Create a 350-500 discussion response

Week 9 Discussion – Constructing Ethnicity

Read/Watch

Cornell & Hartman, Chapter 4: Constructing Realities / Constructing Ethnicities, plus the videos Ethnicity and Identity, The Struggles of the Ethnically Ambiguous, Preserving Hmong Culture: Life After War, and Preserving the Ways: Culture and Traditions.

Videos:

Initial Post: 350500 words

Prompt: Using Chapter 4s constructionist perspective, explain how ethnic identities are made, maintained, and changed in the real-world cases shown across the videos.

In your post, you must do all of the following:

1. Define ethnicity vs. nationality using the Ethnicity and Identity video, and give one specific example from the Peruvian Festival scene that shows a blended identity (e.g., symbols, language, food, clothing).
2. Apply two constructionist concepts from Chapter 4 (choose at least two): boundary; meaning; assertion vs. assignment; thick vs. thin identity; hidden ethnicity (optional). For each concept you choose, connect it to one concrete moment from the videos (quote or describe a specific scene/detail).
3. Compare two different identity pressures shown in the videos. Choose two of these pairings: ethnically ambiguous identity struggles (Struggles of the Ethnically Ambiguous); cultural preservation after war and migration (Preserving Hmong Culture); cultural survival under historical suppression (Preserving the Ways); assimilation and cultural erosion concerns (Ethnicity and Identity). Explain how power and social expectations shape identity in each case (who gets to define the identityinsiders or outsiders?).
4. End your post with one discussion question that invites classmates to respond (not a yes/no question).

Citations: Use simple page citations for the chapter like (Cornell & Hartman, Ch. 4, p. __). If you dont have page numbers, cite by section/topic from the chapter (e.g., assertion vs. assignment section).

Requirements:

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400 word minimum

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