How Capitalism Enabled Racism, Sexism, And Other kinds of discrimination

InstructionsAssume your target audience is a similarly (college-level) educated body of peers that you are teaching about consumerism.

In a clear, thoughtful, and focused essay, please use evidence and concrete examples to support your answer to the following question:

• • What effect does capitalism have on American society? Is it overall positive or negative? What needs to change?

You may consider some of the following questions, if they are relevant, to help you create your answer

• How does capitalism play a role in our daily lives?
• What is consumerism, and how does consumerism play a role in our daily lives?
• What are some of the benefits of capitalism? Consumerism?
• What are some of the negative effects of capitalism? Consumerism?
  • How has capitalism enabled racism, sexism, or other kinds of discrimination?
  • How has consumerism enabled racism, sexism, or other kinds of discrimination?
• How do advertisements work?

Full Requirements

***The new requirements are highlighted in green***

• 1600 word minimum
• Introduction (1 paragraph)
  • Includes an interesting hook
  • Provides focused background information and context on your topic
  • Gives a sense of the “conversation” surrounding your argument
  • Contains a clear, forceful, thesis statement
• Body paragraphs (4-5 paragraphs)
  • Begin with clear, forceful topic sentences that clearly stem from your thesis statement
  • Provides any additional explanation required to fully understand the topic sentence
  • Utilize appropriate transitions, both in the topic sentences and throughout the paragraph
  • Contain support through relevant quotations/paraphrases from appropriate sources
  • Integrate quotations by embedding them into a sentence or introducing them with a signal phrase
  • Utilize thoughtful analysis to demonstrate how your support helps to prove your topic sentence, and thus your thesis statement
  • Represents an opposing perspective through the inclusion of a counterargument paragraph
• Conclusion (1 paragraph)
  • Briefly recaps your essay
  • Explains how/why it is relevant (Why are you arguing this? What’s the point?)
• Incorporates 4-5 sources
  • You may use the same sources you used for Essay 2
  • You must incorporate at least new source that was found through individual research
  • At least one source MUST be a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal article found through the LATTC Library Databases
• MLA format throughout
  Thorough, complete Works Cited page (in MLA format)
  Minimal grammar errors and appropriate, clear, college-level prose