WWA 6 Brainstorm

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 2:26 PM

1. Include a Works Cited page with 7-10 research s ources that include the following:
1. 1 book
a. Asian Americans - From Racial Category to Multiple Identities by Juanita
Tamayo Lott
2. 1 scholarly journal article
a. Health article??
3. 1 media source (video, radio, etc.)
a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Ti-gkJiXc
4. 1 newspaper or magazine article
a. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/06/16/how-fluid-is-racial-
identity/why-we-should-embrace-the-racial-chaos
5. 1 personal interview that you conduct with someone about your topic
a. Dylan
6. Remaining sources of your c hoice

As e ducational institutions, as human beings, there should be a larger sense of inclusion in ou

words over race, gender, and sexuality, such as in data collection, official forms, e tc.
There should be a larger e ffort in the inclusion of diversity in terms of race, gender, and
sexuality in e ducational institutions' data collection, official forms, etc.
There should be more inclusion in categories of race, gender, and sexuality in important
surveys such as census and applications.

There should be a larger e ffort in promoting inclusive talk of race, gender, and sexuality to
create safe spaces to be aware and understand the issues of racism, sexism, and homophobia
by changing the language that we use.
Paragraph I got idea from:

"As a learner, Ive learned without fine tuning the way we write, without our careful choice of
words, without being aware of the way words can affect the world for good or for bad, writing
would not have the influence that it has. Therefore, I am learning to be more aware of language
and how the words we choose may dehumanize, wrongfully stereotype, and make
generalizations we might not even notice. I am learning to overcome the challenge of ignoranc
and learning the ability to identify these discrepancies in our vocabulary in order to write to
change the world. I hope that by learning to identify these harmful phrases like illegal alien, I

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words, without being aware of the way words can affect the world for good or for bad, writing
would not have the influence that it has. Therefore, I am learning to be more aware of language
and how the words we choose may dehumanize, wrongfully stereotype, and make
generalizations we might not even notice. I am learning to overcome the challenge of ignoranc
and learning the ability to identify these discrepancies in our vocabulary in order to write to
change the world. I hope that by learning to identify these harmful phrases like illegal alien, I
am able to inspire others to catch dehumanizing language, and to continue the chain of
awareness."
Order of paragraphs:
Doesn't tell the whole story --
Blacks + people from African being lumped together (archaic categories article)
Perpetuates stereotypes that cover other stories --
SEA college admissions = model minority myth
This affects health disparities --
SEA being obese?
should have a better way of surveying race --
Insert gender data survey design
Not going to be easy though --

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