HIS 100 Module Four Activity Bias Template
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HIS 100 Module Four Activity Template: Bias in Primary Sources
Locate an additional primary source relevant to your historical event. Use it and the primary source you identified in a previous module to answer the questions below. Replace the bracketed text with your responses.
Source One
Conduct source analysis on a primary source relevant to your historical event.
Attempt to write the APA style citation for your first primary source and include a link to it. You will not be penalized for incorrect format.
Nestle, J., Howell, C., & Wilchins, R. A. (2002).
GenderQueer: Voices from beyond the sexual binary
(First edition.). Los Angeles: Alyson Books.
Respond to the following questions:
Who authored or created the primary source?
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It is a book of “Gender Queer” individuals from, each chapter written by a different person, detailing their accounts of how being a queer/transgender. Sylvia Rivera shares her story from the perspective of the streets of Brooklyn,
What was the author’s position in society at the time the primary source was created?
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Sylvia Rivera became a well-known advocate and activist who fought for equality for transgender people of color and became a part of the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance. Sylvia and Marsha P. Johnson created an organization known as STAR, Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries,
which was founded in the ’70s. They created this organization as a means for other homeless drag queens, gay youth, and trans women to have support that they may not have anywhere else.
When was the primary source created?
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2002
Where was the primary source created, released, or publicized?
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Los Angeles, CA
Who was the intended audience for the primary source?
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LGBTQ Community
Why was the primary source created?
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I think there are several reasons why this source was created. I couldn’t find an exact answer as to why. However, based on what I have read and seen, I think this book is a powerful example to those who choose to read it what some of the harrowing real-life experiences that individuals went through and how they survived, bringing awareness to
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the LGBTQ lifestyle and community. It shows how things have changed and progressed to some degree and can be used for educational purposes. The first thing I thought when I started reading was why this source was so difficult to find; it should be easily accessible to all schools and students, regardless of some of the content. I also believe that this source is a means of giving individuals a voice to share their experiences. By doing that, not only are they validating themselves, they begin to heal, but we can learn and use the information for the present and choose to be part of the solution.
Whose perspective(s) is presented in the source?
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This source combines thirty first-person accounts sharing their experience of building themselves through sexual identity and exploration. Each person shares a different experience. In terms of Sylvia Rivera and her account of “
Queens in Exil, The Forgotten Ones” she holds nothing back as she shares.
Source Two
Conduct a source analysis on a primary source relevant to your historical event.
Attempt to write the APA style citation for your second primary source and include a link to it. You will not be penalized for incorrect format.
Jenkins, A. (2019). Power to the People: The Stonewall Revolution. QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking
, 6
(2), 63–68. https://doi.org/10.14321/qed.6.2.0063
Respond to the following questions:
Who authored or created the primary source?
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Andrea Jenkins
What was the author’s or creator’s position in society at the time the primary source was created?
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Jenkins was the first openly transgender African American woman to be elected to a United States public office when she published this book. She had become a member of the Minneapolis City Council and was a writer and performing artist.
When was the primary source created?
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2019
Where was the primary source created, released, or publicized?
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New York City
Who was the intended audience for the primary source?
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The LGBTQ community, the education community, and those interested in history, social, and civil rights movements. The general public could also find this of interest if they are seeking to understand the historical context of what took place during the Stonewall Rebellion. 2
Why was the primary source created?
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This source analyzes and interprets the Stonewall Rebellion, a pivotal event in the LGBTQ+ rights movement. It provides a better understanding of the historical context, the people involved, and the societal and political impact of the movements. Its an important contribution to the broader understanding and discussion of LGBTQ+ history and civil rights.
Whose perspective(s) is presented in the source?
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Andrea Jenkins
Both Sources
Analyze the primary sources relevant to your historical event for the presence of bias.
Both Rivera and Jenkins share their personal experience of events that took place during that time in their life, involving discrimination, racism, hate, harassment, and many other harrowing situations. This makes it difficult for either of these women to write their stories or recount their
experiences without doing so with some bias. The LGBTQ community in and of itself carries a bias towards their own community, as they are fighting for their rights for equality, civil rights, human rights, and others. I believe that both Rivera and Jenkins intended to share their feelings and experiences as a means of awareness and education and to advocate for the LGBTQ community. If a bias was present, it was more on the implicit than the explicit end. Compare how your historical event is represented in your primary sources.
Sylvia’s experiences are essential, valuable, and informative first-hand accounts of the events that took place in the 60s-70s. Her accounts come from a much more personal and emotional place that allows individuals the opportunity to understand, connect, and objectively process the events from the perspective of someone else shoes, someone who experiences such events.
To have a human experience. Andrea’s accounts of events are an analysis of what took place during that time, providing a much wider context and evaluation of events. Jenkins' analysis may
provide a more objective and factual overview of the events, highlighting the significance and impact from a different perspective. Therefore, both accounts are important in their own way both can complement each other, providing a more all-inclusive understanding of the events in question.
Both Sylvia and Andrea appear to have slightly different approaches to their advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community. With her focus on her organization STAR and the activism she does, she seems focused on the marginalized individuals in the LGBTQ community and the transgender individuals and fighting for their rights. Andrea seems to have a more inclusive approach and method, working to provide a comprehensive overview of the impact and the events that took place. Each perspective has value and reaches the LGBTQ community and can reach the general public as well. Both provide an understanding of events that took place during the 60s-70s; they are just bringing it to light from different approaches. This can help bring a great amount of appreciation to the events that took place during the Stonewall Rebellion. 3
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Note that each source from the event will have a different perspective, feel, significance, and impact because each person saw it and experienced the events differently. Analyzing them from different angles opens the door to a deeper understanding of the event, historical context, and cultural significance. This leads to deeper conversations, more support, and stronger relationships. 4
Jenkins, A. (2019). Power to the People: The Stonewall Revolution. QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking
, 6
(2), 63–68. https://doi.org/10.14321/qed.6.2.0063
Nestle, J., Howell, C., & Wilchins, R. A. (2002). GenderQueer: Voices from beyond the sexual binary
(First edition.). Los Angeles: Alyson Books.
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