Between The World And Me Essay

Overview:

The Study of Cultural Diversity is an invitation to understand the world through the eyes of other people, often those whose way of life may differ from your own. It encourages an empathetic approach that attempts to understand others within their own cultural contexts. This quarter you are reading several rich accounts of cultural experiences, featuring various ethnic communities in the United States. Between the World and Me is one of these. You are encouraged to avoid ethnocentric approaches and adopt culturally relative perspectives that treat the perspectives of others as valid on their own terms.

Each assignment provides you with an opportunity to demonstrate your engagement with and reflection upon the assigned course materials. You will be evaluated on the breadth and depth of your thesis, as well as connections with the book, other assigned reading, lecture material, discussions, and other experiences in the class.

Objectives/What needs to be included:

Themes: Identify and discuss the themes of the book.
Culture: Recognize and describe at least two key features of human cultures and society that we have discussed in class: identity, language, family structure, religion, politics, traditions, gender roles.
Highlight the role and importance of culture in your own life
Connect and identify these two features of culture within Coates’ experience in Between the World and Me (ie. where do you see them presented as significant).
Please also use at least one course material to support your discussion of the importance of culture in your life/Coates’ life
Systems of inequality: Clearly identify TWO systems and structures (modern and or historic) that have created the systems of inequality.
How are these systems experienced and discussed in the book (at least two examples).
Use at least three different materials from the class to discuss where/why these cultural systems, and social power dynamics and/or imbalances exists (The House We Live In, Whistling Vivaldi, Five Faces of Oppression etc)
This should be the bulk of your essay’s discussion.
Intersectional issues: Discuss how these systems and are inter related and create intersectional issue.
Supported by Between the World and Me examples (at least one)
Supported by course content (use of at least one).
Cultural relativism: You identify your own cultural background, cultural lens and identity. Take time to discusses how that impacts perspective
Materials and sources: You should be utilizing course material through your letter to support your discussions (minimum at least 4 different sources) to support your arguments. ex: House We Live In, Whistling Vivaldi, Five Faces of Oppression etc.
Please do not use my lectures as one of these sources.
You are welcome to use the material you are asked to cover (articles, videos etc) in the lecture materials, discussion materials, exercise materials.
Between the World and Me should be clearly engaged with and present within the letter. You may use direct quotes or indirect reference. Both utilizations should be accompanied by citation.
Structure: Essay should be well edited, and include a thesis and conclusion.
Formatting: In text citation as well as a work cited page and required. Essay should be 10% +/- the 2,000- 2,500 words.

Guidelines:

Essay #1 should be written in the form of a letter to your (actual/imaginary/future) adolescent child (of whichever gender you choose). The letter should express a thesis about your experience reading Ta-Nehisi Coates Between the World and Me in your Diversity Studies class at Edmonds CC.
Use a word-processor to type a double-spaced essay of approximately 2,000- 2,500 words. The essay should engage the relevant book and course material in its analysis. It may also draw from class discussions and other activities. The essay should include an introductory paragraph in which a thesis or central argument is presented, a body of several paragraphs that support and develop that thesis with detailed examples from course materials, and a conclusion that summarizes the key argument and the support offered.
This is a different format than your traditional essay. It should use “I”, “we”, “us”, unlike most academic papers. When trying to think about how to start this essay letter, consider describing to them how the world currently works and why as we have explored already this quarter. Perhaps you have never faced racism, sexism or class-based barriers, you can still describe the historic and institutional structures that have promoted these barriers for your fellow Americans.
All sources of ideas, quotes, or paraphrases must be cited, using both in-text citations and a Works Cited at the end of the essay. Review the Learning Support Centers guide on In-Text Citing of a Source (Links to an external site.). You should use the APA style guide in citing your sources. See our library citation guide (Links to an external site.) or my colleague Cynthia Clarkes APA citation generator (Links to an external site.) for assistance. Your submissions will be evaluated and scored for originality and proper use of citations using VeriCite. You should submit your essay early to VeriCite, via the Canvas assignment application, and make appropriate adjustments before making a final submission on the due date.

How to access the book “Between the world and me”
Step 1: Go to the link below
https://sbctc-edcc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991767399102809&context=L&vid=01STATEWA_EDCC:EDMONDS&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,between%20the%20world%20and%20me
Step 2: Click on the link under “View It” titled “Full text availability”. Then click on the link “Ebook Central Perpetual , DDA, and subscription title”
Step 3: the link will take you to proquest.
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