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SOC 119
Race and Ethnic Relations

SECOND EXAM

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These videos and readings will “consume” about 5.5 hours of your time.


VIDEOS and AUDIO:

1. “Have you Considered the Benefits of Crying?” (11 min)

2. “Every U.S.-led Coup, Mapped” (30 min)

3. “In Florida, Far Right Groups Look to Seize the Moment” (6 min)
** You can either read or listen to this article

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

5. Sam’s TED talk - Radical Experiment in Empathy" (18 min)

6. “The Biology of Skin Color” (19 min)

7. “Traveling Across Iraq for 7 Days” (36 min).


READINGS:

1. “How the Finnish Survive Without Small Talk” (10 min)

2. “Living by the Code” (20 min)

3. “Fears of White People Losing Out” (10 min)

4. “As Asian Societies Age, ‘Retirement’ Just Means More Work” (15 min)

5. “Teenage Rapper” (20 min)

6. “War Against the Children” (20 min)

7. “A Palestinian Restaurant Perseveres in War’s Shadow” (10 min)

8. “South Korean Woman Who Adopted Her Best Friend” (20 min)

9. “3-year old goes wet market shopping on his own in Singapore” (5 min)

10. “What an isolated community in Africa can teach us about child care” (10 min)

11. “Child labor in the United States” (15 min)

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