Making a Living: The Politics and Economics of Work Before the 1930s

Prompt: How does this week's global and diasporic framework and focus on systems of racial oppression and economic control complicate any idealized stories you may have had about early Asian migration as simply the U.S.-centric pursuit of the American Dream?

The Reflection includes three parts:

1.) A point of view that challenges your thinking - paraphrase a passage or idea from reading and explain how it presents a perspective on a specific topic that challenges your thinking; (c) cite the source

criteria 1 - present the point of view of the author/speaker; bold highlight the subject

criteria 2 - explain specifically how your thinking is challenged by the point of view you have presented...ex: how did you think before? and how do you think now?

criteria 3 - cite the passage or idea

for a reading: include the author's last name and page number; for example: (Chan, 45).

2.) Response to prompt - answer the week's prompt based on your thoughts on the assigned reading

criteria 1 - answer the prompt in full based on your reflections and in an informed way

criteria 2 - write clearly so that your ideas are understandable

extra credit - a cited reference to an assigned reading or video that is well-informed and relevant can earn an additional extra credit point. make sure to use bold font for any cited references you include.

for a reading: cite by author's last name and page number (ex: Lee, 38)

3.) Questions for further thinking - two genuine questions that you have based on the week's readings or videos

Reading Book:

A New History of Asian America by Shelley Sang-Hee Lee, P. 63-89, Chapter 3, "Making a Living: The Politics and Economics of Work before the 1930s."

(The reading is long, but you don't need to cover it all up) Thank you so much!