Review What is a single story What is the single story of Africa Agenda 1 Proficient Work Announcement 2 Finish Stereotype Collages 3 Remembering Jennifer Wang 4 Writing the Single Story of East ID: 430068
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Slide1
Entrance Ticket
Review:
What is a single story?
What is the single story of Africa?Slide2
Agenda
1) Proficient Work Announcement
2) Finish Stereotype Collages
3) Remembering Jennifer Wang4) Writing the Single Story of East Asia 5) Exit Ticket Slide3
Proficient WorkSlide4
Stereotypes Collage (
FINISH
)
Open a Google Drawing document and share with Julio Gather as many stereotypes about Asians as you can from Google Images and arrange them on your document***If done, re-read Jennifer Wang EssaySlide5
Remembering Jennifer Wang
Look back over her essay, fill out table
DIRECT QUOTE
FROM “Orientation Day”STEREOTYPE
/ MEANING
EXAMPLE:
“People expected me to love studying and to enjoy sitting
in my room memorizing facts for days and days”
All Asians
are obsessed with studying and getting good gradesSlide6
DIRECT QUOTE
FROM “Orientation Day”
STEREOTYPE
/ MEANING
“People expected me to love studying and to enjoy sitting
in my room memorizing facts for days and days”
All Asians
are obsessed with studying and getting good grades
“I
am the girl who wondered the aisles of Toys R Us hunting in vain for a doll with yellowish skin tone”
All Asians have
yellow skin
“chink,” “narrow opening,
usually in a wall”
“Cutting the eyes of Caucasian models”
All Asians have small/slanted eyes
Asians
aren’t beautiful
“Wasn’t
Asian enough”
All Asians act
a certain waySlide7
Writing the Single Story of East AsiaSlide8
All Asians speak poor EnglishSlide9
All Asians are bad driversSlide10
All Asians eat dogsSlide11
All Asians are smart/good at mathSlide12
What does discrimination look like for Asians?
Watch the video and jot down any “
microaggressions
” you noticehttp://www.buzzfeed.com/abefg/if-asians-said-the-stuff-white-people-say#.kqb4K2Ap8nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWynJkN5HbQSlide13
Sample Single story
All East Asians are obsessed with math, speak terrible English, eat dogs, and drive poorly.Slide14
The “Model Minority” MythSlide15
What is the “model minority myth?”
The shared cultural belief that every Asian/Asian American will be:
Smart, wealthy, hard-working, obedient and uncomplaining, and never in need of assistanceSlide16
Regions of AsiaSlide17Slide18
Exit Ticket
How does the “Model Minority Myth” contribute to the Single Story?