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Assignment - Double Consciousness and Avoiding Stigma
To prepare for this Assignment: Review the "Framework Essay" in Section II and Readings 22 and 23 in the course text. Pay particular attention to the concepts of covering, double consciousness, and stigma.
Review the podcast, Growing Up "White," Transracial Adoptee Learned to Be Black. Gather your thoughts regarding the pros and cons of transracial adoption.
Reflect on how families involved in transracial adoptions relate to the concept of double consciousness.
Contemplate the advantages and disadvantages of covering and passing as a means of handling stigma related to race or identity.
Consider how race and ethnicity covering and passing can be used to both cause and resolve individual identity conflicts.
The Assignment (3 pages): Describe the concerns held by both adoptive parents and adopted children in transracial families.
What other concerns would you add that were not discussed and why?
Explain how the concerns you discussed in the first two questions relate to the concept of double consciousness.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of race and ethnicity covering and passing.
Address how covering and passing can be used to both cause and resolve identity conflicts for both transracial adoptees and in general.
Support your Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation.
Required Readings - Rosenblum, K. E., & Travis T. C. (2016). The meaning of difference: American constructions of race and ethnicity, sex and gender, social class, sexuality, and disability (7th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Section I, "Framework Essay"
Section II, "Framework Essay"
Section II, Reading 22, "Latinos in the U.S. Race Structure"
Section II, Reading 23, "Everybody''s Ethnic Enigma"
Need at least 2 quotes. At least 2 references. APA format.
Growing up "White" transracial adoptee learned to be black. Gather your thoughts regarding the pros and cons of transracial adoption.
Attachment:- Assignment File.rar