1. Reading Notes which has to be bullet points and three to four sentence long 2. Reflective reading, which has to be 400-500 words please answer one the questions Blog Prompts Select one question/prompt from the following: Explain how developments in technology shape social inequality. What sort of resources at different stages of development can enhance opportunities for minority groups? What is a minority group? Cite and explain the defining characteristics, paying special attention to patterns of inequality and disadvantage and visible characteristics. By this definition, are women a minority group? Why or why not? How about left-handed people? Americans with disabilities? LGBTQ Americans? Could these groups be defined as minority groups? Justify your answer. Compare and contrast each of the three types of pluralism cited in the text: cultural, structural, and integration without acculturation. Why do you think a minority group might choose one form of pluralism over another? Discuss one of the limitations of diversity discourse that Bell and Hartmann identified. How persuasive is the argument you identified given your own understanding and experience of diversity? Is it possible to live a colorblind life? That is, a life in which you are void of any and all racist ideas? Is this something that we should aspire for? you can use outside work, image Instructions Attached Files: File READING NOTES TEMPLATE.docx (12.271 KB) Using the Microsoft Word template provided, answer the following, and submit using the link: 1. Using your own words, explain the following concepts: Minority group Dominant group Ideological racism Institutional Discrimination Cognitive prejudice Affective prejudice Assimilation Americanization/Anglo-conformity Pluralism Chains of migration Symbolic ethnicity Color-blind racism 2. Describe 2 or more KEY IDEAS from EACH of the readings (for a total of 6 or more). 3. Identify 2 or more IDEAS, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS that arise from EACH of the readings (for a total of 6 or more). Readings Attached Files: File Bell & Hartmann – Diversity in Everyday Discourse.pdf (236.778 KB) File Embrick – Thinking Diversity, Rethinking Diversity.pdf (82.073 KB) 1. Healy and Stepnick, “Diversity and Society” Chapter 1, “Diversity in the United States: Questions and Concepts” Chapter 2, “Assimilation and Pluralism: From Immigrants to White Ethnics 2. Embrick, Thinking Diversity, Rethinking Diversity 3. Bell and Hartmann, Diversity in Everyday Discourse: The Cultural Ambiguities and Consequences of Happy Talk Item Module Activities Complete the following activities: Read: All content in Module 2 Reading Notes
