Stereotype Threats and Identity
Essay task: Using MLA format, write a four-page essay, (1000 words) arguing that stereotype threats or other contingencies involved in your identity have impacted you. Explain how you navigate them. (These threats may be in the past or ones that you are currently facing.) You may compare your experience to one that Steele offers to help your readers better understand your identity. Conclude by explaining how Steele’s research illuminates your feelings, performance, and/or perceptions regarding your identity and/or suggest changes that should be made regarding your stereotype threat.