The Final Exam is a series of five essays. Each essay should be a minimum of 200 words; this length requirement is to give you a sense of the minimum level of detail expected in your writing. Essays should not exceed 300 words. Essays should demonstrate that you understand the information well enough to explain your ideas in your own words, can draw from multiple course sources to support your ideas, and provide original examples where appropriate. Plan to use course sources, exclusively, to complete this assignment and to cite your sources/attach a works cited page using the MLA or APA format. Note that you are expected to include information from at least two course sources in each essay.

Specifically, you will be graded on:

• The quality of your answer content: Did you demonstrate critical thinking in your response? Did you integrate specific facts and ideas from multiple course sources (assigned readings, videos, and activities) into each of your essays? Did you use sociological ideas in a meaningful way?
• The clarity with which you present your ideas: Are your ideas readily understandable to the reader? Did you carefully proofread your work to minimize writing errors?
• The accuracy of your citing and works cited page: Did you use in-text citations? Is your paraphrasing comprehensive? Did you attach a works cited page? Did you use course sources exclusively?

The Fine Print:

Any and all forms of plagiarism (including failure to properly paraphrase your work) will result in a grade of zero for the assignment. Plagiarism is a serious offense, so when in doubt, ask. The NCC Library website has a lot of information about plagiarism as well as guidelines for citing sources. A link to this website is posted in the Assignment Guidelines folder in Blackboard. *** I encourage you to use the Learning Center as a resource for your writing. Also, consider scheduling a conference with me to review rough drafts of your work. Together we can talk about ways to improve your final draft. Online students should conference with me in person or via email. On-campus students should conference with me in person. *** Essays must be submitted through Blackboard as a file. Please do not submit via Google Docs or other such services. Contact the Help Desk at 610-861-5413 if you experience technical or software difficulties. *** Late essays will be penalized 10 points for every day late. Late work will not be accepted after one week has lapsed from the original due date.

Writing Prompt:

This assignment asks you to use course material to explain, analyze, and reflect upon the lessons at the core of the second half of the semester: privilege and implicit bias. You are expected to include information from at least two course sources in each essay.

• Ijeoma Oluo writes that racism is “any prejudice against someone because of their race, when those views are reinforced by systems of power” (26). In other words, it’s critical to consider and address systemic racism. With this in mind, explain how in-group membership may result in privilege. Do in-group members typically consider their experiences privileged? Why or why not?
• Explain why checking our privilege and acknowledging intersectionality are essential to addressing systemic racism.
• The Project Implicit website describes the “unwilling-unable” distinction. Explain what this means. Explain the difference between implicit and explicit attitudes; provide examples of each.
• Describe the Implicit Association Test (IAT) and explain how it measures implicit attitudes. How should we interpret our own IAT results?
• Conclude your paper with a reflection: what do you think you can do to disrupt systemic racism? Share something we learned that will stick with you. Why do you think this information is important?

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