In this assignment, you will explain the roles of culture and bias in interpreting and conveying information.
In Module One, you learned some common terminology used to explain different aspects of cultural diversity and how these terms may influence decision making. You also completed your own personal diversity assessment using Loden’s Diversity Wheel. These activities will assist you as you begin to construct a cultural diversity education and training for Project One.
In this activity, you will examine the history of Chinese immigration to the United States in order to gain a better understanding of the relationship between cultural bias, stereotyping, and communication issues among a specific group, the police, and the criminal justice system. This will also assist you as you consider the specific factors from Loden’s Diversity Wheel that impact criminal-justice interactions in Project Two, which you will complete in Module Five.
First, review the History of San Francisco’s Chinatown resource, On Police Treatment, Asian-Americans Show Ethnic, Generational Splits, and The Social History of Crime and Punishments in America: An Encyclopedia -Chinese Americans. Then, in a slide presentation, complete the following essential elements:
Specifically, the following rubric criteria must be addressed:
Guidelines for Submission: This assignment must be completed as a presentation with a minimum of six slides. All references should be cited in APA format. Review the Shapiro Library’s APA Style Guide for more information on citations.
| Criteria | Exemplary (100%) | Proficient (85%) | Needs Improvement (55%) | Not Evident (0%) | Value |
| Articulation of Response | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling | Submission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling | 10 |
| Cultural Stereotype | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Identifies cultural stereotypes of Chinese immigrants to the United States | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include identifying stereotypes specific to Chinese immigrants to the United States | Does not attempt criterion | 10 |
| Decision Making | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Provides examples of poor decision making as a result of cultural stereotyping | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include providing at least two examples of poor decision making, or identifying decisions that were the result of cultural stereotyping | Does not attempt criterion | 20 |
| History | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Explores the connection between the history of Chinese immigration to the United States and cultural bias and stereotypes | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include providing a summary of the history of Chinese immigration to the United States, or connecting the history to the cultural biases and stereotypes | Does not attempt criterion | 25 |
| Communication | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Identifies communication issues that may arise due to bias or stereotyping | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include identifying speaking communication issues, identifying listening communication issues, or identifying issues that arise as a direct result of bias or stereotyping | Does not attempt criterion | 25 |
| Citations and Attributions | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few or no minor errors | Uses citation for ideas requiring attribution | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with major errors | Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution | 10 |
