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Assignment 3: Race/Ethnicity and reaction to doll video


 * 1) In your blog**, please write about your race and or ethnicity briefly. For example, how would you answer question 8 and question 9 on the census short form attached below? Where were you born, where were your parents born and where were your grandparents born, if you know.

2) Is your race/ethnicity important to you or not something you think about and WHY or WHY NOT. . 3) What crossed your mind when you filled out the Census questionnaire? Are you of mixed race?

Now, listen to this radio story from National Public Radio. [|Story about race]

4) Next, give me your reaction to the video posted below

5) What struck you most about the video?

6) Why - SOCIOLOGICALLY - do you think the children choose the dolls that they do. HINT what larger social factors influence the children's doll choice.

Below is the link to the doll test video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0BxFRu_SOw