Popular beliefs about interracial relationships

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Please read the Topic to get an understanding of the Traditional & Popular Beliefs about Interracial Relationships that you will be comparing & contrasting.

I. Topic In David Mura's "Reflections of My Daughter", he discusses the appearance of self-hate represented in his choice of marrying a white woman. When recalling a poem, he wrote entitled The Color of Desire he said, "at one point, the poem asks this question: ‘Father, mother, / I married a woman not of my color. / What is it I want to escape?'"

II. Traditional Belief - Men of color who marry outside of their race "want to escape" from their culture, values and/or themselves.

Popular Culture Belief - Men of color who marry outside of their race don't "want to escape" from their culture, values and/or themselves, instead they are driven by love.

III. Prompt You are being asked to write a comparative essay that will investigate the Traditional and Popular Cultural Beliefs from the topic above for the people of color that you decide to explore. You can change the gender & ethnicity of the subjects, e.g. you can choose to explore how these beliefs apply to Asian women. You are to research both the Traditional and Popular Cultural Beliefs and based on the facts you discover from that research develop your perspective.

Your thesis will dictate how you organize your paper. A good essay will reflect substantial research and a strong roadmap also known as an outline. These three basic building blocks, i.e. thesis, research and roadmap are the key to developing an essay that effectively communicates your perspective.

Key Terms Compare & Contrast - This is a comparative Essay! Be sure to compare and contrast the Traditional Belief to the Popular Cultural Belief within your paper.

Theme/Topic - Clearly share your understanding of both the Traditional and Popular Cultural Beliefs for your chosen topic in your introductory paragraph, i.e. show that you comprehend the theme(s) presented in the topic that you choose.

Thesis - You are tasked with proposing a thesis that guides you to develop a perspective on the belief presented in your topic. Your thesis should also be included in your introductory paragraph. And this thesis should guide you towards both your perspective and the way that you envision applying your perspective, e.g. if you are considering interracial dating, then developing a perspective could guide you in your decision.

Roadmap - Your introductory paragraph should present the roadmap that you will follow to transition the belief presented in your paper into your perspective on the topic.

Research - When developing your perspective, please remember to apply deductive reasoning through research and examination of the facts, rather than inductive reasoning.

Active Perspective - In the end, the outcome of your research and examination of both the Traditional Belief and the Popular Culture Belief will lead you to a perspective that you can apply to your life in some way.

Conclusion - Ultimately, you must articulate your newly developed perspective. While researching for this paper, you may find that your perspective is in sync with the Traditional Belief or perhaps your perspective is more in agreement with the Popular Cultural Belief. It is entirely possible to have developed an alternative perspective on your topic. Either way remember that you must articulate what you plan on doing with your new perspective, i.e. how will it impact your life.

Directions for Paper

1. Your paper should be no less than 4 full pages and no more than 6 pages 2. 12-point font
3. Times New Roman font
4. Double spaced 5. Standard margins
6. Include page numbers
7. Include a cover sheet (see attached sample provided), which is not to be included in your page count.
8. Include a bibliography (see attached sample provided), which is not to be included in your page count.
9. Please choose a specific citing style, i.e. MLA, Chicago Manual Style, etc. Note must include inline citations, footnotes or endnotes.
10. Must use at least 3 sources, 1) Source provide by the Guest via Professor Cleveland, 2) Another source from the course and 3) An outside source.

Attachment:- Deductive reasoning.rar

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