Selected City Topic Due – simply choose a city to write about in your term paper. Provide the name of the city, and the country/state where it is located.

Note that you can choose a city outside of the US, contrary to what it says in the syllabus – in fact I would encourage you to do this if you expect to be working in a different country to make the paper more useful to you.

Since you will be required to discuss a historical event from the city related to its diversity as part of the paper, I would strongly suggest that you do some preliminary internet research on the city to identify at least one historical event in the city’s history that relates to diversity (e.g. race riots, protests about inequality, immigration, etc.). Most large cities will have had many of these types of events in their history.

You are basically supposed to choose a city for the assignment, discuss the
demographics of the city, as well as discuss a historical event + a
regularly occurring current event (e.g. a parade, a fair, etc.) related to
diversity.

With that in mind, if you choose the capital city of Sri Lanka (or some
other city with a prominent history connected to the civil war) you could
certainly cover history from the city related to the civil war as part of
the historical event section – just need to explain how it ties in with
diversity/other concepts/themes from class .

Diversity Paper (20%) – Grading for the Term Paper

In this course students will be required to research, analyze, and work on a topic–related project. In the
process of conducting appropriate library searching, proper sources for your references must contain
citable bibliographic material that is peer–reviewed and authoritative as primary sources to include in
your paper. Accordingly, students will need to access the college online library, LIRN, which Angeles
College subscribes to and provides access to the college student body. Enrolled students for all programs
must take an Information Literacy course or a library training workshop conducted by the college
librarian Guidelines for the term paper: choose any one city in the United States to be the subject of
your paper. Complete a 750–950 word paper which discusses the diversity of that city, including the
following areas: Discuss the demographic makeup of this city (e.g. racial makeup, gender distribution,
number of LGBT individuals, predominant socioeconomic groups). Identify at least 1 significant historical
event within this city, related to its diversity (e.g. immigration issues, protests, riots, educational
challenges, or public policy measures enacted) and explain its significance. Identify at least 1 current
event that regularly occurs within this city which celebrates its diversity (e.g. parades, festivals, fairs,
volunteer projects, and community activism). And finally, discuss what special considerations you would
be conscious of if you were to live in this city. Would you be a member of the majority or the minority?
How would the focus of your profession change if you also worked in this city?

Discuss the demographic makeup of your city (e.g. racial makeup, gender distribution, number of LGBT

individuals, predominant socioeconomic groups).
Identify at least 1 significant historical event within your city, related to its diversity (e.g. immigration
issues, protests, riots, educational challenges, or public policy measures enacted) and explain its
significance.
Identify at least 1 current event that regularly occurs within your city which celebrates its diversity (e.g.
parades, festivals, fairs, volunteer projects, and community activism).
Discuss what special considerations you would be conscious of if you were to live in this city. Would you be
a member of the majority or the minority? How would the focus of your profession change if you also
worked in this city?
Observe proper organization, correct grammar, appropriate length, proper APA 7th Ed. Format, and timely
submission.

I would like to do my paper on Sri Lanka Tamil war: The Sri Lanka Tamil War refers to the decades-long conflict that took place on the island nation of Sri Lanka, primarily between the government forces of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a militant organization that sought an independent Tamil state in the northern and eastern regions of the country.

The conflict spanned from the early 1980s until 2009 when the Sri Lankan government declared victory over the LTTE. The war was characterized by intense violence, guerrilla warfare, suicide bombings, and numerous human rights abuses on both sides.

The root causes of the conflict can be traced back to ethnic tensions between the majority Sinhalese population and the minority Tamil population. Discriminatory policies and actions by successive Sri Lankan governments against the Tamil minority, including issues related to language, education, and employment opportunities, fueled grievances that eventually escalated into a full-blown armed conflict.