Theory Paper will be based on:
• Using three (3) sociological theories of racism from Chapter 4 MUST BE THESE THEORIES
- institutional racism “the policies, laws, and institutions that beverages racial inequalities”
- Systematic racism and structural racism what is the difference between the 2
- according to Joe Feagin “a diverse assortment racist practices; the unjustly gained economical and political power of whites, the continuing resource inequalities; and the white-racist ideologies, attitude and institutions created to prevent white advantage and the power” (2001,16)
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- , explain a contemporary issue related to race/racism.
- • Contemporary issue must be drawn from news/media sources within the last three years. News sources include any and all mainstream news/media outlets (CNN, New York Times, MSNBC, Los Angeles Times, Daily Beast, Fox News, Vox, BuzzFeed, Vice, etc.). Include citation of news source in body of text and in works cited section.
• Apply the theories to the current event on race/racism. Define the theories and then evaluate how those three theories explain your contemporary issue. Make sure you bold and underlinethe theories in your essay.
• Finally, identify and assess which one of the three theories best explain your current event and why?
Your paper must be written in the following structure:
• Introduction (statement of issue and thesis), see this link (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for how to create a thesis. Make sure you bold and underline your thesis.
• Current event (describe the issue, citing news source),
• Theories (define and describe the theories),
• Application (apply the theories to your current event),
• Theoretical Choice (what theory best explains your current event and why).
+ a cover page + a reference page
• Conclusion (restate your issue and thesis).
Thesis has to be something along the lines of “ while these theories explains the particular event, theory (pick one) one applies better because of bla bla bla”
Based on
Use 3 sociological theories listed above
Find News on racism, all theories must apply to the news in one way or another. Can not be old news must be current! Oldest can be is 2 year old. Must be reliable source
define the theories and why or why not it applies
Apply the theories of race and racism to the news
Bold and underline the theory
identify and asses which one is the better concept
Theory and thesis bolded
Thesis has to be something along the lines of “ while these theories explains the particular event, theory (pick one) one applies better because of bla bla bla”