Journal Assignment (3 Parts):

A journal assignment is neither a diary nor a polished written paper. Journal writing focuses on connecting class activity with thoughts, emotions, and events in your everyday life. You do not need to answer all the questions or answer the questions directly. Instead, use the questions as prompts to get you thinking and writing a response about a topic related to race and racism. Approach the exercise with the intention of being challenged.

Present your ideas in a coherent and thought-provoking manner. Each journal entry should be approximately 300-500 words (one page single-spaced or two pages double-spaced). After you finish writing, go back to correct spelling, grammar, and other mechanical issues so that a reader can easily understand what you are trying to convey. However, you do not need to structure your journal writing like a formal paper (e.g. introduction, thesis, argument, conclusion).

Journal entries will be collected several times during the quarter. For assignment entry 1 you should respond to prompt 1, for assignment entry 2 you should respond to prompt 2, and for assignment entry 3 you should respond to prompt 3. Try to make concrete connections between journal entries. Link personal reactions to the class material, but do not just summarize readings and lectures. You can submit assignments 1 and 2 at any time before the due date, but you should wait to submit assignment 3 until close to the due date as it asks you to reflect on what you learned during the quarter.

The same set of instructions are being posted for all three journal entries. Turn in the entry for each journal on its respective Canvas assignment link. Do not submit all the entries on the same link. Do not do all three of the parts in one sitting.

Entry 2 Prompts: Experiences of Racism (respond to one set of prompts) Actually i am a Chinese, so please use my nation and race, the story you can write whatever you want but please follow the instruction.

1) Describe and comment on an instance in which you experienced or observed a racist event. What was your reaction? How did it make you feel? How would you want to react differently to the situation? How would your perspective change if you were a person of a different race?

2) Describe and comment on a racial experience in which your intention was interpreted differently by another person of a different race, e.g. you said or did something that offended the other person. What did you say or do? How was it interpreted? What would you do differently in the future?

3) Describe and comment on an instance in which you were being publicly intimate with a person of a different race (e.g. interracial dating, taking care of a child, or helping an older or disabled person). How did others react to you and how did you deal with this situation? How do you think the situation would be different if you were a different race or gender?