury, 1990 {packet}
• Paper 2 assigned

Day 16 (10/22)--Impact

• Thernstroms's America, pp. 386-412
• Tien {Mills book}