Citing Sources Practice
The following paragraph was taken from a web page called, Damaging Effects of the Hard-Working, Quiet Stereotype, at this URL: http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~tiffloui/framer.htm
This page is linked to a site at this URL: http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~tiffloui/
This site was last modified on June 18, 1999.
(1)It may seem apparent that being “hard-working” is merely a compliment of persistence, however, this assumption has seriously harmed many Asian Americans.
The stereotype of Asian Americans only excelling in math and sciences goes further to assign Asian Americans to jobs as engineers, doctors or scientists. (2)Rarely do we think of Asian Americans as performers, sports stars, construction workers or politicians – anything that requires physical abilities, creativity or speaking capabilities. (3) This may seem harmless, yet Asian American students who wish to break this stereotype and become an actor, baseball player or a public speaker may be limited by pre-conceived notions that are assigned to their race. Although often difficult to identify, this type of racism handicaps Asian Americans and thus discourages them from trying to attain their goal. Influenced by people telling them about the “difficulties” of that field, many Asian Americans are thus persuaded to a more reliable career in the math and sciences field.
If you were writing about the stereotypes of Asian Americans, how could you use the information above without plagiarizing? Follow the guidelines for MLA style.
1. Quote sentence (1).
2. Paraphrase sentence (2).
3. Use a combination of quote and paraphrase to capture the ideas of sentence (3).
4. Write the Works Cited entry for this source. Use the guidelines in your packet
p. or the guidelines for electronic sources on the Tools page of the course website.