writing exercise
Final paper on a topic of your choosing!
In (sec. 210) Race, Power, Resistance
Write a sustained engagement with a topic related to the central themes of the class.
Your final paper should be 2,000?3,000 words, on a topic related to the central themes of the class. It should be organized around a central argument and all parts of the paper should work to support the central argument. It should have a clear structure, with an identifiable thesis, arguments, and conclusion.
Your paper should substantively engage (at least) one of the following texts we read in class: The Racial Contract (Mills), “The Emergency Manager” (Stanley), Visible Identities (Alcoff), the Combahee River Collective Statement, Seeing Like an Activist (Pineda). It can be an exegetical paper, or it can use one of these texts as a framework, or to motivate a focus on a certain problem, or it could extend an analysis or framework given by one of these texts, or perhaps some other sort of engagement. But it must engage that text in a substantive manner.
Your paper should engage (at least) one outside source that we did not engage in class. This source should be encountered in the course of careful research. (Your research should not be limited to a google search: use the library resources.) If the source is used to support claims of fact, it should be reliable. If the source is used as an example, it should be relevant. It could be, for example: a map from American Panorama other than the redlining map we engaged in class; the remaining parts of The Racial Contract, Visible Identities, or Seeing Like an Activist (we have library e-book access to each of these in their entirety); a source cited by one of the sources we engaged in class; or something else! (You may, of course, engage with the historical sources we engaged in class, but you must engage an outside source as well.)
All claims should be well-supported. Quotation (or other direct engagement, in the case of, e.g., maps) of the text(s) from class and the outside source(s) is expected.
Please avoid mistakes in the “Common Mistakes in Philosophical Writing” handout, and be cognizant of mistakes you made last time. Please remember that all citational information for assigned material is listed in the syllabus. Write in Deep Dives, so that you can take account of the writing feedback that it gives you in real time.
Please keep in mind the two rubric areas or instructor comments you identified in the proposal as areas you would improve on.
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Learning goals for this assignment:
? Required Learning Outcomes 1?5.
? Partial fulfillment of Required Writing Expectations. In particular: “One [assignment] should be a substantial, thesis-driven piece of writing. In addition, writing intensive courses should include some discussion and attention to the process of writing, whether through revision, peer editing, modeling or other focused attention on the development of writing skills.”
Recommended Resources for this Deep Dive
Review these resources before you begin your deep dive to help you get started.
BookVisible Identities: Race, Gender, and the Self (Studies in Feminist Philosophy)
ISBN 9780195137354
Alcoff, 2005
BookThe Racial Contract
ISBN ISBN 978-0-8014-7135-3
Charles W. Mills, 2014
WebsiteAmerican Panorama
https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/ (opens in a new tab)
BookSeeing Like an Activist: Civil Disobedience and the Civil Rights Movement
ISBN 9780197526439
Pineda, 2021
Academic JournalThe Emergency Manager: Strategic Racism, Technocracy, and the Poisoning of Flint’s Children
DOI 10.5325/goodsociety.25.1.0001
Stanley, 2016
OtherCombahee River Collective Statement
Identifier Combahee River Collective Statement
Requirements: 2500 words
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