Stereotypes Applied by Outsiders to your Racial or Ethnic Group Assignment | Homework for You

WRITING ASSIGNMENT PROMPT :
What stereotypes are applied by outsiders to your racial or ethnic group (or to people of your
gender, intended profession, or geographic region)? How have these stereotypes aided to
appearance-based discrimination and hinder advancements toward the “American Dream”?
Write an expository essay in which you clarify and explain that these stereotypes are untrue and
potentially harmful.

LET ME START BY SAYING THAT THIS ESSAY YOURE ABT TO WRITE YOU ( THE WRITER ) CAN CHOOSE YOUR TOPIC KEEP IN MIND THAT THE ARTICLES BELOW WILL HAVE TO SUPPORT YOUR THESIS. WITH THAT BEING SAID YOU CAN CHOOSE BETWEEN 3 TOPICs BELOW………
1.) WOMEN AND STEREOTYPES: ARTICLES I Want a Wife, it’s Hard Enough and A Woman’s Beauty OR The Myth of the Latin Woman will help if choose that topic

2.)MEN AND STEREOTYPES:
ARTICLES The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority, Just Walk on By, The Androgynous Man, OR Bros Before Hos
will help if choose that topic

3.) DISCRIMINATION AND STEREOTYPES: ARTICLES Mother-Tongue-by-Amy-Tan OR Why looks are the last bastion of discrimination will help if choose that topic

KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS ESSAY IS A EXPOSITORY ESSAY THAT NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN IN THE THIRD PERSON !!!!

In the essay you have to use TWO resources you MUST USE: (“dangers of a single story” which u just have to summarize and put it in the introduction TWO TO THREE SENTENCES WHEN SUMMARIZING “THE DANGERS OF A SINGLE STORY” in the intro ) AND (PICK ONE PASSAGE BELOW WHERE IT SAYS RESOURCES TO FURTHER SUPPORT YOUR THESIS )
THE DANGERS OF A SINGLE STORY IS A VIDEO HERES THE LINK BELOW REMEMBER YOU HAVE TO SUMMARIZE THE VIDEO IN 2 to 3 SENTENCES.

remember to Use relevant quotes that supported the claim. Answer the question below ( WHERE IT SAYS WRITING ASSIGNMENT) Demonstrate sound/strong writing skills. Also, I don’t know if you need this information due to the topic ( STEREOTYPES and how it affects our racial or ethnic group) I AM A 20 yr old Mexican girl.

WRITTING ASSIGNMENT PROMPT :
What stereotypes are applied by outsiders to your racial or ethnic group (or to people of your
gender, intended profession, or geographic region)? How have these stereotypes aided to
appearance-based discrimination and hinder advancements toward the “American Dream”?
Write an expository essay in which you clarify and explain that these stereotypes are untrue and
potentially harmful.

*REMEMBER*:
Think about the “dangers of a single story”. Be sure to add evidence and a range of examples.

SUPPORT YOUR THESIS WITH PASSAGES FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
• The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria by Judith Ortiz Cofer, or
• Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space by Brent
Staples, or
• Mother Tongue by Amy Tan, or
• Why Looks Are the Last Bastion of Discrimination by Deborah L. Rhode.
• Note: You may use other readings within this section.
Literary Themes/Connections:
• Stereotypes, Discrimination, Gender equity or inequity, Sexuality, Racial Profiling,
Classism, Fear, Hatred, and Beauty.

RULES
1. Title your essay.
2. Write in the same tense.
3. Write in the THIRD PERSON.
4. The introduction must contain
a. Summary of the reading ( “dangers of a single story”) AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU PICK A PASSAGE ABOVE TO SUPPORT YOUR THESIS.
b. a definition of the American Dream.
5. Provide specific details and examples.
6. The final draft must be 4 to 6 paragraphs (750 words).
7. 750 words is 3 full pages.
8. The thesis statement must have a ideas to be proven in the body of the essay.
9. Use MLA format.

REMEMBER WRITE OBJECTIVELY NOT SUBJECTIVELY.

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