The Issues Assignment is to read the articlers for each question, prepare your own opinion for discussion in class and anwer the critical thinking questions for the paper you will turn in at the class after the discussio. Dates are found below and on the Schedule for the course. The assignment is to evaluate the articles and form your own opinion. The format is provided for you on the Issues Assignment page.  Copy this form exactly as your paper and fill in with the answers to the questsions. This paper will be due at the next class after the discussion of the issue in class.

Issue 1  Is Affirmative Action reverse discrimination?

“Opposition to Affirmative Action Among Whites is Racist”   Stanley Fish
“Ten Myths about Affirmative Action” Scott Plous
“Color Code”      Paul Roberts and Lawrence Stratton
 Key Supreme Court decisions on Affirmative Action

Issue 2  Is race a meaningful concept in understanding human behavior?

“Race, History and Culture” Claude Levi-Strauss
“Science and Race” Jonathan Marks

Issue 3  What is American Identity?

“E Pluribus Unum?” Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
“What does it Mean to be an American? Michael Walzer

Dates:

Issue 1 Class discussion: , Paper:
Issue 2 Class discussion: , Paper :
Issue 3 Class discussion: , Paper:

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