Why did both black and white employees felt that sit-outs and strikes were the suitable ways of solving their issues?

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i have written under each part what i think should be fixed in the essay. i have also posted files to be used in the paper. the different parts need to be cohesive with one another.

Topic.

America has always been known as the land of opportunities where people from different backgrounds can earn a decent income. This narrative started long ago, even before the revolutionary war. Thousands of workers went to America to look for opportunities, including African Americans. Most of the black men working in industries such as oil and auto plants were at the very below of the social order. There were also white men who were also among the lowest workers in the plant. But white workers were always seen as superior, and they had higher chances of benefiting from incentives such as promotions. The race factor was always present in workplaces as the blacks fought to be recognized as competent as their white counterparts. White workers also felt that they were being 'suffocated' by the black workers; especially because black employees were more dedicated to their work and were ready to accept low wages. A good example of this struggle is when workers operating cranes refused to work after a less qualified white person was promoted as a crane operator. They felt that there were black people who were more qualified for the position (Ignatin, 1972).

***Make this topic statement more direct and simple. What is the conflict that you're wanting to explain?

Questions.

The many struggles between black and white workers lead to the question, 'Why did both black and white employees felt that sit-outs and strikes were the suitable ways of solving their issues?' Answers to this question can shed light on why workers resorted to strikes in the late 1800s and early 1900s whenever they had issues. Most of the issues in those days were race-based, and they were primarily solved through strikes.

***Here you're talking about common tactics used by Black and white workers, but your topic implies you're interested in racial division within the working class. One theme should be consistent throughout.

Argument.

Workers did not have any other option except to turn into strikes whenever they had an issue because it provided unity. The workers took an issue affecting a single or a few employees as an issue affecting the entire workforce. If a single employee is treated unfairly, the rest of the workers would join the particular worker in a strike. This was effective because going on a strike as a single worker gives the superiors a chance to fire the particular work. This was harder whenever the workers went into strikes as a group since the plants would have to stop their operations if they had to terminate all the workers.

These strikes were usually race-based, where black employees supported their fellow black employees while the whites supported the white employees. However, there were instances when the workers went on strike depending on their ranks. This means that black and white workers would come together and went on strikes together, especially when the superiors made decisions that affected all the junior employees. An example is when black and white employees walked off from their job after a black man who was being tried for a repair job was refused the opportunity. They felt that the man was being denied the opportunity because he was black and the foreman did not like him (Ignatin, 1972).

***What question is this argument answering? You're saying workers struck to fight for their rights, and sure that's true. But "sit down strikes" were a particular tactic, and do not have much to do with race. And then your second point seems to contradict the first. If workers struck because they recognized they needed unity, why did white workers sometimes not support the job actions of Black workers? Overall, you need to be more focused and clear about what you're investigating. I suggest choosing one specific event, one specific strike in just one plant, and then asking and making an argument about that.

Evidence.

Among the evidence to help evaluate workers' issues in plants resulting in race-motivated strikes include the 1972 work by Noel Ignatin titled Black Workers/White Workers (Ignatin, 1972). Another helpful work is titled Black Reconstruction, and it mainly covers the struggles of both the black and white workers (Du Bois, 2014). This study provides different perspectives that show the black people's struggles and the problems that the white people underwent. Other authors providing concrete evidence for this topic include Andrews G. R, who has written about black workers in the export years (Andrews, 1997). Kaufman also has helpful work titled The determinant of strikes in the United States, 1900-1977 (Kaufman, 1982). A group of scholars led by Block P. has also written about the roles of race, poverty, and disability in workplaces (Block, Balcazar & Keys, 2002).

References.
Andrews, G. R. (1997). Black workers in the export years: Latin America, 1880
1930. International Labor and Working-Class History, 51, 7-29.

Block, P., Balcazar, F. E., & Keys, C. B. (2002). Race, poverty and disability: three strikes and you're out! Or are you?. Social Policy, 33(1), 34-38.

Du Bois, W. E. B. (2014). Black Reconstruction in America (The Oxford WEB Du Bois): An
Essay Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880. Oxford University Press.
Ignatin, N. (1972). Black Worker: White Worker. New England Free Press.

Kaufman, B. E. (1982). The determinants of strikes in the United States, 19001977. ILR
Review, 35(4), 473-490.

***You're explaining your references, not telling me what evidence you'll use to support your claim. Your evidence needs to be super specific and concrete, like statistics, an anecdote, or a quote. But again the problem is that your outline / idea is too general and not focused enough.

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