SPECIAL UNIT: "IDENTITY" (身份​)

MISSION OBJECTIVES:
  1. Understand different kinds of personal identities, including race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation, and class.
  2. Talk about our own complex and multi-faceted identities.
  3. Learn about how personal identity is conceptualized in traditional and modern Chinese culture.
  4. Explore the reality of equality vs. discrimination in relation to different identities, comparing and contrasting the situation in the United States, Mainland China, and Taiwan.
VOCABULARY:
  • ​社会 (shè huì) - society
  • 身份 (shēn fèn) - identity
  • 多样性 (duō yàng xìng) / 多元性 (duō yuán xìng) - diversity
  • 包容性 (bāo róng xìng) - inclusion
  • 种族 (zhǒng zú) - race
  • 民族 (mín zú) - ethnicity
  • 少数民族 (shǎoshù mínzú) - ethnic minority
  • 移民 (yí mín) - to immigrate, immigrant
  • 年龄 (nián líng) - age
  • 性别 (xìng bié) - sex, gender
  • 性取向 (xìng qǔ xiàng) - sexual orientation
  • 宗教 (zōng jiào) - religion
  • 国家 (guó jiā) - country; nationality
  • 社会阶级（shè huì jiē jí）
  • 社会阶层 (shè huì jiē céng) - (social) class
  • 黑人 (hēi rén)
  • 非裔 (fēi yì = of African descent) - black people
  • 白人 (bái rén) - white people
  • 亚洲人 (yà zhōu = Asia)
  • 黄种人 (huáng zhǒng = yellow)
  • 亚裔 (yà yì = Asian descent) - asian people
  • 西班牙裔 (xī bān yá yì = Spanish descent)
  • 拉美裔 (là měi yì = Latin descent) - hispanic
  • 美洲原住民(měi zhōu yuán zhù mín = original inhabitants)
  • 美国印第安人 (měi guó yìn dì ān rén = Indian)
  • 美国本地人 (měi guó běn dì rén = natives) - native american
  • 混血种人 (hùn xiě zhǒng rén = multiracial)
  • 混血 (hùn xiě = lit. "mixed blood")  mixed race / multiracial
    • 混血人/混血儿 = mixed-race/multiracial person
  • 基督教 (jī dū jiào) - Christinaity
    • Catholicism is often referred to specifically as "天主教 (tiān zhǔ jiào)", "基督教" commonly refers to Protestantism
    • Christian = 基督徒 (jī dū tú) - Christianity
  • 伊斯兰教 (yī sī lán jiào) 
    • Muslim = 穆斯林 (mù sī lín) - Islam
  • 印度教 (yìn dù jiào = lit. "Indian religion")
    • Hindu [person] = 印度教徒 (yìn dù jiào tú) - Hinduism
  • 犹太教 (yóu tài jiào) - Judaism
    • Jew = 犹太人佛教 (fó jiào) - Buddhism
    •  佛教徒 - Buddhist
  • 同性恋 (tóng xìng liàn)
  • 弯的 wānde (winding; bent) - homosexual
  • 酷儿 (kù ér) - queer
  • 同志 (tóngzhì) - "comrade" [gay person (slang)]
  • 异性恋 (yìxìngliàn) - heterosexual
  • 直的 (zhíde) - straight 
  • 男同性恋 (nán tóng xìng liàn) - gay [man]
  • 女同性恋 (nǚ tóng xìng liàn) - lesbian
  • 双性恋 (shuāng xìng liàn) - bisexual
  • 多性恋 (duōxìngliàn) - polysexual
  • 跨性别 (kuà xìng bié) - transgender
  • 顺性别（shùn xìng bié) - cisgender
  • 变性人 (biàn xìng rén) - intersex
  • 无性恋 (wú xìng liàn) - asexual
  • 非二元性别 (fēi èr yuán xìng bié) - non-binary
  • 社会性别 (shè huì xìng bié = social sex) - gender [chosen]
  • 生理性别 (shēnglǐxìngbié) - biological sex, sex assigned at birth
  • 性别认同 (xìngbiérèntóng) - sexual identification / gender identity
  • 多元性别 (duōyuánxìngbié) - gender diversity
  • 平等 (píngděng) - equal; equality
  • 刻板印象 (kèbǎnyìnxiàng) - stereotype
  • 性别歧视 (xìngbiéqíshì) - sexual discrimination; sexism
  • 宗教歧视 (zōng jiào qí shì) - religious discrimination
  • 弱势群体 (ruò shì qún tǐ) - disadvantaged group, underprivileged group
  • 种族主义 (zhǒng zú zhǔ yì) - racism
  • 偏见 (piān jiàn) 
  • 成见 (chéng jiàn) - prejudice, bias
  • 歧视 (qí shì) - discrimination
  • 种族歧视 (zhǒng zú qí shì) - racial discrimination
  • 正义 (zhèng yì) - justice
  • 社会正义 (shè huì zhèng yì) - social justice
  • 黑命贵 (hēi mìng guì) - - Black Lives Matter
  • 黑人的命也是命 (hēi rén de mìng yě shì mìng = Black lives are also lives) - alt. name for Black Lives Matter
  • 系统性种族歧视 (xì tǒng xìng zhǒng zú qí shì) - systemic racial discrimination
  • 白人至上主义 (bái rén zhì shàng zhǔ yì) - white supremacy
PROJECT:
Individually, create a T-Shirt to both review and demonstrate your mastery of the Chinese you learned last school year based on the following theme: “我的身份” (My Identity = shēn fèn)
This project has three parts.
  • Part 1: Decorate the T-shirt with pictures or symbols that represent different aspects of your identity, including the themes you learned in Chinese last year.
  • Part 2: Handwrite a self-introduction essay about “My Identity” (200+ characters). Must have two drafts, a first draft and a final draft.
  • Part 3: Give a 5-minute presentation in class using your T-shirt and identity essay.
RESOURCES:
  1. Identity Unit: Google Drive
  2. Identity Unit Vocab List: Quizlet
  3. Identity Unit Vocab List: Skritter
  4. Blank Handwriting Sheets​