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Writing 150 Spring 2018 Section 64685 Instructor: Eli Dunn
Priority Outline Worksheet:
Thesis: Due to the insufficient support from the current presidential administration and the EPA to combat environmental racism, a grassroots activism approach in minority communities provides the areas with more secure protection against pollution than the efforts of the government.
Broad topics mentioned/included in thesis:
1. Insufficient/non existent support from the EPA
2. Environmental Racism
3. Grassroots Activism
4. Minority Communities
1. Topic One
Basic Information Necessary to Prove:
● Current political administration is not concerned about environmental racism
● They are not enforcing the laws that protect against this type of pollution
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Examples Necessary to Prove Basic Information:
● Systematic dismantling of programs that address this issue by current administration
● Specific examples of programs and laws funding has been cut for or have been eliminated
● Scott Pruitt
Possible Paragraph Organization:
1. Stance of current administration
2. Laws not being enforced
2. Topic Two
Basic Information Necessary to Prove:
● Environmental Racism exists
● the concept of environmental racism
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Examples Necessary to Prove Basic Information:
● Russell, Environmental Racism;
● Pulido, Rethinking Environmental Racism
● Atlantic Article
Possible Paragraph Organization:
1. Introduce idea of environmental racism and how it affects impoverished communities.
3. Topic Three
Basic Information Necessary to Prove:
● Grassroots activism has proven more effective than government legislation
● Grassroots organization not based in identity is not effective
Examples Necessary to Prove Basic Information:
● MELA activism article’s data
● Pardo, Mexican American Women Activists
Possible Paragraph Organization:
2. Example of non-identity based activism not being successful
3. Contrast/transition with an introduction to identity based grassroots activism.
4. Topic Four
Basic Information Necessary to Prove:
● Need some sort of shared identity for grassroots activism to work
● Minority organized grassroots activism is extremely effective
Examples Necessary to Prove Basic Information:
● Pardo, Mexican American Women Activists
● MELA activism article’s data
Possible Paragraph Organization:
1. Introduce MELA/Pardo’s examples of identity based grassroots organization and how their plans worked
2. Introduce one other example of minority grassroots organization combating environmental racism
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Response 6
Since starting school at 2.5 years old, I was always in an affluent primarily white environment. Therefore, I was able to assimilate into the culture of my institutions and my friends, and typically felt pretty comfortable in the environment. As a black person in a primarily white space, there will always be challenges and uncomfortable situations, but because I grew up in the space literally from the age of 2, I was comfortable and felt “a part” of the spaces and communities I was occupying.
Middle school was a different story. There were the typical growing pains of puberty, and I happend to “develop” before the girls in my class, which was awkward. But I still was a part of the things my friends were doing in school and out of school, like club soccer and piano lessons. However, I remember learning that all of my white friends were attending “NCL” meetings with their mothers outside of school. NCL stands for the National Charity League, and it is essentially a community service organization. The fact that I had never even heard of it until I heard my friends talking about a meeting they had previously attended when we were at school was jarring. I’d lived in Pasadena my entire life, and had attended Poly since the 2nd grade. I knew there was Cotillion at the Valley Hunt Club (a notoriously white Pasadena country club) that some friend’s attended, but I never did. Besides, my little brother took cotillion classes there when he was of age, so it wasn’t as if we were not allowed in that space. But NCL was a society that was completely white, and none of my minority friends--regardless of their wealth--were involved in the group at all. The fact that it seemed a little secretive is probably why I was initially so affected. Perhaps it wasn’t--but at that time I felt as if there was a private “club” or space that I could never be able to be a part of.
Later on in high school, I began to get invited to debutante balls. I ended up at another private school in Los Angeles, and some of my classmates were in a ball around thanksgiving. It was thrown by the LA NCL chapter, and I remember that 1 asian girl was in the “court,” I did not attend the Pasadena delegations events. Ironically, my mom tried to force me to do the LINKS debutante program, an black organization in Los Angeles; the NCL and LINKS debutante balls were a day apart from each other and both in the same room at the Beverly Hilton. I didn’t end up going through with the LINKS ball (neither did the 2 other black girls from my high school) because I didn't feel “black” enough for the space.
