PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS TO GUIDE YOUR PRE-THINKING/PRE-REAIDNG BLOG. YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESPOND TO ALL OF THEM, BUT USE THEM AS A WAY TO GET YOU THINKING ABOUT THE CONTENT BEFORE YOU DO THE READINGS.
What is your understanding of what Ethnic Studies is? How might it differ or be the same as other academic disciplines such as Sociology, Anthropology or Political Science?
Why do you think that Ethnic Studies was developed as a discipline? What makes it unique?
Who do you think benefits from Ethnic Studies courses? Do certain groups of students benefit more than others? Why?
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Please watch the following video that addresses the ban on Ethnic Studies in Arizona. The respond to the following questions:
Why is the state of Arizona, and some other states and school districts, considering banning Ethnic Studies?
What might be some of the reasons that there is a debate over whether Ethnic Studies should be taught?
Which groups may be resistant to the teaching of Ethnic Studies? Why? Which groups may be in favor? Why?
- Ethnic studies is a contemporary perspectives to frame the ongoing process by which people of color are grouped and defined at the complex intersections of race, gender, class sexuality and nationality. Ethnic studies are an enterprise that starts from the assumption that race and racism have been, and continue to be profoundly powerful social and cultural forces in America’s society.
ReplyDelete- Ethnic studies today is a course that draws from a variety of discipline such as literature, history, sociology, and cultural studies. It is unique because it focuses on different cultural not only on American’s but that understanding the experience of the various radicalized minorities. In my opinion ethnic studies will enhance the quality of life and freeing you’re from limiting, narrow perspectives and stereotyping. It will help you from preparing for work and play in society such as ours with different backgrounds that increasingly will require the ability to negotiate across cultural boundaries and to respect differences. I think all students benefit from this course because it teaches and shows us different people in the world especially today’s society there are so many different cultures, backgrounds, and etc.
- Today in Arizona, the governing board pulled the plug on its Mexican-American studies program which teachers say was designed to help middle school and high school student navigate in complex, multiethnic world. Some of the reasons that there is a debate over whether ethnic studies should be taught because they felt it was targeting that “promote the over throw of the U.S government” and "resentment toward a race or class of people."
- It's true that teaching U.S. history and literature with an eye toward a minority experience can give students misgivings about the wisdom of the majority, past and present. But particularly in the Southwest, it's impossible to understand history without acknowledging the subjugation and marginalization of minority groups. Nor can one understand the greatness of the American experiment without seeing it as a 200-year-long struggle to overcome injustices and live up to the highest ideals of its founding documents. Surely one doesn't have to believe in the infallibility of white people to be pro-American.
Hi Jennifer,
ReplyDeleteThis looks great but please post it on your own blog and remember the word count at the end!
--eas