1. How do the concepts of “biracial” and “multiracial” relate to W.E.B. Du Bois’s notion of a “color line”?
2. How diverse is your city?
Can you see evidence that some group is being subordinated?
What social construction of categories do you see that may be different in your community as compared to elsewhere?
3. Select a racial or ethnic group and apply the Spectrum of Intergroup Relations.
Can you provide an example today or in the past where each relationship occurs?
4. Identify some protest and resistance efforts by subordinated groups in your area.
Have they been successful?
Even though some people say they favor equality, why are they uncomfortable with such efforts?
How can people unconnected with such efforts either help or hinder such protests?
Citation should be from Racial and Ethnic Groups by Richard T. Schaefer.