For the past two weeks you have worked on your Diversity Perspectives paper (Scaffold Step #4). As noted previously, this step of the research paper is much more narrowly focused than the broad overview of the Literature Review.

In this paper, you have used the global issue identified in your Literature Review as the foundation and narrowed your focus to some aspect of that issue that affects vulnerable and disenfranchised groups.

You have analyzed and synthesized the relevant scholarly literature and examined how these groups have historically been, and currently are, impacted by the policies, decisions, and actions of others. As part of your research, you have considered various perspectives of your own cultural background and experiences as well as those of others.

Using the scholarly research related to your topic, in the Diversity Perspectives paper you have examined the solutions and strategies proposed and/or implemented and you have evaluated the potential equity of such actions.

You should now be ready to recommend areas for further study that might result in more equitable treatment of those vulnerable and disenfranchised groups. Your recommendation must be supported by well-reasoned evidence from scholarly research. Remember: you are not to propose solutions at this point!

Depending on the number of scholarly sources used, your diversity perspectives paper should be approximately 1,500-2,000 words, and should not exceed 2,500 words. (Word counts exclude title pages, headers, and reference list.) Be sure you use the Diversity Perspectives Worksheet to organize your ideas. The Worksheet is in Ch. 4 of your Webtext.

Compose your work using a word processor (or other software as appropriate) and save it frequently to your computer. Do not include the actual instructions in your submission.

(Including the instructions will cause inaccuracies in your Turnitin report). Create a title page for your document with your name, date, course information, and "Scaffold Step #4" clearly noted. Proofread carefully and correct any spelling or grammatical errors.

What is your faculty-approved global issue/problem?

Explain how you narrowed your focus to examine some aspect of that issue that affects disenfranchised and underrepresented groups.

Draft a working thesis for your Diversity Perspectives paper. (You will come back to this after you've finished the rest of the worksheet.)

What three to five specific points will you make to explain the significance of the issue?

Identify the competing entities (populations) affected by this issue. Which of them are disadvantaged or underrepresented?

For each of the groups identified above, what cultural perspectives will you present?

What cultural inequities are evident? What evidence will you use from your literature review and additional sources?

How will you use Hofstede's Cultural Values framework to explain the issues involved?

How does in-group favoritism influence the competing populations?

How has out-group bias manifested itself among those involved in the issue?

Which justice theory will you choose to frame your argument and why?

What solutions have been proposed or implemented to mitigate the problem?

Based on the work you've developed thus far, review and revise your working thesis. Include the revised thesis in your draft introduction of your Diversity Perspectives paper.

From your work answering the items above, summarize strategies that might result in more equitable treatment and are thus worthy of further study. Justify your position by drawing upon reasoned evidence from cited sources. This will form the basis for the conclusion to your Diversity Perspectives paper.

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Attachment:- Diversity_perspectives.rar