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My Class is an online repository of what transpired in each session for the most recent version of this course. It contains the most recent slides used, the most recent audio feed, and any notes that may exist. It does NOT contain movie lectures (but, in the future, will link to them). This is useful for students who need only to view some slides, see what was taught on a particular day, print a discreet slide (not all of them), check class announcements, look for notes or links, or hear only a quick segment of a recent lecture. For more comprehensive treatment of course material, one should go to Lecture Movies. Also, please note that this resource is particularly useful when new lecture content has been given and is not yet turned into a "lecture movie." If new material has been presented to your class and is not yet added to the "movie lecture" collection, this is your only place to get it.
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Lecture 01: Course Introduction
Introduces the professor and the course subject matter, and provides helpful advice on how to succeed. Covers a little bit of my teaching philosophy and approach to the subject matter. This course is unique and is interested in many different perspectives.
Sean Wilson
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Lecture 02: The Nature of Caste
Defines and introduces students to the idea social castigation. It also looks at two common forms of caste: rank-order (aristocracy) and clan-driven (e.g., Rome).
Sean Wilson
in Lecture 02
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Lecture 03: The Ideals of the American Revolution
Covers the ideals of the American Revolution as they were manefested in important documents and rhetoric of the time. Revolutionary ideals are understood as radical enlightenment thinking, particularly John Locke. Then, the great contradiction emerges: liberty from slaveholders? How does this work?
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Lecture 04: The History of Slavery in America
Covers the history of slavery in America, with pariticular emphasis upon economic models and labor relationships in the colonies. Also examines the slave trade and statistics.
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in Lecture 04
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Lecture 05: Slavery and the Constitution
Covers colonial-period attitudes about race and slavery, and the eventual compromises in the United States Constitution. Also begins to examine the views of key framers, such as Hamilton and Franklin. (More covered next time).
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in Lecture 05
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Lecture 06: The Framers and Race
Continues the story of elite framers and race. Covering John and Abagail Adams, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Particular attention is paid to the differences between Washington and Jefferson, who grew up in the same high Virginia plantation-owning society.
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Lecture 07: Slavery in the 1800s, Andrew Jackson & Dred Scot
Covers race and slavery through the 1800s into Jacksonian America and on to Dred Scott. The Dred Scot case is examined in some detail.
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Lecture 08: From the Civil War Through Cruikshank
Synopsis: Covers the events in the 1850s that lead up to the Civil War. Covers the new amendments and discusses their significance. Covers Reconstruction and its end, the first Civil Rights Act and Cruikshank.
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in Lecture 8
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Lecture 09: Plessy, NAACP, Social Transformation, and Racism as a Theory of Cognition or Neuroscience
Very important lecture. Tells the story of Plessy. Then, it tells the story of social transformation in the 1900s in America. Along the way, it describes the concept of "social distance" and relates this to a cognitive theory of racism whereby "fright mechanisms" operate within a person's neurology to produce the feeling of prejudice. The concept is explained within a Foderian framework. Lastly, the formation of the NAACP and its litigation strategy against Plessy is introduced. (Finish that tomorrow).
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Lecture 10: Brown v. Board of Education and the Southern Resistance -- Was Brown a Failure?
This class was taught on Friday before the Superbowl. It considers the case of Brown v. Board of Education and Brown II, and looks at the southern resistance. It also asks the question of whether Brown was a failure (the Gerald Rosenberg argument).
Sean Wilson
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Lecture 11: The Civil Rights Movement and the Civil Rights Act
Examines the Civil Rights struggle in the 1960s and the resulting Civil Rights Law. Particular attention is paid to how the law came to be -- the activists and the Congressional vote -- and what the law actually does. Students are introduced to the discrimination lawsuit and how it is structured
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Lecture 12: Policy Analysis (How Civil Rights Change Happened), the Legacy of Dr. King and Considering Affirmative Action
Finishes the story of what discrimination laws do and places the change that occured in the 1900s into analytical perspective. A policy analytical and conceptual framework is given to explain the change. Finally, Dr. King's legacy is placed within a broader context of the American ideal. Finally, we consider what it means to be "qualified" fora job and then consider the arguments surrounding affirmative action
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Lecture 13: Bakke and Cosby
Finishes the topic of affirmative action by covering the Bakke case. Also considers the controversial remarks by Bill Cosby, and ends the "tough love" message with promising findings regarding brain science and the plasticity model of intelligence.
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Lecture 14: Is Gender Special or Irrelevant?
This lecture begins gender. We start with a class discussion re: whether gender is special or irrelevant? From that, a foundation is laid for understanding gender as a patriarchal caste rather than a caste defined by intense psychological (social) distance.[NOTE TO STUDENT AND THE PEOPLE USING THE ATTRIBUTOR CORPORATION SERVICE TO SEARCH THIS SITE: I don't have the audio up yet. I'm behind]
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Lecture 15: Patriarchy and Suffrage
This lecture the general state of patriarchy in marriage and in cultural life in America in the 1800s, where women were thought to have their own sphere of life, separate from men. We also start suffrage. [NOTE TO STUDENT AND THE PEOPLE USING THE ATTRIBUTOR CORPORATION SERVICE TO SEARCH THIS SITE: I don't have the audio up yet. I'm behind]
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Lecture 16: From Suffrage to the Shedding of Patriarchy -- The Feminist Movement
This lecture covers the rest of the suffrage movement and the movement that gains momentum in the 50s and 60s to shed essentialism. [NOTE TO STUDENT AND THE PEOPLE USING THE ATTRIBUTOR CORPORATION SERVICE TO SEARCH THIS SITE: I don't have the audio up yet. I'm behind]
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Lecture 17: Are There Limits to Gender Equity?
This lecture finishes with a discussion about whether there are limitations to gender equity. Are there areas where the advancement of equity becomes unfair? Where is this limit? [NOTE TO STUDENT AND THE PEOPLE USING THE ATTRIBUTOR CORPORATION SERVICE TO SEARCH THIS SITE: I don't have the audio up yet. I'm behind]
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Lecture 18: The Struggle of Immigrants and the Story of Korematsu
This lecture considers the struggles of Asian immigrants, focusing particularly on the Japanese "Internment." The lessons are applicable to any immigration, however -- and at the end, we consider the idea of whether or to what degree America can be thought of as a "melting pot."[NOTE TO STUDENT AND THE PEOPLE USING THE ATTRIBUTOR CORPORATION SERVICE TO SEARCH THIS SITE: I don't have the audio up yet. I'm behind]
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Lecture 19: Sexual Orientation, Science and Politics
This lecture begins with a discussion about how the struggle for gay rights is similar to or different from to the other struggles we've considered. It also looks at the scientific evidence and asks what relevance this information has. [NOTE TO STUDENT AND THE PEOPLE USING THE ATTRIBUTOR CORPORATION SERVICE TO SEARCH THIS SITE: I don't have the audio up yet. I'm behind]
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Lecture 20: The Struggle for Gay Rights and the Court's Sodomy Decisions
This lecture continues the previous one. We talk about the struggle of gay rights and look at the Court's sodomy decisions. Note: audio not ready yet.
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