NCL could be more inclusive by simply inviting mothers and daughters of different races. It is telling that I attended the LA chapter’s ball (and there were several other minorities in attendance) for high school friends I had known for 3 years, but was not invited to the Pasadena chapter’s of my childhood friends. On Facebook, I didn’t see any people of color in the photos.
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Weekly Response #3
The writing process for WP1 so far has been pretty straightforward. It was easy for me to pick a topic because I really enjoyed the prompt and had a website in mind right off the bat. I enjoyed the looping exercises we did, and I think I will use those in preparation for the next writing projects we do and in the future/in general. It’s a super helpful tool--I tend to overthink while I’m writing, so having a timed “word vomit” was especially helpful. I’ve struggled with the very beginning or “hook’ of the introduction and writing the conclusion. I tend to revert back to the prompt and it is easy for me to get stuck in the “regurgitate/restate the prompt” cycle. However, the overall organization of the essay and finding key points to talk about was relatively easy with WP 1. I was excited about the research/finding examples portion of the essay because I’m fascinated with the website I chose. It can get pretty negative, though, and staying on it for too long can take a mental toll.
By far the part of the writing process that has gotten me very confused is the citing portion. I’ve cited websites and electronic sources before, but citing comments on a discussion board thread in MLA style has been a challenge. Using twitter as an example can only go so far because I’m citing something on a completely different platform. The other thing I’ve struggled with is knowing when and how to define certain terms. In the “incel” world they almost speak a completely different language--there are several terms that need to be defined in order for the reader to be able to follow what I’m discussing in the essay. The decision to define within the body of the essay or to make a Works Cited or footnotes to cite photos/gifs is a difficult one.
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Thesis: WP 1
The internet platform of incels.me supplies it’s users with an environment that can easily become negative and breed hate. However, the aspect of anonymity on the site provides the more judicious users with the opportunity to make the environment more productive; members can disagree with and debate those with more distasteful opinions without harsh consequences, such as doxxing.
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Weekly Response #2
I got into a debate with an acquaintance about Nicki Minaj’s music video for her song “Anconda.”
The video was controversial when it first came out, primarily because of the sexual overtones. My friend, and many others, thought the video was distasteful, dehumanizing black women and reducing them to sexual objects. On the other hand,I thought of it as a bold statement about feminism and Eurocentric beauty standards.
My friend is very opinionated and rarely changes her mind about something because somebody explained it to her, she always has to come up with the new opinion herself. Therefore, I thought the discussion wouldn’t be productive, and at the beginning of the debate, it wasn’t. My friend will loudly and boldly state her opinion and pretty much put up the front that nothing will change her mind. The issue was especially important to us because we are both black women, and the sexualization of Black women, especially the “Jezebel” trope/stereotype can be a polarizing point/sore subject for us. We also had the background of both attending Spelman College, an all-Women's Black college, so we learned about these stereotypes/tropes about women like us in depth. As a famous black woman in the limelight, it is undeniable that other black women will look to her as a representation of the group as a whole.
My friend argued that Nicki was essentially selling sex and reducing herself to a sexual object and that the video wasn’t feminist at all. While I understood her point, I thought the complete opposite. Nicki Minaj is an insanely successful performer—not to mention the most successful female rapper in history—and she has the control to make creative choices about her videos. I argued that the video was challenging these standards, because she parodies the image of “Barbie” (arguably the standard of beauty because she is introduced to girls at such a young age) and doesn’t subscribe to Eurocentric beauty standards. In addition, she’s surrounded by other BLACK women dancing in a sexually suggestive way; in hip-hop, queer or lesbian topics are widely seen as taboo. In addition, the song is literally about taking advantage of men (and their finances) and dropping them when you’ve gotten what you wanted. It applies to the feminist ideal of not catering to men, but more so the ideal that women should be able to make their own decisions about their life/choices without being judged (by society, but especially other women).
Finally, in one of the final scenes, Nicki is in a kitchen playing with a banana--an obvious phallic symbol. Looking straight into the camera, she cuts it in half and laughs. I don’t think there’s a better way to prove my point.
The discussion went well because both sides were heard. I didn’t change my friend’s opinion, but she did take my points into account.
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