For this weeks entry, you can pick one of the following prompts.
Your textbook provides several examples of racism, racialization, and the consequences this has for Indigenous people and people of colour in Canada. For this prompt, go further. Pick one of the first-person essays on the Globe and Mail Best of 2020: First Person Essays on Racism in Canada or some other first-person account of racism you can find on the interneteither in print or on YouTubeand summarize the experience using concepts provided in this unit. To help you get started, consider the following questions: What ethnicity is the person? How was the person racialized? What forms of discrimination and prejudice did they experience? What are some of the emotional, psychological, financial, and spiritual consequences of their experiences? In your analysis, be sure to locate instances of power.
Alternatively, you can do the same assignment as above using your own experience as an ethnic person. What has been your experience of prejudice and discrimination? What are some of the emotional, psychological, financial, and spiritual consequences you experienced? In your analysis, be sure to locate instances of power and intersectionality.
Instructions outlining the Learning Journal and your submission options, including expected word count, weighting, and submission instructions, are provided in the document. Please use the to submit your journal entries
For best marks you should do the following:
- Provide a well-constructed answer that stays within the word or time limits.
- Use as many concepts from the unit as you can. Focus on concepts highlighted in bold.
- Incorporate as many sociological theories identified in the chapter as possible.
- Cite the text. Whenever you are using concepts from the text, make sure to cite the text, including the page number. This might seem onerous, but citing page numbers is excellent practice for when you are required to do term papers.
If you are submitting a written response, be sure to follow an appropriate style sheet for all your entries. A style sheet is guideline for how your papers should look when you submit them. Style sheets specify the font and font sizes you can use, your page margins (usually one inch), the header and page number format, and how citations appear in your text. In sociology, we use the . Please refer to that guide when formatting your submissions.
We provide a submission template to get you started (). Use this template as a general guide on what to include, and be sure to familiarize yourself with the ASA style guide for headings, font, line spacing, and such. You will be docked marks for failing to apply the appropriate styles.

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