Imagine that you are a different gender or race, or both. How would that change your outlook on America and your access to the American Dream? Would it change your political views, where you live, your income, and what kind of education you would get?

Why or why not? What else might change in your life? Support your answers with facts and examples.


An ideal response will:
1. Discuss the challenges faced by women and people of color in the United States, for example, struggles for political and economic equality.
2. Explain how the change in perspective might change the student's perception of equality and equality of opportunity in America by making it seem harder or easier.
3. Discuss how it could change other aspects of the student's lifeâ€"for example, the student might cite the fact that more women and people of color live in poverty and suffer discrimination in employment and education.
4. Explain how it could affect the student's views, using examples such as the fact that women and minorities tend to support the Democratic Party over the Republican Party.
5. Provide a clear and effective conclusion.

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a. Persons who fail to vote in Brazil cannot get a passport. b. Voting is compulsory for people of all ages in many Latin American countries. c. People who do not vote in Singapore can be caned, which is a form of corporal punishment. d. In some German regions voters as young as 16 may vote.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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