(A) Read Chapter 1 from the text,  A Different Mirror. It is posted in this module.

(B) Refer and pay attention to the professor's explanation of concepts referred to in this assignment.

Answer the Following Questions:

1. Address how the author, Ronald Takaki, is discussing the concept of race.

2. How is Takaki critiquing the work of Allan Bloom, specifically Bloom's text entitled The Closing of the American Mind?

3. What is Takaki talking about when he writes about the 'mosaic of America?'

4. What is Takaki really talking about when he refers to America and 'A Different Mirror?'