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RACE: The Power of an Illusion is the most widely taught documentary in the United States. The filmakers and collaborators have created a series of lesson plans and collated other materials to guide discussion and engagement in the classroom.
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Racial Preferences for Whites: The Houses That Racism Built
by Larry Adelman
Executive Producer Larry Adelman of the Race Series compares two families - one white, one black - to show how the playing field has been tilted to give whites an advantage over other groups.
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The Hispanic Color Divide
by John Moreno Gonzales
A look at a study that finds black Latinos have higher levels of education, but experience higher rates of poverty, unemployment, and lower household incomes than non-black Latinos.
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Are certain races athletically superior? How much genetic diversity is there among humans?
Joseph Graves, Jr. is a profess of evolutionary biology at Embry-Riddle University, and author of The Emperor's New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race at the Millennium.
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Comparing Chimp mtDNA to Learn about Races
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The Genetics and Evolution of Skin Color: The Case of Desiree's Baby
This lesson plan explores the genetics and evolution of skin color, using a short story by Kate Chopin called "Desiree's Baby" as a starting point.
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The Growth of the Suburbs and the Racial Wealth Gap
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Jamestown: Planting the Seeds of Tobacco and the Ideology of Race
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Just an Environment or a Just Environment? Racial Segregation and Its Impacts
Explores the multiple causes of racial segregation and environmental racism to help students understand the perpetuation of institutional racism in the post-Civil Rights era.
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Comparing mtDNA Sequences to Learn about Human Variation
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