Homework: No reading in Behind The Beautiful Forevers
Paper proposal is now due at the beginning of class on April 13, 2015.  The proposal assignment specifics are provided below:

Social Justice Initial Project Proposal

Due at the beginning of class on April 13, 2015 

5 points

Requirements:  typed, double-spaced, 1-page in length, 11 point, Times New Roman font, and it must address the following questions:

1.     Who is being oppressed?

2.     What are some of the reasons they are being oppressed?

3.     Where is this oppression happening?

4.     Where did you find preliminary information which informed you of this oppression? What were your sources? What were the dates of publication?

5.     Why are you interested in researching this particular oppressed group?

·        Is there a personal connection or experience which prompts an interest in this topic/group?

·        Have you heard about this group in another class, through the news, friends and family, movies and TV

·        Is your research this week essentially your first awareness of the oppression faced by this group in this particular way? What about it caught your attention?

6.     Explain briefly which one or two of the Five Faces of Oppression you feel represents the form of oppression you are researching for your chosen group?

7.     Also, make educated guesses about the following:

a.     When did this oppression begin?

b.     Why is this oppression still happening in 2015?