What will you takeaway from this class? What is your favorite memory from this class? What is your favorite lesson that you learned from this class? What did you struggle with in this class? You don’t have to answer all of these questions. You can answer as many as you’d like you.

Post a link to your favorite sad song here. (I may have to approve your comment, so if it doesn’t show up right away, don’t worry.)

Do you think Qasim made an effective argument in “Avoiding Misconceptions…”? If so, what do you think the author did particularly well? If not, what could the author have done better? Your response should be three to seven sentences long.

Please post a link to the sources that you plan on using here. You do not have to write the sources out in the MLA “Works Cited” format. If you found the sources via the Newman Library, don’t share a link. For those sources, please just provide the title of the source, the type of source (e.g., newspaper article), and the media outlet/journal that produced the source (e.g., The New York Times). Please be sure to include your primary sources, as well.

What topic will you research for your final paper? What guiding questions have you come up with thus far?

BONUS:  Watch both the TEDx Talk by Marie-Jeanne Ndimbira and the CNN special on her. Post at least one question that you have for her, as she will be a guest in our class on Thursday, 11/11.

What experience do you have with writing a research paper? If you’ve written one before, did you love the process of writing the paper? Did you hate the process of writing it? Were you maybe proud of the paper (and yourself) once you finished it even though you found the process of writing it challenging? Feel free to respond to any of the questions above that resonate with you and to share anything else you’d like to share regarding your experience in writing a research paper. Feel free to include some practical tips you’ve learned for how to write a research paper, as well. Your response should be four to seven sentences long.

In “One Step Towards Equality…”, Chau critiques movies like Crazy Rich Asians and TV shows like Fresh Off the Boat for reinforcing Asian stereotypes, but Constance Wu (or Jessica Huang), the “tiger mom” on Fresh Off the Boat states that people should celebrate how historic it is that there are movies and TV shows with all-Asian casts. Do you feel like sometimes arguments over identity and representation can be too much or overblown? In other words, are the arguments contextualized well enough and does being highly critical sometimes detract from the progress that has been made in regard to representation of different ethnic groups/races in American media? Your response should be at least four sentences long.

Please share a link to the text that you will analyze for the second paper for this class. I’ve posted four text options under the “Important Links” section of this website.

Please share a link to a text that you might like to analyze here. Briefly describe why you chose this text and why you think it might be interesting to analyze. Your response should be three to five sentences long.

Were you familiar with Trevor Noah before reading this interview? If so, do you look at him any differently after reading the interview. What resonated most with you about Trevor Noah’s words in the interview? Your response should be at four to seven sentences long. Also, please feel free to comment on another student’s comment. Doing this can help take ideas one step further.