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Anti-Racism II

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

As a result of taking this course, you will be able to describe the historical and linguistic foundations of race and racism in the United States.
You will be able to apply the theory of Intersectionality to your personal experience.
You will be able to evaluate the role of race and racism in your personal life, family, and community.

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There are 4 modules in this course

Anti-Racism II is an intermediate course between Anti-Racism I and Anti-Racism III, focusing on the topic of race, racism, and strategies regarding how to be an anti-racist. Anti-Racism II is for anyone who has previously taken Anti-Racism I, or who has basic knowledge of the racial issues plaguing the United States, and globally.

Anti-Racism I focused upon how to have open dialogue and conversations about race and racism. Anti-Racism II takes on the vital role assisting students in guiding their own conversations regarding race, and additionally gender and sexuality. Anti-Racism II will expand your knowledge and critically engage your inquiry, centering upon short interviews with leading scholars and activists in the field. Coupled with supplementary video and reading material, these interviews will further demonstrate the power of open dialogue and self-narration, directing you towards being an anti-racist ally. The centrality of the course interviews will culminate in a final project where students will construct and carry out their own personalized interview. The final project will test dialogic skills while asserting the importance of intimate conversations about race, gender, and sexuality. This is challenging work in troubling times that may conjure uneasy feelings and emotions. Anti-Racism II can work as a bridge coming face to face with your personal individual relationship with social demands plaguing us nationally and globally. The remedy is to allow yourself uncomfortableness in order to get to the solutions. We are all in this together. Peace & Love Shawn Course logo image credit: Emmanuel Gido, 08/31/2020. Available on Unsplash at https://unsplash.com/photos/SAjZSZUA690

In the first week of the course, you will be guided through readings, documentaries, and interview discussions with reference to three of the most important historical structures of oppression and dominance in American society: settler colonialism, race and racism, and hyper/toxic masculinity.

What's included

6 videos11 readings4 discussion prompts

6 videosTotal 73 minutes

Welcome to Anti-Racism II1 minute
Introduction to Week 11 minute
Dr. Natalie Avalos: Settler Colonialism, Race, and Decolonization20 minutes
Dr. Reiland Rabaka: Cultural, Political, and Economic Constructs of Race and Racism6 minutes
Dr. Seema Sohi: Engagements of Contemporary Dialogues in Race11 minutes
Dr. Arturo Aldama: Toxic Masculinity33 minutes

11 readingsTotal 334 minutes

Course Updates and Accessibility Support1 minute
A Note on Course Design5 minutes
Unpacking and Interrogating Settler Colonialism10 minutes
What Is Settler-Colonialism?20 minutes
Foundations of Racism10 minutes
The 1619 Project60 minutes
The Birth of a Nation110 minutes
The Cost of Racism to White America48 minutes
Toxic Masculinity10 minutes
Boys Will Be Boys20 minutes
U.S. Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and the Racially Disparate Impacts of COVID-1940 minutes

4 discussion promptsTotal 40 minutes

Introduce Yourself!10 minutes
Oppressive Structures10 minutes
Unknown Histories10 minutes
Toxic Masculinity in Your Community10 minutes

In the second week of the course, you will navigate multi-media material that takes you through the processes in which race and racism have been constructed through our vernaculars, including a provocative lecture of Ijeoma Oluo reading from her award winning book, So You Want to Talk About Race.

What's included

7 videos4 readings3 discussion prompts

7 videosTotal 68 minutes

Introduction to Week 21 minute
Dr. Reiland Rabaka: Interventions in Racist Terminologies10 minutes
Guiding Learners Through Race Speak2 minutes
Dr. Jennifer Ho: Intellectual Perspectives of Race Language19 minutes
Dr. Awon Atuire: Ghanaian Perspectives of Racial Verbalisms16 minutes
Dr. Seema Sohi: Discussions of the "Model Minority"8 minutes
Karia Janai White: Personal Account of Linguistic Racism12 minutes

4 readingsTotal 165 minutes

Why It's So Hard to Talk about the N-Word19 minutes
The N-Word Documentary84 minutes
Vulnerabilities around Race10 minutes
So You Want to Talk about Race?52 minutes

3 discussion promptsTotal 30 minutes

What Did You Experience?10 minutes
Doublespeak10 minutes
Your Ethnicity10 minutes

In the third week of the course, you will think critically about philosophies of intersectionality and the vitalness of marginalized folk to self-identify.

What's included

6 videos2 readings1 peer review3 discussion prompts

6 videosTotal 83 minutes

Introduction to Week 31 minute
Chronicles of Intersectional Constructions1 minute
Dr. Nishant Upadhyay: Interpret Intersectional Structures and Transnational Identity 30 minutes
Dr. Hillary Potter: Intersectionality: Politics of Identity and Criminology25 minutes
Karia Janai White: Intimate Discussions on Intersectional Identity7 minutes
Assétou Xango: Remixing Our Reality Through Intersectionality19 minutes

2 readingsTotal 70 minutes

Intersectional Constructions10 minutes
The Intersectionality Wars60 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

Your Discussion Responses60 minutes

3 discussion promptsTotal 30 minutes

Intersectionality10 minutes
Self-Identification10 minutes
Remixing Your Reality10 minutes

In the fourth and final week of the course, you will see what we, as scholars, are implying when we talk about critical thought and critical thinking. We are talking about providing solutions and determining that many of the solutions begin with acknowledgment of self, self-engagement, and self-transcendence.

What's included

10 videos1 peer review1 discussion prompt1 plugin

10 videosTotal 92 minutes

Introduction to Week 41 minute
Dr. Reiland Rabaka: Solutions For Issues of Race and Racism30 minutes
Dr. Seema Sohi: Dealing With the Complications and Illogicality of Race and Racism15 minutes
Dr. Awon Atuire: Ideas for Remedies5 minutes
Dr. Natalie Avalos: Perpetual Fight Decolonizing Societies5 minutes
Dr. Jennifer Ho: Changing Our Manners of Speaking8 minutes
Karia Janai White: Self Reflection and Action15 minutes
Dr. Hillary Potter: Solutions For Dismantling Hegemonic Systems8 minutes
Dr. Nishant Upadhyay: Deconstructing Fears Around Race, Gender, and Sexuality3 minutes
Course Conclusion1 minute

1 peer reviewTotal 120 minutes

Create a Dialogue120 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Self-Reflection: Creating Your Dialogue10 minutes

1 pluginTotal 10 minutes

Anti-Racism II Coursera Feedback10 minutes

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