December 11, 2013
AT&D #42. Hate Groups
Hate groups have proliferated in recent years. According to the the Southern Poverty Law Center, 888 hate groups were in active in 2007 (source: Southern Poverty Law Center, Intelligence Report, Spring 2002). Locate a hate group on the internet and then post a summary of the website using these questions as guidelines: • What are the goals of this hate group? (also include URL) • How does this group try to rationalize and “market” hate? • What prejudices,
December 11, 2013
AT&D #41. Dominant Racial Groups
Do you consider yourself part of a dominant or subordinate racial-ethnic group in the United States? In what specific ways might your life be different if you were in the opposite group? Based on what I perceive as a categorization and defining of the various ethnic and racial groups in the U.S. (namely on standardized test forms and on job or college applications that ask for people to check off their ethnicity) as well as what society has
December 11, 2013
AT&D #40. Gender Equality
What steps should be taken to reduce sexism and bring about greater gender equality in the United States? What resources would you need to implement your plan? As sexism has been a topic that has widely been discussed and present in US history for many generations, I think the proper steps toward minimizing it have been taken accordingly but gradually. Such steps including having more women in the workforce (blue collar jobs and especially in white collar