ASSIGNMENT HELP | To summarize, please make sure that each reading response includes the below:

For each reading response please choose one reading from the coursework thus far to demonstrate your understanding of the reading as well as your own personal perspective. Reading responses serve as an opportunity for you to “take a position” on assigned readings by agreeing/disagreeing on specific issues that were raised within the reading. Synthesizing and critiquing the material (which is what you should do) is not the same as summarizing. Opinions and personal experiences are welcomed as well but should be presented in the context of class material and succinctly answering the essay questions.

To summarize, please make sure that each reading response includes the below:
Summarizing the main points of the reading Sharing your thoughts of the reading (agree/disagree)
How the reading relates to your personal experiences
Cite your chosen reading within the response i.e. add a quote and cite using APA format (Author\’s last name, YEar published).

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Analysis of the Levels of Racism: A Theoretic Framework and a Gardener’s Tale by Camara Phyllis Jones

In the reading by Jones (2002), the author talks about three levels of racism. The first is institutionalized racism where some people have access to quality health services, better housing, better educational opportunities, and better state representation than others have because of their races. It is true that this level of racism is due to preference and is the most difficult to counter and recognize since it is committed by government and institutions that believe they are not racist. In the flower garden allegory, the author represents institutionalized racism as the preference …

The second level is personally mediated racism brought about by discrimination and prejudice. I agree that these vices are common in the US where people are victimized because of their skin color evidenced by police brutalities and shootings of black people among others. In the allegory, the gardener’s choice and neglect of the pink flowers’ poor growing conditions represents how people in minority neighborhoods live. Often, policymakers and community leaders choose and neglect them because of their color leaving them in poor living conditions without proper social amenities. The third level is internalized racism, which in other words refers to low self-worth. In the allegory, it happens when the bee comes to cross-pollinate the pink flowers. The pink flowers respond by sending them away since the gardener has taught them to believe they are not worthy or strong like the red flowers. In the real world, institutions, the government, and people have neglected and discriminated minorities…