Once your topic idea is chosen, follow the instructions below.
TOPIC: Racism&Gentrification
******* Identify a problem that is occurring in your city, workplace, or neighborhood. What is your connection to the problem? How does it impact your family and you or your coworkers and you? How does it impact the broader community and who does it tend to impact the most? What are some possible solutions to the problem that you might research and write about?********************
Write a 3-page (750 to 825 words), double-spaced, argumentative research paper supporting your solution or argument. Keep in mind, your goal as a writer is to defend your claim through scholarly research and convince your reader that your solution or argument is a logical and supported one.
Pick the solution or argument that you consider to be the best one from the research that you?ve done.
Include at least five scholarly sources and proper in-text citations in APA or MLA format.
Your paper must include a Works Cited or References page and acknowledge all sources that you summarize, paraphrase, and/or quote within the paper.
Guidelines
Your argumentative research paper should include a cover page if you are using APA and proper headers if you are using MLA. The paper must include a minimum of five scholarly sources such as eBooks, books, journals, or web pages that end in .edu, .org, or .gov.
As you prepare this paper, ask yourself the following questions:
Have I established the context and purpose of my paper?
Have I clearly stated my thesis and established the central theme?
Have I defined the scope of my thesis and determined key concepts?
Have I selected information sources that relate to these concepts?
Have I used a variety of search strategies and appropriate information sources to access information?
Have I chosen sources based on multiple criteria such as relevance to the research question, currency, and authority?
