Please use Omi & Winant and His Name is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa to support your points. Be sure to define and use the following terms from Omi & Winant: race, race as a social construction, racial formation, racialization, and racial etiquette. Be sure to use quotes and specific evidence from Omi and Winant and the Floyd biography by Samuels & Olorunnipa to support your points.
Write an introduction with a thesis statement at the end.
Write one paragraph in your own words explaining the idea that race is a social construction, including the concepts of racial formation, racialization, and racial etiquette, with definitions. You can find this information in the lecture on “Racial Formation Theory” and also the article by Omi and Winant, in the Gallagher book. You should include one or two quotes from Omi and Winant to support your point. Make sure to cite the quotes and examples with a complete citation, including the page number.
Then, answer each of the following questions with one paragraph for each one, for a total of 4 paragraphs. Each paragraph should include at least two specific examples from the biography His Name is George Floyd, with references that include the page number.
Consider the chapter “Roots”. How did racialized policies and practices, including the sharecropping system, lack of education, job discrimination, exploitation, and the swindling of the family’s land by whites (choose at least 2) shape the lives of Floyd’s ancestors and the meanings of blackness and whiteness?
How was Floyd’s neighborhood and the Cuney Homes housing project shaped by racialized practices such as redlining, school integration, public housing, white flight, drug policies, policing practices, and lack of investment from the city? (choose at least 2)
How was race constructed in Floyd’s schools, including sports programs? What meanings were attached to this group of black students and student-athletes?
What meanings and assumptions did people in Floyd’s life make about him based on his racialized and gendered presentation of self, personal front, and codes of racial etiquette? Describe what Floyd looked like, including his body type, size, race, gender, and typical clothing choices. Then explain what this meant to people who interacted with Floyd, and explain why. Also include how he would interact with people he had just met, and why he acted this way.
Write a conclusion.
