Theme: Open Mike Night
WEEK 1
Dear Students,
Please watch the following videos about the problems of racism and diversity in the US:
- Racism and diversity in US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=GZDNUGMMxLk
- What kind of Asian are you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=VoP0ox_Jw_w
Answer the questions below. Write 150-200 words.
1. Is racism something you experience or have experienced in your home country?
2. Do you believe the USA is a country where the instances of racism are more rare than common?
3. What does race/color discrimination involve?
4. Does the concept of diversity include only racial differences?
5. Based on the movie Crash, why do people become violent and biased toward others? Why is their prejudice based on racial or ethnic bias?
5. Based on the movie Crash, why do people become violent and biased toward others? Why is their prejudice based on racial or ethnic bias?
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1. Is racism something you experience or have experienced in
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No, I think in my country racism is not usual in
China. In China, there are few foreign immigrants, so we are almost the same in
every aspect – appearance, language, clothes, habits and forth. But, sometimes
it may happen when a person who is originally from a poor city travel to a big
and rich city.
2. Do you believe the USA is a country where the instances
of racism are more rare than common?
No, I don’t believe the USA is a country where there are
more rare instances of racism than common. First, the USA has a lot of
immigrants there. The different appearances, languages and others may be the barriers
between local people and immigrants. So, in this situation, racism is formed.
Second, in America history, slaves from Africa and other places are very
common. Even now the social position of these people is very low. Me, as a
foreigner, I have watched several American movies about racism. And I think it
is just the reflection of the real society.
3. What does race/color discrimination involve?
The discrimination involves that for black people,
immigrants from Asia and other countries.
4. Does the concept of diversity include only racial
differences?
No, the concept of diversity does not just include racial
differences. It also includes all the differences within a society, for
example, color differences, cultural differences and even personality
differences.
5. Based on the movie Crash, why do people become
violent and biased toward others? Why is their prejudice based on racial or
ethnic bias?
The reason why people become violent and biased toward
others is not because they are bad at first. Instead for most time they are
kind to others but getting bullied from others. And they just think it is
unfair and then they become violent.
Because these people used to be not very good, so people cannot
change their opinions to them.
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