Unit 6 discussion
From A Different Shore
Closing Lecture Remarks
So far in this unit you have learned about key concepts and theories on race and ethnic relations to historical events and current events that affect society through the lens of Asian Americans and their incorporation into American history. We looked at how the categories of race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, gender, sexuality, and citizenship influenced the first period of migration across the Pacific, as well is its parasitical lingerings in the American imaginary.
Understanding the influence and contribution of Asian Americans is key to unlocking a part of U.S. history. The influence of Asian American cultures, largely interpreted through racism, effects our everyday lives and not just the historical past through ideologies of yellow peril, model minority, and Islamophobia. Even so, this does not limit the role and impact of Asian Americans as individuals and as a group who gives back to this nation.
So much of our own circumstances are engrained in social inequalities produced by capitalism. Mode of incorporation explains, for example, how people join new societies without improving their status vis-a-vis inequality. If someone from another country has a better class status due to inequality in their home society, they are likely as immigrants to the U.S. preserve their social status. In the same scenario, someone from another country who is at the bottom of social inequality is likely to be incorporated into the U.S. as an immigrant with low social status. This transfer of social status when someone immigrates is referred to by sociologists as the “mode of incorporation.” Your status in gender, race, class, and sexuality in your home society is likely to remain the same in U.S. society when you first immigrate.
Power and privilege operate in society individually and systemically, through the categories of race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, gender, sexuality, and citizenship. Depending on the nation of origin, social class, educational attainment, gender and sexuality, as well as phenotype (“skin color”), the Asian immigrant experience in the U.S. is diverse and broad; and not as intelligent, submissive or passive, successful, or otherwise perceived by the White Spatial Imagination. Perpetuating the myth of the “Model Minority” is not social science nor objective. Instead, it is a form of xenophobia by the dominant group powerful to enforce strong cultural views toward racialized groups and individuals who are irrationally distrusted or feared.
Now is your opportunity to demonstrate your ability to utilize course concepts and incorporate case studies in producing knowledge through cultural criticism in writing.
Most unit lectures close with this same class discussion format. If you read and closely follow all the instructions for this class discussion, you should be able to do well here on out. I will be leaving you feedback and a grade for this assignment. It is important you review my feedback so you can address any issues in the next assignment.
I look forward to reading each of your posts and comments. Contact me ahead of time if you need an extension. I accept late posts but not late comments or self-reflections. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions, doubts, or need additional assistance.
Saludos,
Overview and Criteria
Post by Thursday, Reply by Saturday
The three (3) steps to complete this assignment are explained below in more detail, but here they are in a nutshell:
Answer at least 2 question(s) or prompts.
Incorporate at least 2 course concepts in your discussion.
Leave 2 substantive/expansive comments.
There are two (2) dimensions that add up to the total points possible from this assignment.
Possible 25 Points = Your Post (Due Thursday)
Possible 10 Points = 2+ Comments (Due Saturday)
You’ll be graded on your ability to utilize course concepts to critically reflect on the unit’s lecture material. You must closely follow guidelines to earn maximum points.
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