Week 5

Readings

Wesley Longhofer and Daniel Winchester. 2016. Social Theory re-wired (2nd edition). Pine Forge Press:

  • W.E.B. Du Bois (361-366, ‘The souls of black folk’)
  • Michael Omi and Howard Winant (378-93, ‘Racial formation in the United States’)
  • Frantz Fanon (390-401, ‘Black skin, white masks’)
  • Edward Said (402-417, ‘Orientalism’)

Supplemental (from textbook resources)

Video

  • Reel Bad Arabs (watch a part of this documentary–don’t need to watch the whole film)
  • Bryan Stevenson. 2012. We need to talk about an injustice. Mar 5, TED.
  • Tukufu Zuberi. 2012. Honoring W.E.B. Du Bois. Feb 17, University of Pennsylvania (conference honoring Du Bois’ contributions, life).
  • Not required, but the movie Get Out, directed by Jordan Peele, is a provocative subversion of the horror genre.