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Unit IV Research Topic Assignment

Zachary Mahaney

Waldorf College

Outline:

For my final research paper, I have chosen to write about the growing racial divide in America. I did not pick the topic merely because the professor suggested it, but rather because I think that it is an important issue of the day. I hope I can shed some light on this issue, and continue to highlight the struggle that the different ethnicities of America face.

I plan to start by detailing, from many perspectives, the challenges faced by minorities today. By starting in the present day, I hope to paint a picture of what is currently happening, in an effort to show the contrast of how far we have come, while still laying out how far we have to go. The sources I have selected thus far are ones that show the many different factors that have contributed to the racial divide in America today. To give an outline of the research paper, it would be this: The present racial situation in America, many of the factors that have contributed to this racial divide that still exists today, the feelings of the majority and minorities when it comes to a multi-cultural society, and the similarities between the past four decades and modern day. To illustrate these points, I have chosen several peer reviewed sources from the Waldorf Online Library. Below are these sources.

Annotated Bibliography:

BRAXTON, E. K. (2016). Bridging a Racial Divide. America, 214(17), 14-18.

This article deals with the things that we as Americans can do to help remedy the racial divide that exists today. It looks at prejudice from both sides, and suggests compassion in dealing with each other

Davis, T. J. (2016). White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide. Library Journal, 141(5), 121.

This article focuses on white people’s denial of racism in America, and the term “reverse racism” being thrown around. I think it is an important point to show that most white people are oblivious to the amount of racism that actually exists in America, and that they tend to trivialize it.

Lee, J., & Bean, F. D. (2007). Reinventing the Color Line Immigration and America's New Racial/Ethnic Divide. Social Forces, 86(2), 561-586.

Another very important point in the addressing of the racial divide in America, is Immigration. This article details how America becomes more diverse with every passing year, and how that is going to affect the racial divide in America.

Pager, Devah. "Measuring Racial Discrimination." Social Forces 83.4 (2005): 1780+. Academic OneFile. Web. 14 July 2016.

This was the first article that I found. This article lays out statistics that deal with racism in America. I hope that adding some hard numbers to the argument will strengthen it.

Raley, R. K., Sweeney, M. M., & Wondra, D. (2015). The Growing Racial and Ethnic Divide in U.S. Marriage Patterns. Future Of Children, 25(2), 89-109

Another important factor is the mixing of races, and this article deals with that. As the races mix, diversity will grow, and this will no doubt have an effect on the racial divide in America.