Critical Reflection #3: Debunking the Mythical Norm

According to Tatum’s article, the identities of people in U.S. society are commonly defined by race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age, and ability. Tatum says that “each of these categories has a…

CR#3 Dominant and Subordinate Identities

What? How are dominant and subordinate identities defined in Tatum’s article? What is the power relationship between the dominant and subordinate groups according to Tatum? (Remember to use textual evidence).

CR#3 Who am I?

“Who am I?” is the question, I asked myself for the past several years. I identified myself as a Vietnamese- American who was born in Vietnam. However, my self identified persona is different from what people have in their mind. The Americans think I am more Vietnamese than American, the Vietnamese…

CR Prompt #1: Service-Learning and Community Engagement

Readings:

Service-Learning: A…

dominant and subordinate identities #3

What? How are dominant and subordinate identities defined in Tatum’s article? What is the power relationship between the dominant and subordinate groups according to Tatum? (Remember to use textual evidence).

CR#3 Identity Crisis due to Dominant and Subordinate Identities Shape Our Society

Tatum defines dominant and subordinate in his article as identity social groups. He deeply explains how the domination group holds the power. I assume that the whites are the domination and…

CR#5 Prompt: On the Faces of Oppression and the Importance of Lo Cotidiano (Diaz article)

Critical Reflection #6: Looking at the Glass Half-Full

According to Mathie and Cunningham, the Asset-based Community Development model “can be understood as an approach, as a set of methods for community mobilisation, and as a strategy for community-based development.” ABCD is a bottom-up…

CR#6 CED: Community ENGAGED Development

What? What are the key characteristics of the ABCD model? How is it different from the CED model (what is the CED model?)? Be sure to cite the article in your explanation.

CR#5 On Oppression

What? How do Iris Marion Young and Ada Isasi-Diaz define and explain the concept of Oppression? What does Diaz mean when she identifies herself as “oppressed and impoverished”?

Iris Marion Young sees oppression to be the “injustice in our society”, however many people…