race, class, gender

Your paper must be typed, double-spaced and sent in docx or pdf. You must include a bibliography or “works cited’ page for your source citations.

You will be graded on the following:

1) COMPOSITION: grammar, syntax, spelling, organization
2) CONTENT: information & data
3) CREATIVITY: originality of approach and ideas
4) CRITICAL ANALYSIS: sociological imagination
5) CITATION: sources; references of each textbook, bibliography/works cited -page.

1) You are required to use the APA citation format. http://www.bibme.org/citation-guide/apa/

2) You are required to cite the textbook (chapters 1-5 in the book Asian American Women and Men: Labor, Laws and Love by Yen Le Espiritu)

QUESTION TO ADDRESS IN YOUR ESSAY:

In her book, Asian American Women and Men: Labor, Laws and Love, Yen Le Espiritu writes about “theorizing race, gender, and class.” Choose one example of a contemporary Asian American or Pacific Islander Family in the U.S. (i.e. famous person, fictional television depiction, historical figure/family, etc.). How have race, class, gender, and immigration/immigration status informed and impacted this Asian American Family or Pacific Islander Family you have selected. Make sure you are thorough in your definitions and explanations of what is “race,” “class,” “gender” and “immigration/immigration status.” Please cite all of your class sources.