Race Its Meaning

Race – Its Meaning....

Go to http://www.pbs.org/race/002_SortingPeople/002_01-sort.htm and take the quiz.

How many did you get correct? Why do you think you did so well or so poorly?

State something new you learned about race through completing this quiz,

Go to http://www.understandingrace.com/lived/global_census.html and complete the “Global Census.” State what you learned about how other nations handle the issue of race through completing this activity.

Go to http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/krisj/fall02/syg2430/1127_racenotes.html What does it mean that race is a “social construct”?

What have celebrities such as Mariah Carey and Tiger Woods done to affect how we look at race?

State what you think the ethnic background of the following celebrities are:

Halle Berry –

Jessica Alba –

Benjamin Bratt –

Mariah Carey –

Tiger Woods –

Christina Aguilera –

Vin Diesel –

Complete the chart for three celebrities of your choice on the back by using a Yahoo or Google Search and typing in the celebrity’s name and the words ethnic background. (For example – “Halle Berry and Ethnic Background”). (Try http://ethnicelebs.com/ ) 1) What are some of the difficulties of classifying people of mixed ethnic background? What are some of the advantages?

2) Did anything you find surprise you? Explain why or why not.....

Celebrity Ethnic/Racial How the Celebrity Reasons the Celebrity Background Prefers to Be Gave the Preference Classified Halle Berry

Jessica Alba

Bruno Mars

Mariah Carey

Tiger Woods

Christina Aguilera

Vin Diesel

Demi Levato

Naomi Campbell

Johnny Damon

The Rock (Duane Johnson)

Paula Patton