This week you have read about the racism machine.  In two pages Tackle one of the questions posed in the Chapter prefaces. Include your own insights and reflect on whether you agree or disagree with Gaffney's theses. 

1. What does it mean to say that race is a social construct?
2. Why was the Racism Machine built? When? Where? How? By whom?
3. How did the founding of the US strengthen the Racism Machine?
4. Why didn’t the civil rights movement permanently dismantle the Racism Machine? How is the Racism Machine different today than it was before the civil rights movement?