Category: Cultural studies

Advocacy is an action that you take to support and change an issue that is impacting a group or population. In human services, advocacy is an important part of what we do. As a human service worker, you will assist individuals and communities in meeting their needs and function as effectively as possible. We advocate for our clients, for the needs of populations, and for our profession. For your final assignment, you will choose one cultural group (e.g., a specific racial,ethnic, spirituality, generational, disability, LGBTQIA+, socioeconomic group) different from the one you belong to and develop an advocacy project. Your final paper will have three parts: an introduction that examines the background of your chosen cultural group, your advocacy project that provide details of an advocacy effort for your chosen cultural group, and a reflection on what you have learned from completing this project.
Prior to beginning work on this assignment,
Read Chapter 1, Advocacy’s Place Within Social Work Practice, within Advocacy and Social Work PracticeLinks to an external site..
Read The Importance of Advocacy and Advocacy Competencies in the Human Service Professions https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1033&context=chs_pubs
Research your chosen cultural group. This includes the following:
Finding information about pertinent historical, political, social, economic, and cultural factors related to your chosen cultural group;
Finding an area for which you can create an advocacy project;
Finding facts, statistics, and stories that show the need for your advocacy project;
Identifying people and organizations that can aid in your advocacy project;
Identifying ethical codes and considerations; and
Finding a law pertaining to your chosen cultural group.
Consider downloading and using the Week 5: Advocacy and Social Justice Project Download Week 5: Advocacy and Social Justice Projecttemplate to complete your assignment.
In your paper,
Part 1: Introduction
Identify a cultural group that is different from one to which you belong.
Summarize the pertinent historical, political, social, economic, and cultural factors related to your chosen cultural group.
Identify at least one relevant law that has impacted your chosen cultural group, either in a positive or negative way.
Part 2: Advocacy Project
Create an advocacy project for your chosen cultural group or population, which includes the following:
Identify what area you want to advocate for with respect to the cultural group you have identified.
Analyze why this area is important for advocacy; include facts, statistics, and stories that show the need for this work.
Create your action plan for advocacy (i.e., what you could do). Be sure to include at least two goals, at least three steps you will take to accomplish the goals, and organizations and people that could help you meet the goal.
Explain how your plan for advocacy will improve the area you identified.
Identify any ethical considerations you need to understand when taking on your advocacy project (use an appropriate code of ethics).
Part 3: Reflection
Discuss at least two insights you have gained from doing this project.
The Advocacy and Social Justice Project final paper
Must be eight to 10 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of page in bold font
Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
Student’s name
Name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Due date
Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. and Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources.
Must use at least six credible sources in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view Quick and Easy Library ResearchLinks to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site. guide.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.
Carefully review the Grading RubricLinks to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

This assignment is designed to allow you to demonstrate your understanding of stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination by citing examples, exploring the causes, and addressing the challenges people face because of stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination.
Acts of prejudice, discrimination, and stereotyping must be identified and eliminated in all areas of society and especially in the workplace. These attitudes and actions affect employee working relationships and team dynamics. Prejudice, discrimination, and stereotypes can affect hiring practices, employee reviews, and task assignments. In this assignment, you also discuss ways to eliminate or diminish the presence of these issues in the United States.
Imagine you work in middle management at a medium-sized furniture manufacturing facility. You have been asked to contribute to developing your company’s new diversity training. You are assigned to prepare the section on stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination.
Create a 5- to 10-slide presentation, with speaker notes, that includes the following:
Definitions of the following terms:
Stereotypes
Prejudice
Discrimination
At least 1 example each of stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination
Causes of stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination
Challenges that people face because of stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination
Ways that stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination can be eliminated
4 images that enhance/fit to topic of the slide
Review prior to submitting to be sure all requirements are met.

In our first week of class, we have been learning about how society shapes our lives as individuals. As a healthcare professional, understanding these connections is important because society can greatly affect our health. For this assignment, choose one major health issue that is common in the U.S. and reflect on how society has an impact on your chosen health issue. In a 1-page reflection, address the following: Identify the health issue you are choosing for this assignment. Explain how an understanding of society and its influence on individuals helps us understand this health issue. Be sure to integrate one or more course concepts. Please note that for this assignment, sources are not required to ensure focus on your critical thinking and reflection skills. Requirements (APA Format)
Length: 1 page 1-inch margins Double spaced 12-point Times New Roman font Page number in the upper right of all pages Title page not required Acceptable file type: .doc, .docx, or PDF

Chinese Tradition Class:
Please make a power point and presentation about Confucianism on Women (6 minutes). 5-7 slides not included introduction name page.
Find research article(s) and/or book/chapters about this topic “Confucianism on Women” for the presentation.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
What are the differences between stereotypes and prejudices? What common stereotypes exist in society? What prejudices are behind the stereotypes?
What are ways you believe prejudice and discrimination can be reduced or eliminated?

