The document provides instructions for an assignment requiring students to read articles or watch videos about various aspects of diversity. It explains that students must select one item from nine categories of diversity - including age, disability, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, social class, indigenous background, national origin, and gender - and write a brief summary of each item along with two points of interest. The goal is to facilitate a greater appreciation and understanding of different aspects of diversity and the issues faced by individuals from certain groups.

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The world is an incredibly diverse place. In recent years, with advancements in travel and
communication, people are becoming much more exposed to various aspects of diversity. In
order to facilitate a greater appreciation of different aspects of diversity, and to better understand
the issues that individuals who identify in certain groups experience, you are being asked to read
articles or watch videos relating to those aspects of diversity.
Instructions:
The assignment is broken into nine categories, according to Pamela Hays’ “ADDRESSING”
framework. You are required to select one item from each category. Open the link and read the
article or watch the video (depending on the link selected). Once you have finished
reading/watching, you are to do a short write-up about the item, according to the submission
format on the next page.
You summary should be fairly simple and brief, something to give a general idea of what the
item was about. When writing your summary, do NOT copy the summary from the item’s page.
Should you do so, you will lose ALL credit for that category.
The two points of interest you write should be more specific. These should be about specific
moments in article/video that really struck you. You should not only describe the part of the
article/video that was of particular interest, but also explain why it was interesting.

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Please remember, you are required to do one entry from each category
Submission Format:
<Aspect of Diversity>
<Title from Document>
<Summary>
<Point of Interest 1>
<Point of Interest 2>
Example:
Ethnicity
Make Jokes not Bombs
Maz Jobrani, an Iranian American comedian and founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy
tour discusses his experiences as an Iranian American who travels all around the world, as well
as the experience of Arab Americans in the United States.
Maz Jobrani has an interesting experience travelling. In spite of the fact that he travels in a post-
9/11 society as an Iranian born citizen, he has no difficulty travelling in most countries, including
the U.S. However, he runs into a lot of trouble in Arab countries because Iran isn’t on friendly
terms with a number of the other Arab countries. I thought this was interesting because it’s so
commonly accepted that the Arab countries are all on friendly terms with each other, but that’s
clearly not the case.
Maz points out race relations in another country, where there is a high Indian population and
Arab population. In that country, Indians are the lower class citizens, for the most part. When
leaving a hotel, he sees an Indian Man standing in front of a car and assumes that is his driver.
When he approaches him, he finds that the man is actually the owner of the hotel, and thought
Maz was his driver. I thought this was interesting because it shows that even those who
experience racism and discrimination in their daily lives are not above doing it themselves. It’s
clearly something we all must work on to avoid.

3. A.D.R.E.S.S.I.N.G. Log
Please remember, you are required to do one entry from each category
Age:
 New Tradition of Non-Traditional Students:
o http://www.insightintodiversity.com/the-new-tradition-of-nontraditional-students-by-
andrea-williams
 Ageism on College Campuses:
o http://www.bgnews.com/in_focus/older-students-can-experience-ageism-on-
campus/article_740fbe72-4120-11e3-b718-0019bb2963f4.html
 Only Middle Aged Need Apply?:
o http://www.theguardian.com/money/2012/jan/16/young-older-people-age-discrimination-
work
 Ageism affects the young:
o http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/james-caan/6194410/Ageism-affects-the-young-
as-well-as-the-old.html
 You are not too old nor too young:
o http://youtu.be/LCFLXr2-7U0?t=57s
 Accomplishments in Later Life:
o http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/aging/senior-health-lifestyle/5-famous-
accomplishments-made-late-in-life.htm
o Please note: there is more than one slide on this reading, be sure to read them all.

4. A.D.R.E.S.S.I.N.G. Log
Please remember, you are required to do one entry from each category
Disability:
 Hyperbole and a Half, Depression:
o http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2011/10/adventures-in-depression.html and
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/05/depression-part-two.html
 Autism through their eyes:
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmDGvquzn2k
 Living with Borderline Personality Disorder:
o http://psychcentral.com/lib/navigating-college-with-borderline-personality-
disorder/0008196
 Panic Attacks don’t have to rule:
o http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-377874/Panic-attacks-took-10-years-life.html
 The voices in my head:
o http://www.ted.com/talks/eleanor_longden_the_voices_in_my_head#t-825829
 A blind student’s unique place:
o http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/butler/2013/12/20/a-blind-students-unique-
place-in-college-hoops/4142165/
 The sore problem of prosthetic limbs:
o http://www.ted.com/talks/david_sengeh_the_sore_problem_of_prosthetic_limbs#t-
262439
 What is it like to use a wheelchair?
o http://www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2014/01/24/what_is_it_like_to_use_a_wheelchair.html

