Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic/racial group not your own from the list below.

•    Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf)

o    Christianity

•    Evangelical Protestant
•    Mainline Protestant
•    Historically Black Churches
•    Roman Catholic
•    Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)
•    Jehovah’s Witnesses
•    Orthodox (Greek, Eastern)

o    Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform)
o    Buddhism (Theravada or Mahayana)
o    Islam (Sunni, Shia, Sufism)
o    Hinduism

•    Racial/ethnic groups (based on divisions in U.S. Census Bureau documents)

o    Asian (Asian descent)
o    Black (African descent)
o    Hispanic and Latino (South or Central American descent)
o    Pacific Islander (Polynesian descent)
o    White (European descent)

Part II

Write a 750- to 1,400-word paper in which you consider the following regarding the religious group and racial/ethnic group you selected:

Religious group:

•    How does your selected religious group differ from other religious groups (such as in their beliefs, worship practices, or values)?

•    What has been the experience of your selected religious group with others that do not share its beliefs or practices?

•    In what ways has the religious group you selected contributed to American culture?

•    Provide specific examples of prejudice or discrimination your selected religious group has experienced.

•    What were the sources of this prejudice or discrimination?

•    Does what you’ve learned about this religious group help you understand it? In what ways?

Racial/ethnic group:

•    How does your selected racial/ethnic group differ from other racial/ethnic groups (such as differences in ancestry, language, or culture)?

•    What has been your selected group’s experience with other groups?

•    In what ways has the racial/ethnic group you selected contributed to American culture?

•    Identify some specific examples of prejudice or discrimination that your selected group has experienced historically.

•    What were the sources of this prejudice or discrimination?

•    Does what you’ve learned about this racial/ethnic group help you understand it? How?

Include the following as part of your conclusion:

•    How are the prejudice and discrimination experienced by your selected religious group and racial/ethnic group similar?

•    How are they different?

•    Can you draw any conclusions about discrimination from this comparison?

Provide citations for all the sources you use.

I am white so you can’t use that ethnicity.