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Race and Ethnic Relations

EXAM ONE

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These videos and readings will “consume” about 4.5 hours of your time.


VIDEOS and AUDIO:

1. “Equity: The Thief of Human Potential” (16 min)

2. “Is Iceland the Best Place in the World to be a Woman? (12 min)

3. “The cultural genocide of Native Americans” (30 min)

4. “Tammy’s Story” (8 min)

5. “Living in IRAN. Reality vs. Media Myths! True” (20 min) 

6. “Bourgeois Blues” (9 min)


READINGS:

1. “The Courtesy of Covering Up” (10 min)

2. “How ‘Mr. Nobody’ in a Small-Town School Took on Putin” (10 min)

3. “Linguists Speak of a New Language Dialect” (10 min)

4. “Always Late? Blame Your Time Personality” (7 min)

5. “How a Gen Z Revolution Spiraled Out of Control” (30 min)

6. “Is America Ready for Japanese-Style 7-Elevens?” (7 min)

7. “How one country plans to resettle planeloads of deportees from the U.S.” (15 min)

8. The Women Who Believe That Women Should Lose the Right to Vote (15 min)

9. The ‘Masculinity Crisis’ Is Real. This Forgotten Book Explains Why. (15 min)

10. Growing Up in Peru, She Thought She Knew Poverty. America Surprised Her. (8 min)

11. The App Bringing Disabled Daters Together (8 min)

12. Spat On, Egged, Threatened: Australian Jews Testify on Experiences of Antisemitism (8 min)

13. China Hunts for Scientific Talent. The U.S. Is Making It Easier. (8 min)

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