Homecoming King & Patriot Act: Affirmative Action Analysis
Homecoming King & Patriot Act: Affirmative Action Analysis
This is a combined analysis, so only 1 submission is required (roughly 1/2 page should be dedicated to each). Please make sure to answer all questions. You can go over the 1 page minimum, but not under.
Guiding Questions for Homecoming King:
When writing your analysis, Focus on the points Hasan Minhaj makes about race, religion, racism, and the pressure of being viewed as the “model minority”.
Guiding Questions for Patriot Act:
Watch the following episode from Patriot Act and answer the following questions (this is a combined paper with Homecoming King) Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm5QVcTI2I8
Who does Affirmative Action benefit most?
Guiding Questions for Homecoming King:
When writing your analysis, Focus on the points Hasan Minhaj makes about race, religion, racism, and the pressure of being viewed as the “model minority”.
Guiding Questions for Patriot Act:
Watch the following episode from Patriot Act and answer the following questions (this is a combined paper with Homecoming King) Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm5QVcTI2I8
Who does Affirmative Action benefit most?
What was the purpose and thought behind Affirmative Action?
Do you think that we still need Affirmative Action or do you think the “playing field” has been leveled? Be sure to give supporting evidence of your claims.
Affirmative Action is going to be on California’s ballot this November 3rd. This is a brief excerpt from a non-partisan site:
Proposition 16 is a constitutional amendment that would repeal Proposition 209 (https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_209,_Affirmative_Action_Initiative_(1996)), passed in 1996 (https://ballotpedia.org/California_1996_ballot_propositions), from the California Constitution
(https://ballotpedia.org/California_Constitution). Proposition 209 stated that discrimination and preferential treatment were prohibited in public employment, public education, and public contracting on account of a person’s or group’s race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin. Therefore, Proposition 209 banned the use of affirmative action (https://ballotpedia.org/Affirmative_action) involving race-based or sex-based preferences in California.
Without Proposition 209, the state government, local governments, public universities, and other political subdivisions and public entities would—within the limits of federal law—be allowed to develop and use affirmative action programs that grant preferences based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, and national origin in public employment, public education, and public contracting.
What exactly was Prop 16? What did a yes vote mean and what does a no vote mean? Why do you think there was an overwhelming grassroots push to vote no? Which demographics overwhelmingly voted no on 16, and why do you think they voted that way?
Movie Analyses:
This response paper will follow the same formatting guidelines as your reflection papers: Times New Roman, 12 pt., 1″ margins, single-spaced, 1 full-page minimum, with your name, course number, and assignment in the header. Only Word documents will be accepted.
This is NOT a summary of the documentary/film, as I have watched it several times. What I would like you to do is to discuss what portions of the documentary resonated with you the most and why and be sure to link the film to the material presented in class. This is a very informal write up in that I essentially want to hear your thoughts on the material that was presented.
Specific guiding questions (based on the film) will be posted online under each submission link, so be sure to have a look before you begin writing. No late or emailed copies will be accepted.
More Links:
https://time.com/5370441/harvard-admissions-case-diversity-asian-americans/
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/04/19/524571669/model-minority-myth-again-used-as-a-racial-wedge-between-asians-and-blacks
https://time.com/5851792/asian-americans-black-solidarity-history/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/behind-model-minority-myth-why-studious-asian-stereotype-hurts-n792926
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/business/the-myth-of-the-model-minority/2017/04/14/aa6c4bf4-213a-11e7-bb59-a74ccaf1d02f_video.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_FE78X-qdY
https://www.vox.com/2020/11/5/21548677/trump-hispanic-vote-latinx
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/11/18/native_vote_2020_election
Without Proposition 209, the state government, local governments, public universities, and other political subdivisions and public entities would—within the limits of federal law—be allowed to develop and use affirmative action programs that grant preferences based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, and national origin in public employment, public education, and public contracting.
What exactly was Prop 16? What did a yes vote mean and what does a no vote mean? Why do you think there was an overwhelming grassroots push to vote no? Which demographics overwhelmingly voted no on 16, and why do you think they voted that way?
Movie Analyses:
This response paper will follow the same formatting guidelines as your reflection papers: Times New Roman, 12 pt., 1″ margins, single-spaced, 1 full-page minimum, with your name, course number, and assignment in the header. Only Word documents will be accepted.
This is NOT a summary of the documentary/film, as I have watched it several times. What I would like you to do is to discuss what portions of the documentary resonated with you the most and why and be sure to link the film to the material presented in class. This is a very informal write up in that I essentially want to hear your thoughts on the material that was presented.
Specific guiding questions (based on the film) will be posted online under each submission link, so be sure to have a look before you begin writing. No late or emailed copies will be accepted.
More Links:
https://time.com/5370441/harvard-admissions-case-diversity-asian-americans/
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/04/19/524571669/model-minority-myth-again-used-as-a-racial-wedge-between-asians-and-blacks
https://time.com/5851792/asian-americans-black-solidarity-history/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/behind-model-minority-myth-why-studious-asian-stereotype-hurts-n792926
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/business/the-myth-of-the-model-minority/2017/04/14/aa6c4bf4-213a-11e7-bb59-a74ccaf1d02f_video.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_FE78X-qdY
https://www.vox.com/2020/11/5/21548677/trump-hispanic-vote-latinx
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/11/18/native_vote_2020_election
Homecoming King & Patriot Act: Affirmative Action Analysis
