Step 1:
Read “Muslim Women After 9/11″ by Ashraf Zahedi”
Step 2:
Read these articles about gender and Covid-19:
1) Clare Cain Miller’s “Nearly Half of Men Say They Do Most of the Home Schooling, 3 Percent of Women Agree,” in the New York Times. Click here for the PDF: “Nearly Half of Men…” 2) “Women’s Labor Force Participation Set Back 3 Years Due to Covid-19” in The Hill.
Step 3:
Participate in the discussion forum about the reading by Thursday at 11:59 and post two replies by Sunday at 11:59 pm
Discussion questions:
Take notes in response to these discussion questions as you do the reading this week.
- In ways has the “War on Terrorism” affected Muslim American women, and how do you think people should intervene when they see a Muslim woman being harassed?
- How might anti-immigrant rhetoric in the last few years involve promoting stereotypes of immigrants that mask the real lives of actual immigrants, including immigrant women?
- What’s your response to the articles about women and Covid-19? What do you think we should do as a society to ensure that women are not disproportionately harmed by the pandemic?
Bonus Material:
The main thing I wanted to recommend to you this week is an episode from story-telling podcast The Moth (click!) about trans-racial adoption. It’s one of the best things I’ve heard — interesting politically, but also very moving. It raises important questions about what it means for white people to adopt children of color.
I also recommend you watch Knock Down the House, a documentary on Netflix about four women who ran for political office in 2018. If you watch this, and write up two pages, double-spaced (mix of summary and analysis/commentary) you can get extra credit.