5. A.D.R.E.S.S.I.N.G. Log
Please remember, you are required to do one entry from each category
Religion:
 Sunni or Shiite?:
o http://hnn.us/article/934
 A well- reasoned (and comedic) debate:
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJXtCUBwBCI
 3 brands of College Students:
o http://www.psmag.com/culture/todays-college-student-comes-three-brands-religious-
secular-spiritual-67143/
 Religious Diversity in the Office:
o http://www.religionnews.com/2013/08/29/religious-diversity-is-increasing-at-the-office-
and-so-are-pitfalls/
 Kosher on Campus:
o http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/160129/kosher-on-campus
 Growing up Hindu in America:
o http://hindustudentscouncil.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=263&
catid=59

6. A.D.R.E.S.S.I.N.G. Log
Please remember, you are required to do one entry from each category
Ethnicity:
 Haitians in Dominican Republic:
o http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/world/americas/dominicans-of-haitian-descent-
cast-into-legal-limbo-by-court.html?hp&_r=1&
 A Multi-Racial Identity:
o http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/us/14admissions.html?pagewanted=all
 Challenges/Opportunities Facing Hispanics:
o http://www.aft.org/yourwork/tools4teachers/hispanic/challenges.cfm
 Affirmative Action:
o http://changefromwithin.org/2012/06/06/are-white-students-being-disadvantaged-by-
affirmative-action/
 Think outside “the Box”:
o http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/10/12/asian-american-students-perceive-bias-
university-admissions-and-counselors-want#sthash.PPTvrT7w.Kbldial3.dpbs

7. A.D.R.E.S.S.I.N.G. Log
Please remember, you are required to do one entry from each category
Sexual Orientation:
 Russia’s Anti-Gay Policies:
o http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/opinion/russias-anti-gay-crackdown.html?_r=0
 A Straight Man’s Perspective:
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JedpXFqjwCU
 Everyone has closets:
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kSR4xuU07sc
 Can’t Give Blood:
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb9mUlToxNc
 Loophole for Native Americans:
o http://nation.time.com/2013/11/01/a-gay-marriage-loophole-for-native-americans/

8. A.D.R.E.S.S.I.N.G. Log
Please remember, you are required to do one entry from each category
Social Class:
 The Logic of the Poor:
o http://tressiemc.com/2013/10/29/the-logic-of-stupid-poor-people/
 Challenges of Immigrant Children:
o http://sitemaker.umich.edu/356.son/s.e.s.
 Fast Food Wages:
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEZYu5HQKeg
 Economic Status and Academic Achievement:
o http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/effect-socioeconomic-status-student-achievement-
16898.html
 Does SES Matter?:
o http://sitemaker.umich.edu/356.benjamin/does_ses_matter_

9. A.D.R.E.S.S.I.N.G. Log
Please remember, you are required to do one entry from each category
Indigenous Background:
 Problems facing Native Americans:
o http://robwrite.hubpages.com/hub/Problems-Facing-Native-American-Indians-in-the-
Modern-World
 Challenges faced by Aborignal Australians:
o http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-17_u-455_t-1230_c-4707/sa/sose/aboriginal-people-and-
torres-strait-islanders/indigenous-people-today/challenges-facing-the-indigenous-
community-today
 The plight of the African “pygmies”:
o http://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/merciless-plight-african-pygmies
 Proud, not primitive:
o http://newint.org/blog/2013/07/15/india-adivasi-survival-international/

10. A.D.R.E.S.S.I.N.G. Log
Please remember, you are required to do one entry from each category
National Origin:
 Language Learning Inequality:
o http://make-it-count.ca/
 International College Students:
o http://www.huffingtonpost.com/freddie-deboer/international-college-
students_b_1274693.html
 Immigrant Domestic Workers:
o http://www.pri.org/stories/2013-05-16/immigrant-domestic-workers-face-tough-
challenges-push-better-conditions

11. A.D.R.E.S.S.I.N.G. Log
Please remember, you are required to do one entry from each category
Gender:
 Woman becomes a Male Model:
o http://nypost.com/2013/10/17/gal-finds-success-as-a-male-model/
 “Not Like the other Girls”:
o http://www.claudiagray.com/im-not-like-the-other-girls/
 “Why do I write strong women?”:
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYaczoJMRhs&feature=youtu.be&t=2m39s
 Child Marriage:
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvQjBjqmNLM
 Third Gender in Indian Society:
o http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201310170000-0023115
 Third Gender in Native American Society:
o http://native-americans-of-the-southwest.info/twospirits.htm
 More men on the “Daddy Track”:
o http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/09/17/more-men-on-the-daddy-track/