Imagine you encounter a hypothetical “Jack and Jill.”  Choose two of the four frames of colorblind racism (abstract liberalism, naturalization, minimization, or cultural racism) and assign one frame to Jack and one to Jill.

Write a hypothetical conversation where Jack and Jill are making racist statements in these two frames, and you are the “hero” character who will enter the scene and practice bystander anti-racism.  What will you say to each of them?

Take great care to use your own words, while, at the same time, incorporate new knowledge you did not have before this class and these readings.

Apply appropriate paragraph breaks and punctuation in your response as well as source citations.

2. You have just met two white people, “Wanda” and “Wilma.”  According to this week’s reading definitions, one is a “friend” and one is an “ally.”

How will you tell the difference?  Describe specific behaviors that each engages in to reveal which one is which.

Apply appropriate paragraph breaks and punctuation in your response as well as source citations.

3. Imagine you have just moved to a town where there are some major racial disparities, especially with respect to racial segregation of neighborhoods and environmental quality in the different neighborhoods (e.g., better water and air in white neighborhoods; toxic air/water in others).

Top governmental officials made decisions to save money but are “not racist” and did not claim to know racial background of neighborhoods when planning.

What are three concrete actions you would take as a private citizen, but also in working with others, to create racially progressive change?  Use the course readings and materials as a guide.

Apply appropriate paragraph breaks and punctuation in your response as well as source citations.