Week 9 assignment due Thursday evening
- Due Mar 6 by 5pm
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Please download and read the selections in this pdf: Zia&Lee_Asian America excerpts.pdf Download Zia&Lee_Asian America excerpts.pdf
Post a 250 word response to one of the following by Thursday evening. Be sure to include a quotation:
1) Why does Helen Zia object to the idea of a model minority? What does it have to do with what she calls the "white-black race paradigm"? Does Erica Lee agree?
2) During the 1960s Civil Rights Era, Helen Zia's friends told her, "Helen, you've got to decide if you're black or white" (p.4). How did Asian Americans find their place in a society that discussed race in terms of black or white? What connection does Zia see between the black civil rights movement and Asian American identity?
3) What is the significance of the Vincent Chin case according to Helen Zia?
4) How does Erica Lee explain the outburst of anti-Asian hate incidents in recent years?
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