M5A1 CAP
What is your faculty-approved global issue/problem?
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Explain how you narrowed your focus to examine some aspect of that issue that affects disenfranchised and underrepresented groups.
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Draft a working thesis for your Diversity Perspectives paper. (You will come back to this after you’ve finished the rest of the worksheet.)
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What three to five specific points will you make to explain the significance of the issue?
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Identify the competing entities (populations) affected by this issue. Which of them are disadvantaged or underrepresented?
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For each of the groups identified above, what cultural perspectives will you present?
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What cultural inequities are evident? What evidence will you use from your literature review and additional sources?
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How will you use Hofstede’s Cultural Values framework to explain the issues involved?
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How does in-group favoritism influence the competing populations?
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How has out-group bias manifested itself among those involved in the issue?
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Which justice theory will you choose to frame your argument and why?
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What solutions have been proposed or implemented to mitigate the problem?
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Based on the work you’ve developed thus far, review and revise your working thesis. Include the revised thesis in your draft introduction of your Diversity Perspectives paper.
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From your work answering the items above, summarize strategies that might result in more equitable treatment and are thus worthy of further study. Justify your position by drawing upon reasoned evidence from cited sources. This will form the basis for the conclusion to your Diversity Perspectives paper.
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What is today’s date?
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