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Shortly after meeting with many of you and your parents Wednesday afternoon, I planned to join the social studies department for some dinner at our local Thai restaurant - unfortunately - I never made it.  Instead, I took what should have been a minor stumble on the second to last step on the concrete stairs leading down from the patio towards the bleachers, and turned it into a distal fibular fracture. That's right, I broke my leg.  Fortunately Leah and her mother Leeza witnessed the event and Leeza graciously offered to take me to the Good Samaritan Emergency Room.  I'll be headed back to Good Samaritan on Tuesday for surgery to align the bones which means I'll be missing class.  Matt Plies will be your substitute while I am out and is quite familiar with the Hmong.  Please check the blog for assignments or clarification.

To prepare for the socratic seminar:  religion, shamanism, medicine, placebos - please read and annotate the source packet found HERE

Think about possibilities for your initial fieldwork observation, the official write-up of this report is due September 21.

From the Eriksen article excerpt on "culture" and from our investigation of "race" what are some rules or guidelines you would suggest as students of anthropology in the use of those terms?

To prepare for our Friday seminar on race: please do the following

1.  Complete your passage/response journal from Race, the Power of Illusion, part I

2.  Complete the additional readings, adding to your passage/response journal
     answers to the following questions

a.  What in the McIntosh article, do you find the most shocking, maddening, thought provoking, and why?

b.  How does Tatum define racism; what does she arguing, in your own words? In this definition, what is the difference between racism and prejudice?

c.   What are three questions this article raises for you (issues of clarification, expansion, application)?

China film critique assignment and links to film resources:  final film 5/26, 5/28 work day in lab, paper/project due 6/1

China Blue  information and links    Micha X. Peled.  Teddy Bear Films, 2005. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/chinablue/film.html
http://teddybearfilms.com/2011/09/01/china-blue/