ASSIGNMENT
Watch professor Painter’s interview, The Expanding Definition of Whiteness and answer these questions. It is very important that you incorporate evidence from the course material into your post and use citations. Takaki reading attached to discussion instruction.
Takaki, R. (2012). A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America (Revised Edition). eBookit.com. https://online.vitalsource.com/books/9781456611064
• How did upward mobilization, assimilation and education of Irish and Jews expand the definition of ‘white’?
• How has the word “white”, as a description of a people group changed over time?
• What do you think is the future of this word?
