Write Your Discussion Post
Out-Groups
For this week’s discussion, please share your thoughts on comparisons of the treatment of other out-groups to the treatment of African Americans under the Jim Crow laws. Here are some ideas to get you started:
Compare the treatment of Jewish people in Europe to the treatment of African Americans under the Jim Crow laws. What factors contribute to the different treatment of these groups? In what ways were these groups treated similarly?
Compare the treatment of Japanese Americans in WWII internment camps to the treatment of African Americans under the Jim Crow laws. What are some lingering effects of the internment camps and Jim Crow laws?
Compare the treatment of Native Americans on reservations to the treatment of African Americans under the Jim Crow laws. What factors contribute to the different treatment of these groups? What types of discrimination do Native Americans experience that African Americans do not?
What about this week’s content did you find to be of most interest to your professional or personal development? How can you apply what you learned?
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Responding to Peers: Respond to the posts of at least two of your fellow learners and continue the conversation. Some ways you could do that include sharing why you agree or disagree with their post, how their thoughts relate to your personal experience or work experience, or how they helped answer a question you had.
Select from a list of possible options to share your thoughts on comparisons of the treatment of other out-groups to the treatment of African Americans under the Jim Crow laws.
What You Need to Know
Asian Americans
Use your Racial and Ethnic Groups textbook to read the following:
Chapter 13, “Chinese Americans and Japanese Americans,” pages 282–300.
This chapter examines the history and present circumstances of Chinese Americans; the Japanese American internment experience during World War II; the contemporary experience of Japanese Americans; and the persistence of prejudice against Chinese and Japanese Americans today.
Use the Capella Library to read the following:
Heitz, K. (2019). Pictured pioneers: Photographic representation of Japanese-American identity on the frontier. Visual Studies, 34(1), 1–12.
This article examines how the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II transformed their racial and political identity.
Hinnershitz, S. (2021, March 11). Violence against Asian Americans is part of a troubling pattern. The Washington Post (Online).
The author looks at the recent rise of violence against Asian Americans in the context of historical patterns of violence against members of this racial and ethnic group.
Lee, E. (2019, October 20). The evolution of Chinese and Asian faces in Hollywood. Voice of America News/FIND.
This article explores the way Asians have been portrayed in American movies through the years.
Lew-Williams, B. (2018). The Chinese must go: Violence, exclusion, and the making of the alien in America. American Historical Review, 124(3), 1089–1090.
The author of this article links anti-Chinese violence in the late 19th century to the concept of the “alien” in modern America.
Nazaryan, A. (2017). Round ’em up. Newsweek Global, 168(7), 34–43.
In this article, information about Manzanar, where Japanese Americans were interned during World War II is presented in the context of more recent events involving the incarceration and deportation of other groups.
Jewish Americans
Use your Racial and Ethnic Groups textbook to read the following:
Chapter 14, “Jewish Americans: The Quest to Maintain Identity,” pages 301–321.
This chapter examines whether Jewish people are considered a race, religion, or ethnic group; the history of Jewish immigration to the United States; anti-Semitism today and historically; and the role of religion among Jewish Americans.
Use the Capella library to read the following:
Bernstein, J. (2021, January 21). How did American Jewish names come to be? Jewish Exponent, 4–5.
This article explores various circumstances that have contributed to changes made to Jewish surnames, some a reaction to anti-Semitism, and some due to other factors.
Brownfeld, A. C. (2017). U.N. resolution on settlements reveals growing divide in American Jewish opinion. The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, 36(2), 50–51.
The author explores differences of opinion among various groups regarding U. S. foreign policy affecting Israel.
Flasch, P., & Fulton, C. L. (2019). Counseling Jewish Americans: Considerations for practice. Counseling & Values, 64(1), 2–19.
This article provides an overview of Jewish Americans and explores issues counselors should consider when counseling members of this ethnic and religious group.
Sucharov, M. (2018, October 30). Anti-semitism isn’t back. It never went away: Hostility toward Jews has not ebbed in North America. We needn’t look far to see that horrifying reality. The Globe and Mail, A.13.
The author examines the current state of anti-Semitism and its relationship to historical antisemitism.
