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“Diversity and Technology” 2026: Session 3

Announcement Tomorrow is the last day of Add/Drop. Grading and attendance will begin on Wednesday! Agenda Assignment You can use AI, but you must verify any information you find. FOR MONDAY 9/21:

Announcement

Tomorrow is the last day of Add/Drop. Grading and attendance will begin on Wednesday!

Agenda

  • device time
  • device-free time
    • homework review circle
    • handwritten timed exercise (practice). Please stay in the room!
      • Please use characters’ names!
      • If you’re not sure about a definition or a question, you can ask. 
      • If you finish early, make sure you answered all parts of the question.
      • Finishing early -> device time? 
    • 9/9 Practice Exercise Evaluation Key
      • Underline of your text: illegible
      • Underline of question text: not addressed
      • Check: addressed
      • Plus or Star: extra point
      • Wavy line: incorrect or at least highly questionable.
    • BELOVED movie

Assignment

You can use AI, but you must verify any information you find.

  1. How is the class material so far relevant to news items you’re encountering beyond this class? Please share relevant news item in this spreadsheet.
  2. I will use APA Inclusive Language Guidelines, along with the Bias-Free Language Guidelines linked above, to evaluate your midterm and final papers. Please read them and be ready to discuss some new things you learned and/or have questions about. Have you noticed any “terms to avoid” being used in class so far?
  3. Start planning the who/what/where/why for your primary research. Your primary research plan will need my approval before you can carry it out, so we’re getting started early.
  4. Watch the film BELOVED up until 01:54:34 (“So long, Paul D.”)

FOR MONDAY 9/21:

  • We will switch from watching the film of BELOVED to reading the novel. Read and/or listen to Beloved up until “How loose the silk. How fine and loose and free.” (This is the entirety of Beloved-Part01.mp3.)

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