There are two parts to this reflection paper. First, historical background on our groups, and their SES today. This first part will be your thoughts about what you think would happened to a “new group” entering American society today? As a “minority” what can they expect? What would you tell this new group? The second part of this assignment is to review the course and give your thoughts on how to improve the course. Your report should be 2-3 pages in length, double spaced, and typed.

1. Imagine that a new minority group entered the United States today. They have no racial or ethnic ties to any of the minority groups we have studied. What experiences would you tell them to expect during the contact period? What advise would give this group on the pathways of being included into American society, pathways being strategies for integration and assimilation, or pluralism. Which group that we studied would you recommend this new group to follow and why? Keep in mind the concepts and terms we learned in class, for example, contact and conflict, assimilation, integration, the Noel hypothesis, identity, prejudice and discrimination, being a subordinate group, and the role of the dominate group. Finally, comment on what you think the future of race relation will be like in the U.S. in coming years, your life time? This report is based on your observations on all the information you picked up in this course. You can use some information from the textbook, but mostly your thoughts. What were your overall thoughts about what we covered in class about race relations?

2. Having completed the course, discuss your thoughts about the course materials, course assignments, films, etc. What changes would you recommend that could be incorporated into the course? I will take your suggestions to revise the course. I do this assignment every semester to get your ideas, this is where you come in. This will improve the structure of this Canvas class. CCS/Soc. 114 has been my first 8 week online course on canvas, which meant that I was making changes as I went along. Sometimes I forgot to change dates from the fall semester class. With your help, I can continue to make changes to this summer school class for next summer. I want to make sure I can continue to make this class interesting to all my students.