This document contains a multi-part assignment on religious and ethnic groups. It asks the student to define several terms related to discrimination and identity. It then prompts the student to select a religious group and racial/ethnic group not their own to research and answer questions about. The questions explore the groups' beliefs, experiences with discrimination, contributions to American culture, and how learning about the groups helps the student understand them and issues of prejudice.

1. Need all of this answered
Part I
Define the following terms:
Term
Definition
Ethnic group

2. Anti-Semitism
Islamophobia
Xenophobia

3. Persecution
Religious group
Part II
Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic/racial group
not your own
from the list below.
·

4. Religious groups (based on
http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf)
o
Christianity
·
Evangelical Protestant
·
Mainline Protestant
·
Historically Black Churches
·
Roman Catholic
·
Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)
·
Jehovah’s Witnesses

5. ·
Orthodox (Greek, Eastern)
o
Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform)
o
Buddhism (Theravada or Mahayana)
o
Islam (Sunni, Shia, Sufism)
o
Hinduism
·
Racial/Ethnic groups (based on divisions in U.S. Census Bureau
documents)
o
Asian (Asian descent)
o

6. Black (African descent)
o
Hispanic and Latino (South or Central American descent)
o
Pacific Islander (Polynesian descent)
o
White (European descent)
Part III
Answer the following questions in 150 to 250 words each about
the religious group you selected:
·
How does your selected religious group differ from other
religious groups (such as in their beliefs, worship practices, or
values)?

7. ·
What has been the experience of your selected religious group
with others that do not share its beliefs or practices?
·
In what ways has the religious group you selected contributed to
American culture?
·
Provide specific examples of prejudice or discrimination your
selected religious group has experienced.

8. ·
What were the sources of this prejudice or discrimination?
·
Does what you’ve learned about this religious group help you
understand it? In what ways?
Answer the following questions in 150 to 250 words each about
the racial/ethnic group you selected:

9. ·
How does your selected racial/ethnic group differ from other
racial/ethnic groups (such as differences in ancestry, language,
or culture)?
·
What has been your selected group’s experience with other
groups?
·
In what ways has the racial/ethnic group you selected
contributed to American culture?

10. ·
Identify some specific examples of prejudice or discrimination
that your selected group has experienced historically.
·
What were the sources of this prejudice or discrimination?
·
Does what you’ve learned about this racial/ethnic group help
you understand it? How?

11. Part IV
Answer the following questions in 150 to 250 words each:
·
How are the prejudice and discrimination experienced by your
selected religious group and racial/ethnic group similar?
·
How are they different?

12. ·
Can you draw any conclusions about discrimination from this
comparison?