There will be an online essay project which will be 2 essay questions. Prepare and submit your essays to Blackboard. This must be turned into Blackboard to earn credit. 300 words per essay (maximum). You may quote other sources, including the textbook, but you may not plagiarize content without giving credit. You must write your own words. — uses —- to detect plagiarism and cheating. You may not copy, post, or save the exam questions to any other site on the Internet or your computer. Due October 5, 2018.
Use The Invention of the White Race book, your research skills, and lecture to answer the following questions. Create an original essay using your own words. If you use another source, including the textbook, be sure to include quotes and a works cited. Any academic citation style is fine. Use 14-16 point font.
- Is the experience of poverty racialized in America? State 3 opinions from other classmates between August 23 to September 20. Analyze these arguments in the context of topics from class and your own research in Africana Political and Social Thought. State your personal opinion.
- Analyze Theodore Allen’s argument in chapter 4, The Invention of the White Race (strong points vs. weak points). Compare social control against Irishmen to social control against African-descended individuals. How are they similar or different? State your personal opinion.
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The homeownership plan helps families to take advantage of the housing tax savings. Unfortunately, the minority races end up in the rental market such that the little income they get goes to paying rent; thus they cannot afford other living basic needs. Another issue is on employment whereby the minority groups rarely get good jobs when compared to the whites. Even those that are privileged to get jobs, they only earn poverty-level wages. Still, in the issue of health, the blacks are more likely to suffer from chronic diseases than the whites due to lack of proper nutrition and affordable healthcare
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