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What Race are You?
Marc Aronson
http://marcaronson.com
You Can’t Say “Human Race”
Are You Black Like Lena? (that is Alice Playing Lena in the second
photo)
Are You White Like George?
Are You Asian Like Hines Ward?
What Ethnicity are You?
Are You Italian Like This Farmer?
Are You Chinese Like This Muslim Farmer?
Are You Danish Like This Jewish Soccer Player?
Are You Peruvian Like This Japanese Chef?
Are You Jamaican Like This Violinist?
Are You Kenyan Like This Violinist?
Are You Scottish Like This Violinist?
Are You Mexican?
Let Me Be Specific:
“What Is Your Ethnic Group?”
• This is a real question from one country’s national census form.
“To What Ethnic Group Do You Belong?
• This is a real question from another nation’s census.
Is There a Difference Between “are” and “belong”?
Can You Choose Your Race?
Can You Pick What You Call Yourself?
Can You Choose Your Ethnicity?
New Questions
• What Race or Races Do You Consider Yourself?
• What Ethnicities or Cultures Shaped You?
• What Ethnicities, Cultures, or Religions Shaped Your Parents?
• Are You Shaped By Your Parents’ Ethnicities, Cultures, Religions, or Race(s)?
What Race are You?
• You can’t say “human race.”
Race in Second Life
Race across the curriculum
http://marcaronson.com/teachers_guides/
What Race are You?
Marc Aronson
http://marcaronson.com
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