The document provides instructions for several writing assignments for an SOC 262 class on race and ethnicity. It includes prompts for papers on the social construction of race, discrimination and prejudice, Native American and Asian American groups, and current racial/ethnic relationships in the US. Students are asked to compare biological and social views of race, examine evidence for race as a social construct, and discuss the impacts of allowing multiple race selections in the 2000 Census. The assignments must be formatted in APA style and include references beyond the required textbook.

1. SOC 262 Week 1 Indivudual Definition of Race
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Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper discussing
the current view that race is a social
construction supported by political
realities. Include the following:
•How does this view compare with the biological
view of race?
•How did the biological view justify unequal
treatment towards racial and ethnic minorities?
•Which approach - assimilation, melting pot,
fusion and/or pluralism - matches most closely

2. to the new definition of race in contemporary
America? Explain your answer.
•What evidence supports the view that race is a
social construction?
Format your paper consistent with APA
guidelines, and include at least two sources in
addition to the textbook.
Submit your paper to the Assignment Files tab.

3. SOC 262 Week 1 Indivudual Definition of Race
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Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper discussing
the current view that race is a social
construction supported by political
realities. Include the following:
•How does this view compare with the biological
view of race?
•How did the biological view justify unequal
treatment towards racial and ethnic minorities?

4. •Which approach - assimilation, melting pot,
fusion and/or pluralism - matches most closely
to the new definition of race in contemporary
America? Explain your answer.
•What evidence supports the view that race is a
social construction?
Format your paper consistent with APA
guidelines, and include at least two sources in
addition to the textbook.
Submit your paper to the Assignment Files tab.

5. SOC 262 Week 2 Individual Discrimination
Prejudice Racism and Stereotyping
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Create a PowerPoint® Presentation of 9 to 12
slides that you will present in an urban, racially
diverse high school. Compare and contrast each
term: discrimination, prejudice, racism,
institutional racism, and stereotyping. Make the
presentation relevant to the lives of urban
students in a racially diverse school.
Include the following:

6. •Introduction and conclusion slides
•Detailed speaker notes
•Graphics
•Specific content referring to the lives of
students in urban, mixed-race schools
•How institutional racism is present in many
urban schools
•How racism, discrimination, and prejudice often
exist in an urban high school
•A slide for each term
•A slide comparing terms
Format your presentation consistent with APA
guidelines and a reference list, if needed.
Submit your slide presentation to the
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7. SOC 262 Week 2 Individual White Privilege and
Colorism
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Answer questions on the White Privilege and
Colorism worksheet.
Write a 350- to 700-word essay comparing and
contrasting White privilege and colorism, using
the answers on the worksheet.
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8. SOC 262 Week 3 Individual Native American
Group
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Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper answering the
following:
Select either the Cherokee Nation or Navajo
Nation and specifically answer these questions.
•Where are they located in the U.S. today?

9. •Were they forcibly removed from their ancestral
lands? How?
•Do they have a reservation today?
•What is their legal standing with the U.S.
government?
•How many enrolled members are there in the
tribe?
•How is tribal membership defined?
•What form of government do they practice? Can
both men and women be on the governing body?
•Do they have an official language other than
English or Spanish? Is the language taught in
Indian schools?
Format your presentation consistent with APA
guidelines and a reference list, if needed.
Submit your paper to the Assignment Files tab.

10. SOC 262 Week 3 Student Autobiography
Worksheet
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Fill out the Student Autobiography Worksheet
form about your family's background (all that
you know or can find out).
Combine the answers from the worksheet into a
350- to 700-word statement defining your
complex identity.
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tab.

11. SOC 262 Week 4 The Latino Hispanic Ethnic
Group
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Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper, including the
following:
The Latino/Hispanic group is the only ethnic
category counted separately by the United
States Census. According to the U.S. Census, a
Latino/Hispanic person can be of any

12. race. Describe the variability within the category
of "Latino" group, as defined by the U.S. Census.
Include in the paper:
• When this census category became official (the
first time it was used in the United States
Census)
• At least five distinctive subgroups that belong
under this broad category
• How people from Africa, both slaves and
freemen, became part of the Latino population
in the U.S.
• How color is viewed within the Hispanic/Latino
group today (i.e. a Mexican who is Black)
• The role (and variability) of language in
defining groups as "Latino"
• The role (and variability) of religion in defining
groups as "Latino"
• The role (and variability) of culture within the
category of "Latino"
Format your paper consistent with APA
guidelines.

13. Submit your paper to the Assignment Files tab.

14. SOC 262 Week 5 Individual Asian Americans
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Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper on Asian-
Americans.
On many indicators of success, such as income
and education, Asian Americans, while a distinct
minority, surpass whites in America. Why is
this? Use at least 2 outside resources to help
you answer this question.
Include the following:
• Cultural value of Asians toward education

15. • History of discrimination in the U.S.
• Similarities and differences between Asian
values and the dominant American values
• Family
• Extended family behaviors
• Cultural values toward authority, both personal
and institutional
• Respect of adults
Format your paper consistent with APA
guidelines.
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16. SOC 262 Week 5 The Nature of Racial and Ethnic
Relationships in the U.S. Today
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Create a PowerPoint® Presentation of 9 to 12
slides. In the 2000 census, people were allowed
to select more than one race for their racial
category for the first time. This change reflected
a national increase in:
• The acceptance of interracial couples
• The number of interracial relationships (formal
and informal)

17. • The number of individuals who identify with
two or more races
Discuss how this change reflects racial and
ethnic diversity in the US. Discuss the impact of
this change on racial tolerance in society today,
including a discussion on whether this changed
has helped to improve race relationships in the
U.S.
Include in the presentation:
• An introductory and conclusion slide
• Graphics
• References, including at least four references
beyond the textbook (they can be others from
the class).
• Extensive speaker notes
Submit your slide presentation to the
Assignment Files tab.