For your final paper, I expect you to engage with, and demonstrate an adequate understanding of, one or more of the texts on race, gender, class, and intersectionality covered in this class. This also means working with the concepts associated with that text/perspective. For example, if you choose to write about an individual author like W. E. B. Du Bois, I expect that youll discuss at least some of his key concepts (e.g., the veil, double consciousness) as they become relevant when fleshing out your argument. If you choose, for example, to analyze the Black Lives Matter Movement through an intersectional lens, I expect you to address some of the different axes of oppression (e.g., race, class, gender, sexuality, and/or disability) that are central to the concept of intersectionality.
Beyond these minimal expectations, you will have the freedom to reflect on the main aspects of this course in any number of creative ways. Potentially fruitful paper ideas include:
Critique: assess the strengths and weaknesses of a certain text or framework covered in class
Compare/contrast: discuss the similarities and differences between two texts or approaches; assess their relative strengths and weaknesses
Application: use a particular text or framework covered in class to explain some current event or social problem (e.g., police violence, education inequality, sexual harassment, etc.).
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