Research paper on Black Women need to be treated better

Research paper on Black Women need to be treated better

Order instructions:
Social Locations: Race and Sex and (cis)gender
Disadvantaged Groups: Black and Female
Topic: Problematic representation in the media
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SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL CHANGE

ESSAY (20%)
Essay (GEN ED Requirements)
 10 page research essay doublespaced
 10 pages = body of essay + works cited page

Topics
 explore an instance of social disadvantage in Americansociety
 adhere to the suggestions noted on your essayproposals
 students will be deducted grades if your paper does not meet the topicrequirements

Noting Choices
 required to list your selections for Components 1, 2, and 3 on firstpage
 see course syllabus for sampleformatting
 students will be deducted grades for not including thesecomponents

RESEARCH
Peer-Reviewed Academic Sources
 required to consult at least eight (8) peer-reviewed academicsources
 academic books, essays in edited collections, and journalarticles

Cannot Consult These Non-Academic Sources
 conference papers (as they are notpeer-reviewed)
 film reviews
 magazines like Variety, NY Times, Entertainment Weekly, Huffington Post, Economist,etc.
 webpages such as wikipedia.org,imdb.com
 university newspapers/newsletters and PhDdissertations

Exception 1 Government Documents
 you can consult government documents andreports
 however, they do not count towards your eight (8) academicsources

Exception 2 CourseReadings
 you can consult the readings assigned for thiscourse
 however, they do not count towards your eight (8) academicsources

ReferenceSources

CONSULTING SOURCES

 each of your eight (8) academic sources must be referenced at least once in youressay

Direct Quotes
 only 10% of your paper can be comprised of direct quotes
 use direct quotes only foremphasis

Paraphrasing
 for most of your paper, you must paraphrase the ideas from yoursources
 entirely restate and rephrase the ideas presented by theauthor(s)
 copying a sentence and changing a few words isplagiarism
 you must restate the sentence, in its entirely, in your ownwords

In-Text Citations
 whether you are directly quoting or paraphrasing the material, you must reference the author(s)
 last name of the author and the page number of the source in brackets (Smith12)

Highlighting Authors

WHAT/HOW TO CITE

 highlight the authors who produced the sources you areciting
 mention each author by name and attribute their ideas tothem
 someexamples:
 John Smith notes that the Harry Potter films have been extremely popular (Smith 12)
 According to John Smith, Harry Potter films are extremely popular (Smith12).
 John Smith argues, “Harry Potter films are among the most popular films ever produced.” (Smith12).

Lesson Slides
 students are not allowed to cite the lesson slides as academicsources
 instead, you must look up and cite the original academicsources
 material from each lesson slide corresponds to the readings assigned for thatweek
 you are responsible for tracking down this information on yourown
 students will be deducted grades for citing lessonslides

MLA Format

CITATION STYLE – MLA

 students are required to useMLA
 students will be deducted grades for not adhering to MLAstyle

Book:
Lastname, Firstname. Title of the Book. City: Publisher, Year.

Essay in Edited Collection:
Lastname, Firstname. “Title of the Chapter.” Title of the Book. Ed. Firstname Lastname. City: Publisher, Year. pg#-pg#.

Article in Journal:
Lastname, Firstname. “Title of the Article.” Title of the Journal vol#.iss# (year): pg#-pg#.

Complete Source Information
 if a piece of information is not provided, you are required to track down thisinformation
 students will be deducted grades for not providing complete information abouttheir sources

Essay Form

ESSAY FORMAT

 students must present their papers in proper essayform
 an introduction with a clearly statedthesis
 body paragraphs with strong introductory and concludingsentences
 a conclusion summarizing yourideas

Spelling and Grammar
 students must present their work in fullsentences
 grades will be deducted for spelling and grammar errors
 proofread youressay

Thesis
 a thesis is a statement of intent highlighting 2 keycomponents:
 what you will argue In this paper, I willexamine…
 how you will go about arguing it I will focus specifically on [elements 1, 2,3]

First Person

ESSAY WRITING

 use the first person only foremphasis
 you can use it in your thesis (e.g. In this paper, I willexplore…)
 you can use it to differentiate your ideas from a particular author (e.g. Jeremy Black argues this, but I thinkthat…)
 you cannot use the first person throughout yourpaper
 this is an academic essay and not a journal orblog

Second Person or Collective “We”
 do not use the collective “we” or second person “you” in youressays
 you cannot speak on behalf of everyone including yourprofessor
 you cannot know how everyone thinks, sees, orfeels
 “we see/think/feel/know” can easily be refuted with the response, “no Idon’t.”
 your entire line of argument falls apart because of your use of the secondperson

Third Person
 use the third person throughout yourpaper
 he, she, they, one,people…
 this helps you to be descriptive while maintaining an academictone

Formatting

PAPER FORMAT

 12 point Times New Roman black font (nocolor!)
 1 inch margins (or 2.54cm)
 doublespacing
 proper tabs (1.27 cm or 0.5inches)
 pagenumbers
 no pictures, graphics, or tables areallowed
 no cover page (note: a cover page is not page1)
 no “tracked changes” should bevisible

Deadline and Submission
 upload a copy of your paper to the Canvas dropbox by Sunday May 6 by 11:59pm
 paper copies will not beaccepted
 all assignments will be screened by plagiarism detecting software before they aregraded

NO EXTENSIONS will be granted. Late essays will not be accepted. You must submit an essay to pass the course.

FINAL THOUGHTS
1. Social justice refers to the study of harm in society. It is not a single-issuemovement.
a. What is the most important thing you learned in thiscourse?
b. Why was it important to attend Social JusticeEvents?
c. Should this course be a Gen-Edrequirement?

2. In this course, there is a tension between breadth (i.e. offer a broad discussion of social justice) and depth (i.e. focusing on specific issues). Unfortunately, we could not cover all pressingissues.
a. What other pressing forms of social injustice should be brought tolight?
b. How can we begin the process of addressingthem?

3. A key part of social justice education is unlearning concepts, language, and behaviors that impact/oppress others. In this process, however, we are going to make mistakes and need to remain firm in ourresolve.
a. What have you begun to unlearn over the course of thesemester?
b. How do we not get discouraged when (not if) we makemistakes?