Assignment: Identity And Diversity Essay
CONTEXT - This essay is a reflection on your multifaceted social identity at this time in your life and a statement about how you are beginning to understand yourself in a diverse world as you prepare to launch into your imagined best future. In this essay, identify the personal and social characteristics of your life according to relevant and valued diverse group memberships, i.e., ethnicity, race, gender, national origin, religious affiliation, political preference, economic status, abilities, interests, educational and professional aspirations, etc. This will be a first-person narrative reflecting on the question: Who am I and how can I understand and contribute to a diverse workplace?
The essay should be a personal reflection on your present-day awareness of social identity, not only of yourself but also of others. It should not be limited to a literal telling of each demographic or social group with which you might be affiliated. Your social identity is an accumulation and integration of diverse and multifaceted connections, experiences and social relationships that make you who you are as a person, and provides you with a sense of social belonging. In other words, what makes you unique and complex as a human being? Also, how would you imagine your emerging social identity in such a way that you will become more connected, relevant, interesting and effective in a future business or career setting? The readings from the first two weeks of class provide the background for this prompt. It is expected that your essay will include reference to these works as evidence of your understanding.
ESSAY PROMPT - Who am I? What is my social identity: from which groups do I derive my values, interests, preferences, biases and commitments? How does my identification with these groups help me achieve and/or limit me today? How might my developing social identity help me to create future opportunity, contribute to a diverse workplace and point the way ahead in my professional life?
1. Use 3 Identities, I've had people use more and it makes the essay too clustered, so just focus on analyzing the 3
2. Make sure to include opportunities, some essays I've read only focus on the barriers they've caused and forget to analyze the lessons they've learned because of it
3. Be forward thinking, make sure you apply your identity to how it will affect your future, talking about your past is good to describe barriers but don't make your whole essay about the past
4. It's okay to not include a barrier, some identities (especially religion from what I've seen) are very hard for people to come up with a barrier for, as long as you explain clearly why you feel there isn't a barrier then it's okay to not include one
5. Include 3-5 quotes, if you analyze a quote very well and integrate it into your argument then it's okay to use fewer quotes, but if you feel like you didn't expand enough on the quote or if it's just put in to mention a course topic then aim for 5, any more and you'll lose analysis in the paper
6. "Critical thinking" in the rubric means explaining and detailing your barriers and opportunities, some essays will say what the barriers and opportunities are but won't provide as much detail and will lose points in this section
7. Pick identities that really matter to you, we all have many identities but some heavily outweigh the others, really try and think "What identity has really made me feel different from the people around me?"
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 include 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.