Reference no: EM133666921
Assignment:
Qualitative research articles tend to be easier to read because they incorporate more stories about peoples' personal experiences. A helpful reading strategy with this type of article is to first read the Abstract, then skip to the Discussion at the end. This gives you an overview and some stories as context for reading the rest of the article, which is the next step.
Active reading helps us read with a purpose and stay focused, which increases how much information we remember. As you read, look for answers to these questions:
1. As you read the Abstract and Discussion sections, write a question about something in or related to those sections, then look for answers as you read the rest of the article.
2. According to the authors, what kind of new information does this study add to the knowledge gained from other studies? (Check out the Discussion section.)
3. List at least 3 of the authors' examples of microaggressions.
4. List some of the significant characteristics that the interviewees have in common.
5. In what ways do youth in Baltimore experience criminalization in their neighborhoods and schools? What effects does that have on them?
6. What differences do the authors note regarding police behavior in low-income communities of color compared to more privileged communities?
7. What short-term effects does the combination of microaggressions and criminalization have on young people's behavior?
8. What effects does the combination of microaggressions and criminalization have on youth's transition to adulthood?
9. What coping strategies do the interviewees report using to avoid or simplify interactions with police?
10. Use symbolic interactionism
- to analyze the types of everyday activities that youth say police define as criminal
- to identify props youth use as symbols to simplify interactions with police, and how they use them
- Refer to your reading notes to explain how persistent exposure to microaggressions and being treated as a criminal affects how young people see themselves and the type of public self they show to others.
- Note: this question is asking you to use information from the article and your knowledge of sociology to think for yourself and offer your own interpretation.
- Close your post with an open-ended question regarding your post, the article, or your interpretation. An open-ended question doesn't have an easy or factual answer; instead, it asks other people to also share their perceptions based on the matellal.