Directions:
Using what we have covered in this course about Native American, African American, Asian American and Chicanx American experiences answer the following question* using examples from each group’s experience. Your response should be at least 300 and not more than 500 words for each group. You will need to be brief and to the point but include information about each group’s
Be sure to cite your sources.
Note: This is the last time you will be able to improve your final grade for this course. As such, this is a great time to turn in the assignment early and do more to earn any additional points possible. Give yourself enough time to do really well on this…
Question:
What is it to be an ally or a “social justice accomplice?” At the core, this concerns how one combines personal politics with experience. It means reconciling our insistence on “colorblind” relationships and belief in a “post-racial” US society with the everyday realities of people of various races and ethnicities. It also means figuring out where we participate (sometimes blindly) in others’ oppression, discount views rooted in a different reality or dishonor other experiences in our push to proclaim solidarity as one nation. In short, it means asking ourselves tough questions like, “Where does our privilege sit? How do we recognize our privilege(s) and how does it harm us as well as others?” then being willing to deal with the answers even if they are uncomfortable.
