Paragraph 1: summary of author’s main points and positions, clearly showing you covered the material (you don’t have to cover everything, but you should show you’ve done the reading) Paragraph 2: drawing connections to other readings and course themes, analyzing the impact of the author’s points Paragraph 3: relating these issues to your own experience or parallels you may have encountered in other courses, etc. Paragraph 4: questions for discussion that were provoked by the reading(s) Reading: Askew, David. 2002. “Melting Pot or Homogeneity? An Examination of Modern Theories of the Japanese Ethnicity.” EJCJS. Burgess, Chris. 2007. “Multicultural Japan? Discourse and the ‘Myth’ of Homogeneity.” Japan Focus. Murphy-Shigematsu, Stephen. 2006. “Diverse Forms of Minority National Identities in Japan’s Multicultural Society,” in Japan’s Diversity Dilemmas: Ethnicity, Citizenship, and Education. Lee, et al (eds). Supplemental reading: Wikipedia entries: Demographics of Japan , Nihonjinron (discourses of Japaneseness). Will there ever be a Rainbow Japan?, CNNGo. Dec 1, 2010 Burgess, Chris. 2007. Multicultural Japan Remains a Pipe Dream. Japan Times. . Articles of note: Freddy’s Hair – on DPP policitician and heavy-metal singer, Freddy Lim, and the KMT hair police https://savageminds.org/2016/01/29/freddys-hair/ China’s disappearing billionaires – an alarming trend https://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/01/chinas-missing-ceos-and-billionaires-having-a-chilling-effect-commentary.html Japan unveils 1st domestic-made stealth plane https://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/japan-unveils-1st-domestic-made-stealth-plane Once-feared ‘Zero’ fighter flies again over Japan https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/28/world/restored-japanese-zero-fighter-plane-flies-over-japan/
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