Read the book The Late Homecomer. Write a 3-5 page, double spaced reaction/ reflection paper. Start writing before you read the book and tell me what you currently know about the Hmong people.  As you read, jot down your feelings. Use feeling words to describe how you felt as you read the book. What expectations did you have entering the situation? At the end summarize the feelings you had throughout the experience and reflect on what you knew before you started reading. Share with me what you were the most or least surprised by. Also, why do you think it is important for a student in introduction to Diversity Studies class to read this type of book. 

Choose one element of traditional or popular Japanese culture and write an essay on its origins in Japan and how it influenced society and culture in the United States. How did Americans come to know about it? How was it transmitted to an American audience? What was its appeal? 
Essay uses thoughtful analysis, evidence, and clear organization to show how the topic developed in Japan and influenced the United States

For the final project, students will interview at least one individual affiliated with one of the Asian American ethnic groups covered this semester.  Interviews must be conducted by the student and may be recorded via video or audio (for your own notes/transcription purposes only – you are NOT required to submit video or audio recordings). The final project submission will be a 500-750-word paper (approx. 2-3 pages, double-spaced). Papers should include information and direct quotes attributed to the interviewee and may also contain photos (photos not required; if included, please be sure to get the permission of your subject/s).  
The purpose of this interview assignment is to hear directly from an Asian American individual and to apply what you’ve learned about Asian American communities to their present-day experiences.  The main thing that I’m looking for is to see that you understand and are able to place an individual’s experiences and perspectives into the context of however they choose to define their “Asian American experience” (one thing that I hope you have learned through this course is that there is no singular Asian American “experience”). 
You may choose to interview subjects related to your midterm project, but this connection is not required for the final. 
You may want to use your phone or some kind of recording device to record your interview for clarity and reference (this is for your purposes only; DO NOT submit any audio or video recordings as part of your final). 
You will write a 2-3-page paper incorporating your interview data. Compare and contrast the experiences of your interviewee with the empirical material and theoretical concepts discussed in lectures, videos, and in the readings.  
In addition to your final paper, you may include any archival materials the interviewee provides (photographs, brochures, documents, artifacts, etc.). Any materials submitted should be duplicate copies (NOT originals), since they will not be returned to you. 
Your paper should demonstrate your ability to “put it all together” and show how you have absorbed what you’ve learned through this course and that you are able to apply your learnings to critically analyze current/recent events impacting Asian American communities.
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SUGGESTED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS 
Your specific questions will be largely determined by whom you are interviewing, so please use these suggested questions as a starting point to help guide the overall direction of your interview for the purposes of this assignment.  Feel free to add or follow up with your own questions. 
Immigration History
Which Asian American ethnic community/ies do you most identify with?   
What generation American are you (first generation is the person who immigrated, second generation is someone who was born to immigrant parents, third gen is someone born to second gen parents, etc.)?   
(If not first generation) When did the first person in your family  immigrate to the U.S.?  Where specifically did they first live?  What brought them here? 
How did your family come to live in the Central Valley (or wherever they reside)?
Family Experience  (Consider what you learned about their specific ethnic group and compare/contrast their family’s experience with what you learned) 
What type of work do you/your parents/family do? 
Describe your family’s  experience adjusting  to life in the U.S. 
Do you/your family regularly associate with others in your same culture?   
Have you/your family tried to maintain or pass on any cultural values and/or traditions?  Why or why not? 
Personal Experience (Consider what you learned about their specific ethnic group and compare/contrast their personal  experience with what you learned) 
In what ways  do you identify as a (insert Asian ethnicity) American?  Describe a few of the positive and negative aspects of identifying as a (insert ethnicity) American? 
Describe a specific challenge or difficulty you’ve faced as an (insert ethnicity) American. 
Describe something about being an (insert ethnicity) that makes you happy or proud. 
PLEASE keep in mind that it is the prerogative of the interviewee to consent to be recorded, so you MUST ask for their permission before recording your interview.  It is NOT required to record the interview; if you do, please note that the recording is purely for your own benefit/use as you put together your paper — you are NOT to submit the full recording footage as part of your final project.
Remember that your interviewees may be professionals who operate in a workplace and talking to you is not part of their job if you are calling during their regular work hours.  Therefore, please be respectful of their time and call and/or email to introduce yourself, the reason you’re requesting to speak to them, and ask them politely if they could spare just 5-10 minutes to talk to you.  Let them know if you plan to do any audio or video recording and get their permission to do so ahead of time, so that you do not put them on the spot on the day of your interview.
LASTLY, please remember that your request for an interview may not always be granted, especially if you are asking as a last-minute request.

