English Composition I
Illustration Essay Final
Revise your 750-1000 word essay about a topic in which you argue for the existence of a particular phenomenon by stating a generalization about the topic. The essay should be written in the style and form described within Unit V. For this assignment, you will edit and revise your Unit V Illustration Essay Draft. This final essay will be your last opportunity to make adjustments to the essay.
Purpose: Throughout Unit V, we discussed the conventions of the illustration essay. The purpose of this assignment is to measure your mastery of the conventions of the illustration essay. For this assignment, you will practice the skill of careful revision and refinement of your work as sometimes re-envisioning your writing can be more difficult than writing the essay the first time. However, to make your writing the best that it can be, you must practice the skills of editing and revision.
Process: For the illustration essay, you will complete the following steps:
- Read through your paper, looking for structural concerns: See Unit IV, Lesson 5, for more details. Be sure that you are satisfied with your paper as a whole before you do any detailed editing.
- Read through your paper looking for grammar and stylistics: See Unit IV, Lesson 5, for more details. You may need to read your essay aloud or have someone else look over the essay to find all of your mistakes and awkward phrasings.
- Submit a Writing Center request using the Writing Center Request Form in the student portal (optional). Have one of CSU’s trained Writing Specialists read through your essay before submission.
Stylistic details: All essays must meet the following requirements:
- 750-1000 words.
- Write in Times New Roman, 12 pt. font.
- Include one-inch margins on all sides.
- Use double spacing (top-to-bottom every page, to include above and below titles and centered words).
- Include an APA title page (for all essays) and reference list that includes all of the sources used in the essay.
- Include page numbers (upper-right corner only).
- Adhere to APA convention and documentation style (See the CSU citation guide for assistance.).
- At least one source is required. All sources used must be cited.
Running Head: RACISM 1
Racism
Patrick Poole
Columbia Southern University
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Racism
Racism as a social phenomenon is a controversial topic that most people are not ready
to talk about. Although we have been pretending to fight racism, over the years we have
continued to show our true racist colors. Racism is an attempt to paint members of another race
as inferior by believing that they possess certain characteristics. It is the use of race by some
people to determine that they are better than others. It allows certain groups to discriminate
against others by denying them certain rights (Kosny et al, 2017). It is the reason that we are
still fighting unnecessary wars to date. Although the world has enough knowledge on how to
fight racism, the issue still prevails and is being manifested in politics, places of work, and even
in education.
Racism in politics is not just a timely issue but one that keeps recurring with great
frequency especially during this era of social media. Politicians have mastered the use of
racially coded appeals to run racist campaigns and get away with it. Racist comments have
been made with the most recent one being the branding of the ‘black lives matter’ protestors as
‘domestic terrorists’. We still believe that certain people are not fit for the presidency and all this
is because of our racist mentalities. There is great mistrust between blacks and whites as the
blacks feel that they are investigated before elections to be discredited. Although public opinion
towards racial integration has changed, there is still evidence of white supremacy in American
politics (Krimmel & Rader, 2017). Racism in politics is a global problem. Racial politics are
the reason behind most of the wars that have been witnessed in various countries. Many
countries are politically unstable because racial politics have interfered with relationships
among leaders.
Racial discrimination at work is not something that either of us is hearing for the fists
time. Although it is well stated that discrimination based on race toward any employee is
illegal, the issue is still there and most of us are silent about it. There have been cases where a
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person is hired for a job but another one with similar skills is rejected. This is racial
discrimination that is hard to prove because the hiring panel will always have a way to cover up
their actions so that they do not appear racist. Some workplaces formulate policies that racially
disadvantage some people. For example, some insist that people use a certain language, and
employees are not allowed to speak their native languages even in personal communications.
There have been cases of harassment where people make racist comments about other
employees to violate their dignity and make them feel inferior. Reporting this to the managers
does not always make the situation better as most people end up being victimized by their
colleagues and bosses at work (Kosny et al, 2017).
It is no better in schools as most African American students report experiencing racism
in schools. The use of racist language in schools has placed so many black students at a
disadvantage in academic attainment. Racism is reflected even in the attainment of grades and
black students have to work twice as hard as white students to get good grades. Students make
racist comments about other students and no action is taken even after these cases are reported
to the school administrations. This means that instead of fostering a culture that is free of
racism, school administrations are encouraging racism in schools. Students are not the only
ones being affected by racism in schools; teachers and other staff have also reported
experiencing racism. They are harassed, abused, and racially stereotyped by students and
working colleagues. There is a lack of diversity in representation in school organizations and
sometimes students are forced to take part in activities that are against their cultural beliefs.
Although educators fail to recognize this, racism in schools is the leading contributor to poor
school attendance and the consequent poor performance (Kohli et al, 2017).
Racism is a social phenomenon that has continued to affect us even though we pretend
to be making efforts to fight it. It is manifested in different settings and almost every aspect of
life. Politicians are using coded appeals to conduct racial campaigns and they are getting away
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with it. Students and workers at schools are going through racial harassment yet no action is
taken against such cases. Racial discrimination at places of work is evident from the process of
hiring to the interactions between colleagues in the organization. Racism is a disease that needs
to be gotten rid of. This can only be done through the efforts of each of us to fight racism.
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References
Kohli, R., Pizarro, M., & Nevárez, A. (2017). The “new racism” of K–12 schools: Centering
critical research on racism. Review of research in education, 41(1), 182-202. Retrieved
from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3102/0091732X16686949
Kosny, A., Santos, I., & Reid, A. (2017). Employment in a “land of opportunity?” Immigrants’
experiences of racism and discrimination in the Australian workplace. Journal of
international migration and integration, 18(2), 483-497. Retrieved from
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12134-016-0482-0.pdf
Krimmel, K., & Rader, K. (2017). The federal spending paradox: economic self-interest and
symbolic racism in contemporary fiscal politics. American Politics Research, 45(5),
727-754. Retrieved from
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1532673X17701222
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