Concepts of race have had significant impacts on society

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Situation/Context

Concepts of race have had significant impacts on society, customs, and legal frameworks throughout the history of the United States. This is a reflective writing assignment for you to synthesize your learning and thoughts about racialized identity.

Audience

The instructor

Purpose

To analyze and reflect on the lasting effects of concepts or race and identity within the context of American history.

Product

A 400 to 500-word journal assignment with five images.

Process/Questions

In the Race section you learned about the Kamoinge Workshop. This workshop is a collective of Black photographers formed in New York in 1963. Members of the group produced powerful images, sensitively registering Black life in the mid-20th century. Review the information about the Kamoinge Workshop on the Diversity & Difference: Required Learning Materials - Race page.
Curate a selection of at least 5 photographs that you have taken that best represent your life as an example/extension of your identity. You can choose which area of your identity to focus on.
Write an accompanying narrative of not more than 400 words to explain the photographs that you took and how you feel they best represent a component of your identity.
How do the notions of identity you chose relate to the course material and the work of Kamoinge Workshop? Include references and citations.

What You'll Turn In

A 400 to 500-word journal assignment with five images as a Word file, PDF, or typed directly into Canvas. Include citations from course material to answer questions and support your claims.

Objectives

Define and identify elements of individual identity.
Describe part of your identity using art and written word.
Articulate concepts of self in relationship to broader social concepts of identity, race, gender, ethnicity, etc., and historical contexts of marginalization and racialization.

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