Class Discussion

- What does it mean to be an American?

- What is race? Is it important? Should it be important?

- Is there still racism today?

- Do they worry about immigration?

- What is their impression of the urban cities?

- What is their impression of the suburbs?

Discussion on the importance of studying racial/ethnic history.

- Why is it important to study America's racial and ethnic history? What do we gain by it?

- What is history? What does it do? Is it important?

- Should it be used to make people psychologically feel better?

- Lincoln and Vietnam Memorials: examples of public memory.