Monday, June 11, 2018

The Historical Construction of Whiteness and Jews in US History

Here is a historical study of race from UCLA anthropologist, Karen Brodkin, called How the Jews Became White.

When and Why did Americans start racializing Jews and other Europeans?  What did they do before that?


What social, economic and political policies racialized European immigrants and how did these policies affect them?


What is the author's claim about how Jews became white?

What are the other ways that institutional constructions both created race and racism?