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Outcome 3 (Active Reading) – Employ techniques of active reading, critical reading, and informal reading response for inquiry, learning, and thinking. Word Count: 584 My reading responses and annotations have improved because of each other. Over the course of the semester, I have improved immensely in both areas. Before I came to college, like many students, I really only used a highlighter and forgot why I highlighted the area. So, because of that it didn’t help me understand the text much better….

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How to Combat Racism Throughout history there has been racism and it is still very prevalent in society. During the Covid-19 pandemic there have been many instances of racism and xenophobia exhibited because the fear of the virus has increased, but so have people standing up to the prejudices in society. The articles I will be discussing are about racism towards Blacks and Asians and how it affects those individuals. First is “Walking While Black” by Garette Codogan, which talks…

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Essay 3 Throughout history there has been racism and it is still very prevalent in society. During the pandemic there have been many instances of racism and the xenophobia exhibited because of the fear of the virus has  increased but so have people standing up to the prejudices in society. The articles I will be discussing are about racism towards blacks and Asians and how it affects those individuals. First is “Walking While Black” by Garette Codogan, which talks about…

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The first reason Serhan and Mclaughlin’s essay connects with the previous The readings are that all of the articles talk about being compassionate to others around you. Bloom talks about how our empathy can show our prejudices and act almost as a spotlight to the people that are like us but doesn’t shine very brightly on people we find unfamiliar. In Serhan and Mclaughlin’s essay they talk about how Asian prejudice is rampant because of the pandemic. People don’t understand…

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What is xenophobia? How does the term relate to the Covid-19 pandemic and the various decisions countries have made in dealing with the virus’s spread? Xenophobia is the fear of outsiders. This relates to the covid-19 pandemic because during the pandemic we considered East Asians outsiders and were afraid of them. Countries shut down their borders to travelers from certain countries because they believed that they were carriers of the virus so if they couldn’t come in then the virus…

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Describe your essay’s most notable strength, using at least one direct quote from your work to support your choice.  My essay’s most notable strength is my integration of quotes. I think that I integrate my quotes very smoothly, which helps my writing flow.  Ex.- According to Bloom, “Empathy is a spotlight with a narrow focus; it shines brightly on those we love and gets dim for those who are different and strange”( 3). I think that because my quotes being…

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What are the unique challenges Cadogan faces as he walks each city (Kingston, New Orleans, and New York City)? What do we learn, indirectly, about each city from Cadogan’s personal experiences?  We learn that each city is extremely racist and that the people there are almost scared of the black people. New York City police officers were suspicious of black people and stopped them simply because they were black. In New Orleans, the people were scared of black people and…

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