Assignment: Prejudice, Discrimination, Power, and Privilege
A successful final submission of any paper should be the product of brainstorming, outlining, and writing multiple drafts. Ashford University Writing Center (Links to an external site.) is a great resource for all students, offering 24/7 live chat support and a 24 hour feedback turnaround for papers and discussion posts.
Note: you are required to submit a draft of this assignment to the Writing Center Paper Review (Links to an external site.) and continue to leverage Grammarly and TurnItIn. You should submit your work to the Writing Center for review by Week 4, Day 3. A 24-hour turnaround is required, so be sure to allow enough time to receive the feedback and make changes before submitting it to Waypoint on Day 7.
Instructions:
You will continue to work on the topic of choice to progress toward your Cultural Perspectives final paper. Select ONE of the diversity-related topics researched for your Week 3 written assignment, or select a new topic.
Then, using the APA formatted template (Links to an external site.), write a 660-1320 word paper (not including title page) that addresses the following:
• Describe the diversity situation or cultural dilemma and the cultural groups impacted by this topic.
• Explain the types of power or privilege each group possesses. In what ways are members of each group aware (or not aware) of their power or privilege?
• Discuss the types of prejudice or discrimination applied to each group. Is the discrimination or prejudice overt or covert?
• How do these (prejudice, discrimination, power or privilege) impact each group's access to goods, services, positions of power, education, or other societal structures?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.