{"id":947,"date":"2020-10-20T21:35:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T01:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/asn-114-asian-american-history\/?p=947"},"modified":"2020-10-20T21:37:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T01:37:40","slug":"module-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/asn-114-asian-american-history\/module-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Module 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-857\" class=\"post-857 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h6><span id=\"Learning_Goals\">Learning Goals<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>This week, our goals include to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Examine social and legal constructions of citizenship, social and legal<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Begin to explore t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">he origins of the model minority myth;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Define and examine the concept of racial triangulation;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Examine &#8220;affirmative action&#8221; as a case study<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><strong>Slides\u00a0<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>You can access the slides from our class session\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1PpbCkoTWVoxOcNv-N7-Pswy-QNkEkN7JmcVEYzcVzDA\/edit?usp=sharing\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><span id=\"Read\"><span id=\"Watch\"><strong>Read<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Read:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> excerpt of Prashad, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1xffm6T2BAW-8_aeeZ2GSPUn0Iu08plsL\/view?usp=sharing\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Karma of Brown Folk<\/span><\/i><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">What are the reasons that immigrant workers are recruited to the U.S.?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0When and where did South Asian immigrants first come to the U.S. and why? <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0What changes in 1965 and why?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">What role does the Indian government play in fostering science and technology education, and why?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">What does Prashad mean (on page 82) when he says \u201c[w]e are good immigrants.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kim, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1vXNdqJbFwZbYbE9khcLWCdd9aKCCrGyf\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Racial Triangulation of Asian Americans<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d (pp 118-end)\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">What are some of the problems with the &#8220;model minority myth?&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">What does Kim say about how this myth is used, specifically in relationship to Black communities?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<h6><b>Watch<\/b><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zm5QVcTI2I8&amp;list=PLUQiH_w-ybZ9LToOOQlIRPrfNTrazjvbG&amp;index=10&amp;t=0s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Affirmative Action<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Patriot Act <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(on youtube)<\/span><\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>What does &#8220;affirmative action&#8221; mean, in your own words?<\/li>\n<li>What is the role of Asian Americans in current debates about affirmative action?<\/li>\n<li>What does this episode ask Asian Americans to consider?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong style=\"font-size: 19px;font-style: italic\"><em>Post and Comment on Discussion Board #8<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>THIS POST IS DUE\u00a0<\/strong><strong> BY 12:00 NOON\u00a0 on Monday 10\/26;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Comment due by 11:59 on Monday 10\/26.<\/li>\n<li>*U<strong>se the title format \u201c[FirstName] [LastName] DB 8\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For your post this week, please reflect on the following questions:\n<ul>\n<li>Where does the &#8220;model minority&#8221; myth come from, according to these readings?<\/li>\n<li>How do you think this myth is reproduced or challenged in the affirmative action lawsuit\/conversation?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>COMMENT ON TWO POSTS.\u00a0<\/strong>You can comment\u00a0on the post of a classmate by selecting the title of the post &gt; 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