This is a graded discussion: 45 points possible due Jul 28 WEEK 3: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION: CONSIDERING RACE AND ETHNICITY 9292 unread replies XXXXXXXXXXreplies. What is the American Dream? What are we...

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This is a graded discussion: 45 points possible due Jul 28 WEEK 3: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION: CONSIDERING RACE AND ETHNICITY 9292 unread replies.104104 replies. What is the American Dream? What are we reading this week that will help us frame this discussion? When it comes to social mobility, the American Dream is something that we hear a lot, and we may take for granted that everyone knows and agrees on what it means. Has your family experienced significant upward or downward mobility over the past three or four generations? How do you think your values and behavior might differ had you experienced the opposite pattern of mobility? How might it have been different had your family been of a different ethnic or racial origin? Earlier in the semester, we talked about a situation, circumstance, or identity being both a personal and a public issue. As we discuss race, we first have to understand that there is no biological basis for what we call race. Indeed, the classifications of race that we see in the Western world today were developed by a botanist. As offensive as we may find Linnaeus, do you see where his categories provide the basis for racial stereotypes that still exist today? Read more at http://www.understandingrace.org (Links to an external site.). Is our race more a matter of how we view yourselves or of how others view us? In what ways is how you view yourself as a racial person influenced by our society and culture?