Paper assignment

Western Heritage

Paper Assignment

Guidelines

· Print out and read the following article. You will need the hardcopy so you can cite by page and paragraph.

“Presumption of Guilt,” by Bryan Stevenson (7/13/17)

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/07/13/presumption-of-guilt/

· Double-spaced, no longer than 750 words.

· Upload in a Word or pdf doc via the “paper” assignment tab on blackboard.

· Due midnight, Sunday, 11/19/17.

Paper Topic

Provide evidence and examples from the article to support the author’s thesis that: “People of color in the United States, particularly young black men, are often assumed to be guilty and dangerous.” (p. 1, para. 5)

Paper Format and Structure:

· Introductory paragraph which states thesis (i.e., Stevenson’s thesis identified above) and brief mention of the examples you have chosen that support the thesis. (Obviously, there are more examples in the article than you have room to include. Only include the ones you think are most important and compelling.)

· Body paragraphs further explaining the examples you are using from the article (be sure to include a topic sentence at the beginning of each body paragraph—ask me if you don’t know what that means). All your examples and quotes need to be cited in the text. You can just do as I did above, (p. 1, para. 5).

· Concluding paragraph.