Long announcements, short agenda!

Announcements

News and ideas

NYC Lawmakers Seek Ban on Facial Scans to Identify Customers (Bloomberg Law)
NYC is more ethnically diverse, less racially segregated, report finds (WNYC story on CUNY Communities of Interest Report). “The increased ethnic diversity… is redefining what it means to be Black, or White, or Latino, or Asian in New York City…. Race is defined by different people differently at different times. A lot of immigrants grew up in societies with different racial categories… For example, among Bangladeshi immigrants, as much as 8% are identifying as Black.”
Reverse-othering?… “Gene editing could be a game changer for patients with sickle cell disease” (CBS), which “disproportionately occurs among people of African, Middle Eastern and Indian descent” (NPR), though New Sickle Cell Therapies Will Be Out of Reach Where They Are Needed” (NY Times).
Dystopias as instruction manuals

Class Announcements

Please take a moment to fill out your evaluation for this class. Thanks in advance!
Important reminder: for your final articles, I will ONLY check the Google documents I created for this purpose. This minimizes confusion.
You are welcome to include pictures in your essay, e.g. the images you’ve included in the final presentation deck, as long as you label and cite them using APA style!
Clarification on the Python extra credit opportunity: It can only be used to offset unexcused absences, not for any other purpose.
- If you want to increase your totals for the final grade, put your time and effort into writing as strong and polished a final article as you can! This means:
  - Making sure every argument in your article is supported by external evidence, clear and correct grammar, a neutral tone, logical flow, and APA formatting
  - Double-checking your article against every “Research Competence” and “Cultural Competence” line item in the Final Gradesheet
  - Asking for additional feedback from me (via Zoom office hours), your peers, and/or the NYU Writing Center. In previous semesters, students have been required to schedule a feedback appointment with the Writing Center, which provides really useful assistance for this kind of assignment. I don’t think it’s too late to book an appointment with them!
  - Finishing your work by December 22, 11:59 PM Eastern

Agenda

Presentations (Using the “Share-out” spreadsheet for presentation order & discussant groups)

Finish and polish your article using the Google Doc I created for your final article.
- I recommend reviewing the Final Gradesheet and Final Policies as you wrap up work for this class.
- Also don’t forget that you can continue to email me your questions and book Zoom office hours for help.
Congratulations on finishing all the in-class course work! Good luck on your finals, and HAPPY HOLIDAZE!!!!!!