You need to write a ten-page essay on a specific issue in culture and
personality. In your essay, you may follow Shaw and his model in
Conspicuous and
Inconspicuous Discriminations in Everyday Life
(
Inconspicuous-Discriminations-in-Everyday-Life/Shaw/p/book/9780415840842; you may use
your CSUN User ID and Password to gain access to the full text at Oviatt Library). Specifically,
you need to (a) dwell on a specific case of culture and personality in everyday life; (b) identify
the discriminator and his or her discriminatory acts in the case; (c) pinpoint any possible victim
and his or her victimization experiences in the case; (d) explore social factors and forces
underlying the discrimination in the case and its escalation, alleviation, or continuation; (e) fetch
from the case some sociological knowledge and insights for general understanding; and (f)
include a minimum of five academic references you have used in your case