Race in America

TOPIC —-RACE IN AMERICA

READINGS:

a)Thomas Gossett—Race: History of an Idea in America (Attached).

b)Michelle Alexander—The New Jim Crow (Attached).

c)Khalid Muhammad—-The Condemnation of Blackness (Attached).

d)Leon Litwack—America’s Shameful Pastime (Attached).

Assignment: minimum 5 page essay: Referring exclusively to the assertions and ideas in the texts by Thomas Gossett, Michelle Alexander, Khalid Muhammad, and Leon Litwack, explain how African American identity is racially constructed and defined in America from the 19th century to the 21st century.

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