Religious and Ethnic Groups Paper

Religious and Ethnic Groups Paper
Instructions

Part I

Select at least 1 religious and 1
ethnic/racial group not your own from
the list below.

· 
Religious groups (based on
http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf)

o  Christianity

· 
Evangelical Protestant

· 
Mainline Protestant

· 
Historically Black Churches

· 
Roman Catholic

· 
Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)

· 
Jehovah’s Witnesses

· 
Orthodox (Greek, Eastern)

o  Judaism
(Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform)

o  Buddhism
(Theravada or Mahayana)

o  Islam
(Sunni, Shia, Sufism)

o  Hinduism

· 
Racial/ethnic groups (based on divisions in U.S.
Census Bureau documents)

o  Asian
(Asian descent)

o  Black
(African descent)

o  Hispanic
and Latino (South or Central American descent)

o  Pacific
Islander (Polynesian descent)

o  White
(European descent)

Part II

Write a 750- to 1,400-word paper in which
you consider the following regarding the religious group and racial/ethnic
group you selected:

Religious
group:

· 
How does your selected
religious group differ from other religious groups (such as in their beliefs,
worship practices, or values)?

· 
What has been the experience
of your selected religious group with others that do not share its beliefs or
practices?

· 
In what ways has the religious
group you selected contributed to American culture?

· 
Provide specific examples of
prejudice or discrimination your selected religious group has experienced.

· 
What were the sources of this
prejudice or discrimination?

· 
Does what you’ve learned about
this religious group help you understand it? In what ways?

Racial/ethnic
group:

· 
How does your selected
racial/ethnic group differ from other racial/ethnic groups (such as differences
in ancestry, language, or culture)?

· 
What has been your selected
group’s experience with other groups?

· 
In what ways has the
racial/ethnic group you selected contributed to American culture?

· 
Identify some specific
examples of prejudice or discrimination that your selected group has
experienced historically.

· 
What were the sources of this
prejudice or discrimination?

· 
Does what you’ve learned about
this racial/ethnic group help you understand it? How?

Include the following as part of your conclusion:

· 
How are the prejudice and
discrimination experienced by your selected religious group and racial/ethnic group
similar?

· 
How are they different?

· 
Can you draw any conclusions
about discrimination from this comparison?

Provide citations for all the sources you use.