Step 1: Start by individually making some notes and reflecting on what inferences are made about you. How does this affect you? What is untrue about the inferences? Consider the following questions: What do you perceive to be the outside world’s assumptions and inferences about your ethnic identity or some other characteristic by which people might classify you? For example, you might identify with a national or ethnic group, or you might identify with people having certain physical traits in common, such as being thin, fat, tall, short, bald, blond, etc. You might also identify with a group that is classified by non-physical traits such as professional, political or religious affiliation or identification with a minority gender orientation or interest group. The point here is to be able to identify yourself with a group so that you can then explore and examine the negative or positive inferences/assumptions people often apply to such groups. Step 2: After conducting a substantial discussion on this topic, write on an essay with the following purpose: examine the concept of inferences and describe one or more inferences made about you based on your identification with a specific ethnic group, physical characteristics, gender, religious affiliation, etc. Reflect on and describe the negative or positive assumptions that people infer about these groups. info. I’m Chinese, tiny girl, no believe
