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Your prompt: Using ALL the resources in this course (including your…
Your prompt: Using ALL the resources in this course (including your own from your Annotated Bibliographies), explain and analyze how historical and current day discrimination has impacted Asian American communities and its impact.
If you do not have strong enough resources, you are expected to continue searching for scholarly/non-scholarly articles online.
Your essay’s thesis statement that answers this prompt (c/o Steven Arciga): The enduring discrimination experienced by Asian Americans necessitates community building, cultural preservation, and activism to combat systemic disparities and overcome struggles with assimilation and identity.
Your outline should follow this general format (but yours will obviously become more detailed as you begin working on it):
Intro paragraph
Hook (I recommend an impactful quote about the topic OR a surprising statistic)
Historical context/background info of the issue of AAPI discrimination
Thesis statement: The enduring discrimination experienced by Asian Americans necessitates community building, cultural preservation, and activism to combat systemic disparities and overcome struggles with assimilation and identity.
First body paragraph
Topic sentence addressing the necessity of community building
Introduce first quote that proves the topic sentence (which in turn, naturally proves the thesis statement)
3-4 sentences of analyzing the significance of the first quote itself and how it proves the topic sentence
Introduce second quote that proves the topic sentence (which in turn, naturally proves the thesis statement)
3-4 sentences of analyzing the significance of the second quote itself and how it proves the topic sentence
Second body paragraph
Topic sentence addressing the necessity of cultural preservation
Introduce first quote that proves the topic sentence (which in turn, naturally proves the thesis statement)
3-4 sentences of analyzing the significance of the first quote itself and how it proves the topic sentence
Introduce second quote that proves the topic sentence (which in turn, naturally proves the thesis statement)
3-4 sentences of analyzing the significance of the second quote itself and how it proves the topic sentence
Third body paragraph
Topic sentence addressing the necessity of activism
Introduce first quote that proves the topic sentence (which in turn, naturally proves the thesis statement)
3-4 sentences of analyzing the significance of the first quote itself and how it proves the topic sentence
Introduce second quote that proves the topic sentence (which in turn, naturally proves the thesis statement)
3-4 sentences of analyzing the significance of the second quote itself and how it proves the topic sentence
Conclusion paragraph (4-6 complete sentences)
Reiterate main ideas of your essay
Reword thesis statement
