ENGL 124 Micro-aggression Subtle Incidences of Racism in America Essay
Humanities
Claudia Rankine Writes Citizen as a chronicle of Micro-Aggression
According to Wikipedia:
A microaggression is a term used for brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioural, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative prejudicial slights and insults toward any group.
Use personal context and outside research to explore three micro-aggression scenarios described by Rankine in her lyrical book.
Use passages from Rankine’s text to exemplify the micro-aggression that you plan to discuss.
This essay should include:
1-Introduction: A hook about micro-aggression, then explain the hook. Also, background about Rankine and her book. Finally a thesis statement that expresses the main idea of this paper.
2- Body paragraph 1: (a) The reason behind the micro-aggression (See attached page 50 example). (b) Your reaction to this micro-aggression whether you agree or disagree (I would like you to support the analysis in your exploration with contextual examples from the world around you, in other words, introduce outside example that match your reaction to this micro-aggression). (c) Rankine’s choice to include this example in her book.
3- Body paragraph 2: (a) The reason behind the micro-aggression (See attached page 10 example). (b) Your reaction to this micro-aggression whether you agree or disagree (I would like you to support the analysis in your exploration with contextual examples from the world around you, in other words, introduce outside example that match your reaction to this micro-aggression). (c) Rankine’s choice to include this example in her book.
4- Body paragraph 3: (a) The reason behind the micro-aggression (See attached page 54 example). (b) Your reaction to this micro-aggression whether you agree or disagree (I would like you to support the analysis in your exploration with contextual examples from the world around you, in other words, introduce outside example or personal experience that match your reaction to this micro-aggression). (c) Rankine’s choice to include this example in her book.
5- Conclusion: Restate your thesis in other words. What have you learned from this examples of Rankine’s book. How would you reflect this experience in future.
4 pages minimum
3 examples from Rankine’s book + 3 outside research
MLA Formatted
Cited Page.
Hind: You don’t need the book, I have attached 3 examples from the book as PDF. Please make sure to include the page number related to each body paragraph. If you need more info, let me know?
