How my experience would be different for the following activities if my race changed Going shopping.

Question

Instructions

NSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER (Seeing Through the Eyes of Another)

For this assignment first list 5 things you typically do during the course of the week, such as going shopping, going to the gym, to church, meeting with friends, going to a restaurant, etc.

Explain how your experience in each of the five activities you list would be different if you woke up tomorrow and found that your race had changed to Native American or African American or White or Hispanic or Asian.

What is White privilege? How might White privilege blind members of the majority culture from being aware of the challenges experienced by minorities? 

PREPARATION

Cover page: name of assignment, your name, name of course, course section number, date submitted.

Body of assignment prepared in paragraph-style answers, numbered for area that you list and discuss how your experience would be different.

Format (including cover page): (a) 12 pt Times New Roman font, no graphics, no colors; (b) 1.0” margins left, right, top, bottom; (c) 0.5” paragraph indents; (d) double-spacing everywhere including the cover page (no extra lines beyond double spacing anywhere).

Paper prepared in MS Word .doc or .docx format. No other format will be accepted (see details in syllabus).

Length of body of paper: 2-3 pages.

EVALUATION (25 pts)

4 pts: length; cover page

3 pts: format

18 pts: carefully presented and detailed responses to the questions (9 pts per question)