Please post your paper in two places:
1) In the dropbox designated for this assignment. AND
2) The discussion forum for the whole class to see it.
The idea is that not only will I grade these papers, they will also serve as the source of your first feedback paper. Detailed expectations of that feedback paper will be made available separately.
For this Reaction Paper you need to write a 1200-1400 word paper that relates to the topic of ethnic identity. The readings (and related presentations) that are particularly relevant to this topic are:
Bonilla-Silva’s “Rethinking Racism”
The presentations on Ethnic Identity, Mary Waters, and the video “Race the Power of an Illusion: The Stories We Tell”
Dalmage, Heather. “Discovering Racial Borders” Available on ICollege.
Lee, Jennifer and Frank Bean. The Diversity Paradox: Immigration and the Color Line in Twenty-First Century America. Russell Sage Foundation Publications.
In this paper you should address the following questions related to yourself, and potentially discuss others that reflect your lived experience as related to the issues of ethnic identity and the boundaries between racial/ethnic groups:
How do you identify racially/ethnically? To what degree to you see this identity as authentic vs. symbolic? Have you ever felt that someone else (or some social structural force) has imposed a different ethnic identity upon you? Have you ever felt discriminated against due to your racial/ethnic identity/status? If so, in what way? In what ways do you act to reinforce or challenge the existing boundaries between racial/ethnic groups?
The best papers will critically engage the relevant ideas presented on this topic. While relating to these questions on a personal level is encouraged, I also want to see you weave in a discussion of the readings that reflects your close reading of the assigned material and thoughtful reflection of the ideas presented in class.
1) In the dropbox designated for this assignment. AND
2) The discussion forum for the whole class to see it.
The idea is that not only will I grade these papers, they will also serve as the source of your first feedback paper. Detailed expectations of that feedback paper will be made available separately.
For this Reaction Paper you need to write a 1200-1400 word paper that relates to the topic of ethnic identity. The readings (and related presentations) that are particularly relevant to this topic are:
Bonilla-Silva’s “Rethinking Racism”
The presentations on Ethnic Identity, Mary Waters, and the video “Race the Power of an Illusion: The Stories We Tell”
Dalmage, Heather. “Discovering Racial Borders” Available on ICollege.
Lee, Jennifer and Frank Bean. The Diversity Paradox: Immigration and the Color Line in Twenty-First Century America. Russell Sage Foundation Publications.
In this paper you should address the following questions related to yourself, and potentially discuss others that reflect your lived experience as related to the issues of ethnic identity and the boundaries between racial/ethnic groups:
How do you identify racially/ethnically? To what degree to you see this identity as authentic vs. symbolic? Have you ever felt that someone else (or some social structural force) has imposed a different ethnic identity upon you? Have you ever felt discriminated against due to your racial/ethnic identity/status? If so, in what way? In what ways do you act to reinforce or challenge the existing boundaries between racial/ethnic groups?
The best papers will critically engage the relevant ideas presented on this topic. While relating to these questions on a personal level is encouraged, I also want to see you weave in a discussion of the readings that reflects your close reading of the assigned material and thoughtful reflection of the ideas presented in class.
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