7.27 ➡ Social Pollution Discussion
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? This task should take about 20 minutes of your time.
❗️No two students can post the same example on this discussion board. So, please be creative!
? Use this discussion board to connect the course material to your own life.
⚖️ This assignment is part of the "Course Participation" group which is weighted at 20% of your grade.
Prompt
Give one example that demonstrates how human beings treated like “social pollution” in our culture.
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· Please identify an example that has not already been mentioned by a classmate
· Please stick to only one, very specific example so that your classmates will have plenty of other options to choose from
· Remember that we use the "social pollution" to the occasion when individuals or groups are marginalized because they don't conform to or fit into society's standards/expectations
Anthropologist Mary Douglas argued, “Dirt offends against order.” In other words, people prefer to have their world "clean" and organized in order to create a sense of control. Douglas further argued that “pollution” could be defined as “anything that offends our prefe
ed order of the world.”
Sample Response
"I'll share a story that has always stuck with me. In 2015, a group of women who belonged to the same book club were kicked off of a wine train in Napa (Links to an external site.) because they were, allegedly, laughing too loud. Having been on wine trains and having laughed loudly in fancy places throughout my life, I knew that this story wasn't about their laughter at all. In my opinion, they were kicked off the train for being black. In our culture, we treat people differently based on their race (and, of course, gender, sexuality, etc) and I think that we expect black people to behave differently in public than we expect other groups to behave. I sincerely felt like these women were being treated like pollution because of their skin color and that the train operators were removing them from the train in order to remove the people who they, sadly, viewed as "pollution". This is a systematic problem in our society where we treat people like pollution if their race and behaviors do not conform to our preferences. If any black students in this class feel that I am not representing this story fairly, please reply and co
ect me so that I can get the issues right."
Guidelines
No Responses Needed
For this discussion, you only need to respond directly to the prompt. Please analyze your own experiences directly in your response.
Length and Content
· Please write 3-4 complete and thoughtful sentences.
· You don't have to respond to all parts of the prompt; use the prompt to help
ainstorm ideas for your response.
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? This task should take about 2 - 3 hours of your time.
❗️Completing this task earns 20 extra credit points on your Final Exam!
?Students who complete this task will be thanked in my publication, can list the publication in their resumes, and might be able to earn a few dollars on Medium (literally - just a few dollars - they don't pay much)
⚖️ This assignment is part of the "Final Exam" group which is weighted at 15% of your grade.
Prompt
For my publication, "Representations (Links to an external site.)," I'm covering the vital achievements and contributions of Black anthropologists, Indigenous anthropologists, and anthropologists of color. Throughout Fe
uary, we are focusing on the stories of Black anthropologists (for Black History Month) and in March we'll focus on the works of female anthropologists (for Women's History Month).
I still need articles written on a huge list of anthropologists, and I invite you to contribute! Students who write an article will earn 20 extra credit points on their Final Exam at the end of the semester.
Here are the details:
In exchange for 20 extra points on your Final Exam, please complete the following:
· Spend about an hour reading the publication from 1 of the anthropologists listed below (just an article or chapter is fine)
· Spend about 30 minutes researching the anthropologist from other sources (check Wikipedia, ABA (Links to an external site.) , anthropology books, textbooks, etc.)
· Spend about 30 minutes summarizing the accomplishments, arguments, and areas of expertise for the anthropologist who you are researching
· Share your summary on this discussion board
· PLEASE include your sources in the bottom of your summary (use EasyBib (Links to an external site.) )
Here are the anthropologists who I still need covered:
· Eslanda Goode Robeson
· Manet Fowler (Links to an external site.)
· Maxine Letcher Nimtz (Links to an external site.)
· Sheila Walker
· Faye V. Ha
ison
· Erica Lo
aine Williams
· Deborah Johnson-Simon
· Cheryl Mwaria
· Dr Peggy Brunache (Links to an external site.)
· Audrey Smedley
· Dr. Alexandra Jones
· Bertha Parker Pallan (Links to an external site.)
· Patricia Fernandez-Kelly
· Angela Gillian
· Anihwa Ong
· Cheryl Rodriguez
· Audrey Smedley
· Claudia Mirchell-Kernan
· Ellen Irene Diggs
· Lila Abu-Lughod
· Lamia Al-Gailani
· Helina Woldekinos
· Ayana Flewellen
· Debora Heard
· Alicia Odewale
Sample Response
View the articles that my students and I have already written for guidance:
· Michel Rolph-Trouillot (Links to an external site.)
· Caroline Bond Day (Links to an external site.)
· Arthur Huff Fauset (Links to an external site.)
· John Langston Gwaltney (Links to an external site.)
Guidelines
Please write about 3-4 paragraphs
· Cite all of your claims in-text (based on reliable sources)
· I will edit your piece before publication
Academic Integrity
· The ideas in your response must be your own. Do not take ideas ve
atim from any "study" or plagiarism websites.
· You're always encouraged to tie in elements from other readings or lessons. If you incorporate ideas from our lectures or other readings, please remember to properly cite the source in-text. If you need help with citations, please refer to Purdue Online Writing Lab (Links to an external site.) .