Anth 101 Summer 2021 Section 03- Weekly Assignment (WA) 1
1. Main Textbook: Kottak, Conrad and Kathryn Kozaitis (KK)
2012 On Being Different: Diversity and Multiculturalism in the North American Mainstream, 4th Edition. ISBN-13: 978-
0-07-811701-5.
The book is available for purchase or rent at the Sac State Hornet bookstore. For electronic copy, try the following
link or do your our search.
https://www.mheducation.com/highered/product/0078117011.html
OR
https://www.amazon.com/Being-Different-Diversity-Multiculturalism-Mainstream/dp/0078117011
Important: To enhance your chance of success in this class, it is very important to have either a print copy
or electronic copy of the required text book as soon as you can.
2. Additional Required Readings (all posted to Canvas):
▪ Paul Hsu and David E. Hayes‑Bautista (2021) The Epidemiology of Diversity: COVID‑19 Case Rate
Patterns in California (Canvas)
▪ Jeff Green (2020), Covid-19 Is Becoming the Disease That Divides Us: By Race, Class and Age
▪ Pew Research Center (2019) Americans Have Positive Views About Religion’s Role in Society, but Want
It Out of Politics
▪ J.A. English- Lueck (2018): Navigating Silicon Valley’s Contradictions
▪ D. Keating and L. Karklis (2016) The Increasingly Diverse United States of America
▪ Patricia H. Collins (2015), Intersectionality’s Definitional Dilemmas
▪ Judith Goode (2001), Teaching Against Culturalist Essentialism
▪ Alan Goodman (2001), From Race to Radical Bioculturalism
▪ Thomas Patterson (2001), Class and Historical Process in the United States
Instructions
Based on this week’s course material (PowerPoint lecture slides, lecture videos and readings), provide specific and detailed response to all of the following questions. Your response to each question must be about one full page (double spaced) or 400-600 words/question.
Total assignment value is 10 points; each question is worth 2 points
1. What is cultural diversity as anthropologists understand/define it especially in the context of multicultural society as the US?
2. How do anthropologists study culture and cultural diversity?
3. Discuss how the authors of the main textbook for this class, On Being Different, compare the American TV series Star Trek movie with the American Thanksgiving story. Explain why do you agree or disagree with the authors’ comparison?
4. Explain why anthropologists such as J. Goode are against essentializing culture and cultural boundaries in the US.
5. After defining what is meant by ethnocentrism and cultural relativism, provide at least one example of either ethnocentrism or cultural relativism in the US.
➢ Please submit only a PDF or MS word version via Canvas (please do not e-mail your WA).
➢ Please note that only a PDF or word version will be graded. Any other format will not be graded and will be counted as a missed assignment and therefore a grade of 0 will be entered!
Plagarism free with report
Due: July 25, 2021