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COMM 330 CSUSM David Livingstone Smith Less than Human Book Analysis Discussion
Write a paper on the book “Less than Human” : Why we demean, enslave, and exterminate others by David Livingstone Smith.
Use the questions below to form your response.
1) Define what racism is? How/why does it emerge? Use at least 3 quotes from text.
2) What is it about the human mind that enables us to conceive of people as less than human?
– What is second order thinking? Provide one example of you have used this kind of thinking.
– How do you think dehumanization was part of the caging of brown refugee children at our border? Be clear and specific. Use at least 2 quotes from the text to support your position.
3) What can be done about dehumanization? What do you plan to do/not do and why?
4) Is the process of dehumanizing others a universal condition or is ti culturally or historical specific? Stated differently, are all hardwired biologically to dehumanize people? Or is it just a politically or culturally acquired?
5) Select a chapter from the text that you reacted most strongly too. Please provide a summary of that chapter and its main points.
6) In class, we have discussed racism as “a community of “good” and “ordinary” people in collective denial.” What does that statement mean to you? Use one example from the class (films, lecturer, On the Media, readings) to support your answer.
5) What are the 3 most important personal take-aways from the section of the class dealing with racism?
– Be specific
