Spanish class

Write a brief paragraph describing what topic you have chosen, why you chose it, and if it is inspiring to you. You must also include the specific discriminatory topics you are focusing on (ex. education, gender-related discrimination, religion, language, land, etc.). It is important that you research a social issue that you are passionate about. It is ok if after reviewing this together, you decide that you would like to change your topic OR we discover that your chosen topic does not meet the criteria.

Assignment:
Write a three-page academic research paper on a diverse, underrepresented group of people in a Spanish-speaking country.

Objective:
Within heterogeneous societies, some diverse groups end up being underrepresented and thus marginalized. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to demonstrate knowledge of a
diverse, underrepresented group in a heterogeneous Spanish-speaking country. Explore the cultural aspects of the group that you choose; research and discuss its cultural contributions, experiences, values, histories and power struggles as a diverse group.

Guidance:
First, select a Spanish-speaking country that you would like to research. This can include Spanish-speaking populations in the United States. Then, research an underrepresented
group in that country that has distinct cultural aspects that make them diverse, and result in experiences of marginalization. A group of people can be underrepresented due to a variety of factors such as their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, disability, language, or class. A few examples (but not limited to) of such groups are:

  •  the Quechua people in Peru
  •  the Jews in Argentina
  •  women in Mexico
  •  Basque speakers in Spain.

Next, write an academic research paper describing the experiences of this diverse group living in a plural society. You should focus on the values and traditions of the group you
have selected with a particular emphasis on any one of the following:

  •  Political system
  •  Government
  •  Technological achievements
  •  Philosophy
  •  Religion
  •  Language (if this group is a language minority in the country you have chosen)
  •  Literature
  •  Other cultural contributions

In your paper, as you discuss the experiences of your group, be sure also to discuss what it means to be diverse in relation to power, privilege and inequality in a society in which one is a member of an underrepresented group