To complete Module 11 read Chapter 11, answer 5 website questions, and complete the reflection in the discussion forum.

1. http://www.census.gov/statab/USAbrief/part1.txt
   
   Document: USA Statistics in Brief: Part 1
   
   What percentage of the U.S. population is classified as belonging to each racial category?
   
   
2. http://www.webcom.com/intvoice/letters1.html
   
   Document: Letters/Voices to the Editor
   
   http://www.webcom.com/intvoice/letters3.html
   
   Document: Letters/Voices to the Editor
   
   Which one or two letters do you believe best capture the shortcomings of the U.S. system of racial classification? Why?
   
   
3. http://www.webcom.com/intvoice/
   
   Document: Interracial Voice
   
   Select a document posted on this Website that attracts your attention. Describe how it helps readers to understand problems with racial classification in the United States.
   
   
4. http://www.census.gov/td/stf3/append_b.html
   
   Document: Definition of Subject Characteristics
   
   Read entries connected with the following subject characteristics: ancestry, place of birth, Hispanic origin, and language spoken at home/ability to speack English. What are at least two strategies the U.S. government employs to simplify complex answers people give to ethnicity questions?
   
   
5. http://www.census.gov/cdrom/lookup
   
   Document: 1990 Census Lookup
   
   Choose “STF3C-part 1”; stay with the default options and choose “submit”; stay with the default options and again choose “submit.” Next, page down to select Table P12; choose “submit” after you have selected P12; stay with the default options and choose “submit.” What percentage of the Hispanic-origin population is white? Black? American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut? Asian or Pacific Islander? Other race? Why do you think 9,470,850 Hispanics are classified as “other race”?
   
   
6. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed- new?id=public&images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed
   
   Document: Have We Failed with the Indian?
   
   Which statements in this essay suggest that a goal of absorption assimilation drove government policies on Indian affairs? What was Dawe’s answer to the question “Have we failed the Indian?” If yes, why? If no, what factor did Dawes believe was responsible for the failure of government programs?
   
   
7. http://odur.let.run.nl/~usa/P/tj3/writings/slavery.htm
   
   Document: Thomas Jefferson on Slavery
   
   What are some examples of racist statements in Thomas Jefferson’t writing (that is, instances where he makes a connection between physical traits and other characteristics)? Did Jefferson believe that conditions of slavery might have negative effects on the situation of slaves? Explain.
   
   
8. http://www.halycon.com/pub/FWDP/Americas/manifest.txt
   
   Document: Reflections on Race and Manifest Destiny
   
   What is Manifest Destiny? What is the racist logic underlying this ideology? What actions did Manifest Destiny justify? The essay ends with the statement “A philosophy such as Manifest Destiny once internalized in the culture, is never really abolished, it merely adapts to the present conditions and transforms itself into a suitable logic for the times.” Do you agree with this statement? Explain.
   
   
9. http://www.halycon.com/pub/FWDP/Americas/manifest.txt
   
   Document: Reflections on Race and Manifest Destiny
   
   What are some examples from the document of situations in which the same behavior is defined differently depending on who is the focus of attention?
   
   
10. http://www.baclaw.com/#Jury
    
    Document: Jury Award Statistics
    
    What is the average jury award for the various forms of discrimination? Which type of discrimination received the largest monetary awards?
    
    
11. http://www.getnet.com/silent/hatecrimes/
    
    Document: Phoenix Police Department: Hate Crimes
    
    How does this police department define hate crimes? What are the four msot frequently committed hate crimes? What is the role of the Hate Crimes Advisory Committee?
    
    
12. http://www.mojones.com/mother_jones/MJ94/hochschild.html
    
    Document: Changing Colors
    
    Which categories in Merton’t typology can be applied to the various “chapters” in Cochran’s life? Explain your answer.
    
    
13. http://www.digitas.harvard.edu/~perspy/issues/1995/may/187cons.html
    
    Document: The Aftermath of Prop 187: Licensing Human Rights Abuses Against Racial Minorities
    
    Look over the list of unlawful employment practices. Do you know or have you heard of a case of an employer who has failed to comply with Civil Rights Act employment directives? Describe the situation.
    
    
14. http://hcs.harvard.edu/~perspy/may95/187cons.html
    
    Document: The Aftermath of Prop 187: Licensing Human Rights Abuses Against Racial Minorities
    
    Which groups have been most affected by the Proposition 187 vote? How have they been affected?
    
    
15. gopher://wiretap.spies.com/00/Gov/US-Docs/civil91.act
    
    Document: The Civil Rights Act of 1991
    
    Does the Civil Rights Act of 1991 specify quotas as a means of achieving affirmative action goals? What kinds of evidence must a plaintiff supply to demonstrate discrimination? Is affirmative action a program designed to protect only blacks from discrimination? If no, identify other protected groups.
    
    
16. http://www2.stormfront.org/letters.htm
    
    Document: Letters from the Front
    
    Skim through some of the correspondence posted on this site. What are two or three dominant themes that appear in these letters?