Bring the note you wrote on what you learned from the New York and Slavery readings to class tomorrow.  You will hand them in at the end of class.  It can be hand written just like an in-class writing.

Class,

I may be a little late tomorrow (Wednesday, April 23rd).  I plan to meet our guest speaker in the lobby and walk with him to our class.  Please wait for us in the classroom.

See you soon!

Prof. Beeman

When we return from break, we will have a guest speaker from the African Burial Ground.  You should have completed the readings on New York and slavery and written a short note about what you learned from those readings.  Also, think of a question you can ask our guest about the burial ground.  Enjoy the break!

For those interested, I posted a chapter in “Readings” from De Colores Means All of Us by Elizabeth Martinez. She offers an insightful analysis on why people of color remain divided.

Remember to read The Managed Hand Chapter 5.  Think about how this chapter shows a more complex picture of “Black/Korean relations.”  What does Kang add to the analysis?  How is her work different from Koreans in the Hood?

Also, please sign up for a role before spring break.  Email or meet with Amanda if you have questions about the roles.

See you Wednesday!

I posted Devah Pager and Bruce Western’s Race at Work study in “Readings.”  This is a shorter version of the study published in American Sociological Review and was the same study Obama cited early in his first term: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/beeman14/?post_type=document&p=610

For Monday, read “Black Immigrants…Cultural Narratives of Ethnicity” and “You’re Asian, How Could you Fail…Unmasking the Myth of the Model Minority.”

I’ll email you my comments on your walking tours.

Bring your laptops on Wednesday, April 2nd.

Chris Bonastia will be on a panel at Brooklyn College addressing inequality 60 years after Brown v. Board.  The panel will also include Karolyn Tyson of UNC Chapel Hill.  For those interested:

http://www.unlawfulentries.com/2014/03/2014-kurz-chair-panel-are-we-more-equal-60-years-after-brown-v-board-.html

So far, I have read the walking tours for Chinatown, Roosevelt Island, Fresh Kills, and Morningside Heights and they are wonderful!  If you haven’t posted yet, do so ASAP.  This was due today.