Using the book " The Race Myth: Why We Pretend Race Exists in
America", please define race and ethnicity. According to Graves, what
is ?the race myth?? How is this myth perpetuated? How have we seen
this myth played out and perpetuated in various readings this
semester? How is ethnicity constructed in the United States? How does
one?s race or ethnicity impact his or her experience in American
culture? Why are race and ethnicity such ?hot button? issues for many
Americans? What in our history has influenced our views of race and
ethnicity? How are the repercussions of those historic events and
forces still being felt and played out today?