Simone de Beauvoir argued in her book The Second Sex that historically Men have been written as the
default and Women as the Other, “Thus humanity is male, and man defines woman not herself but as
relative to him.” While observing Takaki’s division of chapters in his book, male migration is defined by
their group: African, Native, Asian, Jewish, Irish. Meanwhile, when women appear, it is usually as a subgroup within the chapter: Chinese-Women, Japanese-Women, Jewish-Women, Italian-Women, IrishWomen, Mexican-Women, etc.… In addition, while Gupta and Takaki shows us that women in most
instances where the most active members in strikes within racialized groups, and often the first ones to
cross racial barriers between groups, women only conquered the right to vote with the 19th Amendment
in 1920, 50 years after vote restrictions based on race were declared unconstitutional with the 15th
Amendment in 1870. Explain the role of women in the different racialized populations coming to the USA
and discuss the political role of feminism and its impact for diversity in the United States.  

There are 5 different prompts to choose from ever you feel most comfortable doing that’s the one that I will go with. Sources do have to be cited but there is not a set amount. 
1. Compare female figures or feminized figures (or, arguably, figures that occupy marginal “feminized” positions, such as Victor’s monster) in some of the zombie texts we have covered—Frankenstein, Tell My Horse, White Zombie, I Am Legend, 28 Days Later, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, The Road, The Walking Dead, Get Out, The Last of Us. Do female figures in zombie texts—including female zombies–demand certain kinds of accountability from male figures in zombie texts? Do they signal kinds of exploitation or potential exploitation? Do they demand justice, or signal other kinds of values? Pick three or four examples to discuss (or more if you like). Feel free to bring in video games as well with a lot of narrative content, such as The Last of Us and/or The Last of Us 2 (or the HBO show based on these).Discuss at least one written text.
2.What are the limits of human obligation to “Others” in the texts we have read? “Others” can be other humans, the poor, victims of violence, voodoo zombies, vampires (I Am Legend), the living dead, disabled people, queer and trans people, women, Cordyceps runners, clickers, or bloaters (The Last of Us), etc. Are zombies in these texts still part of the human family?  What do we owe the living, or the dead? Pick three or four texts (or more) and talk about this issue. You might consider The Magic Island, or I Am Legend, or Dawn of the Dead, or I Am Legend (the book), or Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, The Last of Us, or the TV series The Walking Dead,The Road, or Get Out!. Remember to also talk about at least three other texts from class. Discuss at least one written text.
3. Does The Walking Dead TV show or The Last of Us (TV show or game) feel like a part of the zombie tradition? Does Get Out!? How do any of them resemble I Am Legend, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later,World War Z, or The Road? What values are earlier zombie texts concerned with? What do those later TV and/or game texts have in common with the earlier tradition, if anything?  
4. Thinking about Stuart Hall, what values or cultural fears would you say are being fought out in your favorite zombie texts? You should use at least three or four (or more) texts we have talked about in class, such as The Magic Island, Tell My Horse, White Zombie, I Am Legend, 28 Days Later, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, The Walking Dead, Get Out!, The Road–but you can also bring in others, including video games with some narrative content such as The Last of Us and The Last of Us 2, or the spinoff HBO show. Don’t forget to consider representations of disability and intersectionality in your discussions!
5. Write a new and updated Zombie Survival Guide, with an eye to helping a wider group of people to survive than the typical guy Max Brooks imagines in his 2003 guide. You can focus on one group in particular left out of Brooks’s imagined community–parents and caretakers of small children or elderly relatives, pet owners, people living in areas without ready access to transportation or supplies, people with disabilities, women and/or people of color and/or LGBTQ folks who may feel especially vulnerable in a dystopian environment–or aim your guide towards several groups at once. Your guide can include illustrations, but should be long enough to feel like the beginning of its own book, or a real insert that could be added to the original in the event of an apocalypse. (5+ pages)