Post the following numbered responses below, based on what you read in the “Unraveling Race” article:

1. In a few sentences, summarize Thomas Chatterton Williams’s central argument related to racial identity categories. In other words, what change does he want to make?
2. What do you think is the strongest argument for Williams’s proposal? In other words, what’s a point in support of Williams’s proposal that you think is particularly strong? This can be a point of support expressed in the article, but it does not need to come from the article.
3. What do you think is the strongest case against Williams’s proposal? This can be a point of opposition expressed in the article, but it does not need to come from the article.
4. Explain how race is both marked through America’s racial taxonomy and made through practices.
5. Describe how identities (i.e. religious, gender, ethnic, racial, class, sexual orientation, disability, and/or age) are shaped by cultural and societal influences within contexts of equality and inequality.
6. Describe historical, social, political, and economic processes producing diversity, equality, and structured inequalities in the U.S.