PART 1: Rewrite the following statement below. Then, very briefly explain what you changed in the rewrite to make it a better thesis statement. So, if there isn’t an argument, then make one up for the statement. These are all Crash (Movie) thesis statements. 1. One of the biggest cracks in America’s foundation is stereotypes. […]
Respond to both of the questions below using evidence from one of the following texts in Writing on the River: “Blue Collar Brilliance. The 2 Questions are: What is the author’s main argument in the text? What do they want us to believe about humans? How does the author get the reader to reconsider stereotypes […]
Gangs and stereotype Think about the way systems, such as schools discriminate against people. While some of you might have direct experience with being singled out or profiled, I want you to imagine how this experience creates advantages for some groups while criminalizing others. Do you have to be a gang member to be labeled […]
How does the community health nurse recognize bias, stereotypes, and implicit bias within the community? How should the nurse address these concepts to ensure health promotion activities are culturally competent? Propose strategies that you can employ to reduce cultural dissonance and bias to deliver culturally competent care. Include an evidence-based article that address the cultural […]
Despite its more transgression representations of women, do you think that Sex and the City reproduces some stereotypes that feminists, in general, have tried to challenge and displace? Which? Think of the internationalization between gender, race, class and sexuality. Would “all” women be able to identify themselves with, enjoy or connect with those representations? Are […]
Men and women are often represented very differently in the media. The stereotypes we learn about ‘how to be a man’ and ‘how to be a woman’ are often false, but we see them over and over again in our lives. Looking at very specific examples from the media can illustrate how important this is. […]
Discuss how Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca offers us different stereotypes of female identity and sexuality. How are the female characters in this story compared and contrasted?
TASK: Your task is to answer the following questions. Your completed assignment should include two or three sentences in response to each question. After you answer each question, please note, using a scale from 1 to 5, how confident you are in your answer What percent of the brain do people use? (2) When we […]
Read What We Learn From 50 Years of Kids Drawing Scientists and Understanding Why Girls Under perform at Science. When you picture a scientist, what does that person look like? When you were a child, how did you picture scientists? What role does gender stereotyping play in the tendency for girls to grow up to […]
Research other ways stereotypes have real world effects. Use what we have read in class, what you’re reading in other classes, and your research to help you build an answer to the question: How do stereotypes affect people’s daily lives? One researcher and writer I recommend is Dr. Claude Steele, who also addresses how a […]
