Even though biological racism has been debunked do you believe
that biology still plays a role when it comes to explaining race today? Explain your
position fully. Lesson 4, Question 1 Some scholars argue that racism is about power and
privilege and thus non-white people who lack institutional power and privilege cannot be
racist. Other scholars argue that racism is not solely the domain of white people but that
anyone who discriminates against another on the basis of phenotypical or other socially
constructed markers of race is racist. What is your position on whether or not non-white
people can be racist. Explain your position fully.ce
The objective of the midterm take-home assignment is to enable you to apply your knowledge of the course
material to critically assess and expand different debates and arguments related to issues around race and
ethnicity. This component will allow you to demonstrate competence in course concept and theories and in
your ability to assess and analyze arguments related to the application of these concepts and theories. In
addition students will also have the opportunity to strengthen their organizational, analytical and critical thinking
skills.
Instructions
This midterm take-home assignment is based on the following two questions taken from the Lessons
discussion boards
Lesson 1, Question 2
For each question you are required to summarize all the postings (including response posts). Your summary
must highlight the main ideas and arguments raised in the posts. Next you must use the course readings and
other course materials to critically analyze the main ideas and arguments you summarized. Specifically, your
critical analysis must make note of the strengths, weaknesses, and gaps in the arguments and use the course
materials to support your analysis.
Please do not make the mistake of answering the questions. If you do, it will negatively affect your grade on
this assessment.
Each question must be treated separately. Papers must be a minimum of 2000 words and not exceed 2500
words; this excludes the title page and works cited page. Treat each question separately (1000-1250 words per
question). Most of the assignment should be devoted to the analysis. For each question the summary should
be approximately 300-400 words and the analysis 700-800 words. Also if you are making reference to
particular posts you do NOT need to repeat verbatim the post (I can read them on the discussion board) you
just need to refer to