Explain how the location is tied to race and/or ethnicity issues they face today.
Assignment: Race and Ethnicity
What are you going to do?
Ideas of multiple races, multiple ethnicity, cultural differences, etc. are not unique in the growing age of pluralistic societies. We tend to focus on how these impact citizens in the United States, but have you ever considered how these ideas have shaped other nations around the world? For this assignment, you will watch a series of videos and compare ideas within them.
What steps are required?
Watch the following three videos from Vox. First, watch a video about Japan and North Korean race/ethnicity relations today: Inside North Korea’s bubble in Japan. Think about how the concepts explained in class – race/ethnicity, intersectionality, institutional racism and human rights apply to this specific place (Japan) and time.
View the following additional locations/videos:
Write 200-300 words for the video on Haiti/Dominican Republic explaining:
- The history of the location. Include history of DR and Haiti AND history of boundary that separates these two countries.
- Explain how the location is tied to race and/or ethnicity issues they face today.
- Tie an idea in the video to two human geography concepts that we have covered to date. They may be found in geographies of place, population, development, migration, language, culture, economics, or any other areas of the discipline.
- Discuss the concept of ‘institutional racism’. What institutions are discussed in each film? Explain how institutional racism affects individuals/groups in the film in both Haiti and DR.
- Walk me through how the ‘institution’ supports racism and precisely how it impacts an individual (as a member of a group).
What do you need to submit?
Submit your write-up in a single word document on eLearn in the dropbox.
