Category: English

The overall goals of this assignment are:
to trace the causes that led to the current state of affairs, and then
to argue for the potential effects of maintaining the current state, changing current policies/laws/programs, or implementing new ones.
Please keep in mind that you do not need to “solve” the problem. See if you can discern real and/or potential connections.
I encourage you to go wherever this assignment takes you. The broad topic is based on the interest areas that you identified as a class, but I hope that you will find the angle that is the most interesting to you and run with it.
Essay Details
3 to 4 pages plus a Works Cited page
3 reliable sources
MLA formatting – Times New Roman; 12-point font; double-spacing
MLA in-text citations and Works Cited page
Assignment Outline
You are not required to follow this organizational structure, but it may help you to get started. 
I. Introduction
Begin with a hook to pull in your audience. Consider using a notable statistic or a story that clearly illustrates the point of your essay (real or hypothetical).
Provide relevant background information.
Finish with a thesis statement that expresses your perception of the situation.
II. Causes
What circumstances contributed to the current situation?
III. Effects
What are the results of this situation?
Positive/Negative
Short-term/Long-term
Necessary (What will definitely happen?)/Possible (What might happen?)/Likely (What will probably happen?)
On an individual/On the community/On society overall 
IV. Conclusion
Summarize your main points
Restate your thesis
Revisit the hook that from the Introduction

Read Chapters 1-7 along with the Youtube video attached. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQxUHCDHEv4&t=2s) Summarize in the blocks labled “Summary- Main Points”. Assigment is attatched for reference.  Please note: The video links may not be able to access, so I have attached pdf documents of the videos Chapters 1-7. 

Your paper must be 1000 words. You must include an introduction, three supporting reasons and one counterargument and rebuttal, and a conclusion. 
Introduction
Thesis statement must include your position. You may only defend one side of the argument.
Background information.
Three supporting reasons.
Body Paragraphs
Support your reasons with evidence.
You must cite all of your sources.
Use MLA style to format and cite.
Counterargument and Rebuttal
Use the phrasing we have studied in class.
This paragraph must be placed right before the conclusion.
Conclusion
You must summarize your position briefly.

In the first half of the “Why Ethnic Studies” unit, we have explored the definition, interdisciplinary nature, and geohistorical macroscales of Ethnic Studies. The field focuses on the experiences and perspectives of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, drawing from various disciplines to provide a comprehensive understanding of the challenges faced by these groups. Ethnic Studies scholars maintain a critical stance towards traditional disciplines, questioning how they may perpetuate systems of power and domination. The four geohistorical macroscales – Indigeneity and Active Roots, Coloniality, Dehumanization, and Genocide, Hegemony and Normalization, and Decoloniality, Regeneration, and Transformational Resistance – guide the scope and approach of Ethnic Studies.
We have also delved into the historical roots of Ethnic Studies, exploring Native and Indigenous pedagogies, traditions of education and resistance, and challenges to legal segregation. Despite the ongoing effects of settler-colonialism and oppressive educational systems, communities of color have consistently fought for the right to education and created alternative educational spaces. Landmark legal cases challenged racial segregation in public schools, laying the groundwork for the emergence of Ethnic Studies.
Lastly, we examined the student-led activism and protests of the late 1960s that led to the establishment of Ethnic Studies as an academic discipline. The Third World Liberation Front at San Francisco State College initiated the longest student strike, demanding the creation of a Third World College and the hiring of more faculty of color. The strikes led to significant victories, inspiring the creation of Ethnic Studies programs and departments across the United States.
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Describe your perfect day –not the one you would have if you were rich and famous, but the one you could have this Saturday or Tuesday. What day of the week would your perfect day fall on? What would you do, see, eat, read, watch? Who do you spend it with? What would you enjoy most? 
Write a well-organized narrative that answers the above question.  Your narrative essay must include the following to receive full credit:
A full page explanation (in paragraph format) of your perfect day including the people and places you would want to be part of it.
A thoughtful ending sentence that gives a conclusion to your narrative.
Uses transition words and phrases. 
Use descriptive adjectives and sensory words to help your reader – see what you see, smell the foods/ flowers/ places you do, taste the foods you taste…. etc.   (keep this PG please!) 
Length must be, AT LEAST,  400 words (about 1 page typed), 12pt – Times New Roman Font, double spaced  (MLA format)

You can site the book itself. (ex Kurg 19). Write about how it is important to know who you are now, and your past. Also write why it is important and relevant. Cannot use Chatgpt, and you have to show me turnitin that is is not plagirized or computer made