lives worth living ada demonstrations H u m a n i t i e s

Prompt part 1

• Los Angeles is a “multicultural city” comprised largely of immigrants. Describe how Los Angeles came to be a “multicultural city.”
• Throughout Los Angeles history, dominant white communities have used different forms of oppression (including racism, classism, xenophobia, etc.) to maintain power and discriminate against marginalized racial, ethnic, and cultural groups. Identify these forms of oppression and explain how they have historically impacted marginalized racial, ethnic, and cultural groups in Los Angeles.

• Cite at least 2 specific examples from the assigned readings when answering the prompt
• Include Chicago-style Author-Date citations at the end of your sentences when you cite quotations or reference ideas/examples from the readings or lecture content pages. In this citation style, you include the author’s name and date, or the video title and timestamp, in parenthesis at the end of the sentence. For example:
  • When referencing a reading: “The Disability Rights movement was predominantly a single-issue movement that did not center race, gender, sexuality, age, immigration status, or religion (Sins Invalid, 13).”

Prompt Part 2

• Explain how forms of oppression, including segregation, redlining, gentrification, and police violence, have impacted and continue to impact communities in Los Angeles. Cite at least 2 examples from the module content pages.
• Explain how redlining and gentrification continue to impact communities in Los Angeles. Cite at least 2 examples from the module content pages.

• Cite at least 4 specific examples (in total) from the lecture content pages when answering the prompt
  • NOTE: the lecture pages give you many examples so that you can expand your knowledge of the content. You are not expected to reference every single example in the lecture pages; however, you are required to demonstrate your knowledge of this content by citing at least two specific examples. The more examples that you reference in your prompt, the better you demonstrate your knowledge of the material.
• Include Chicago-style Author-Date citations at the end of your sentences when you cite quotations or reference ideas/examples from the readings or lecture content pages. In this citation style, you include the author’s name and date, or the video title and timestamp, in parenthesis at the end of the sentence. For example:
  • When referencing a video clip: “In order to pressure Congress to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act, disabled activists staged a public demonstration where they crawled up the steps of the Capitol building (Lives Worth Living ADA Demonstrations, 2:00).”