“Specific Page Title or Article Title” Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?” | What!? Racism Still in America? |
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV | Jim Wallis |
Title of the Entire Website (not www. ) Ex: CBC News | The Blog |
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC | N/A |
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010 | 2012 |
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012 | 12 March 2012 |
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-wallis/what-racism-still-in-amer_b_290042.html |
FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: The article cites Maria Nikolajeva, a professor of at Cambridge, as saying that Bella does not "in any way promote independent thinking or personal development" in women, instead portraying a woman "meek and willing to do anything for her vampire boyfriend" (POV). |
Does Racism still exist because, "First, on November 4, 2008, the United States did what only one other country that I know of ever has ever done -- elect a president from a minority race in a country with a different majority race." This does not mean racism is over it just means that it has gotten better over the years. |
Even the white community is showing that the racist stereotype is false, "Second, the majority of Americans, and even of white Americans -- whether they voted for Obama or not -- seemed to feel proud and positive that the nation had finally reached this amazinge milestone." They were very happy it was not just the minorities it was mostly the nation as a whole. |
Others voted against Obama but not because of his race,"there are many people, most of whom voted against Obama, who have basic disagreements with the president on substantive political issues" Just because someone did not vote for Obama doesn't mean they are racist they just had different political views. |
Others voted against Obama just because he is black,"- there was, and is still, a hard core of racially-motivated white people in this nation who did vote against Obama he is black." They did not care about his political views just as long as they didn't have a black President. |
Although we as a country have come along way," let's be honest. We all know that racism still exists in America today." We should be proud of the steps we have taken but not stop and realize we have a ways to go. |
Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): The Author shows that America has come along way since the worst form of racism just a few years ago. But the author also brings to attention that we are proud of accomplishments but we still have racism in America and cant deny it.
EX: POV brings together information from a Cambridge conference in which professors of literature examine Twilight's effect on teenagers. Many of the sources cited talk about the negative affect on women that the books have had. The writer then turns around and asks the reader to take a poll, which is noted as not being scientific, to see what the general populance thinks on this issue.
Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site? The author seems credible because what the say is accurate and a fairly reasonable subject to say what he said.
EX for Author: POV is simply a penname for an anonymous author. It stands for Point of View, and the majority of the articles written on the news cite are simply there to ask the opinion of the reader, and rehash someone else's research.
EX for Site: CBC News is one of the main news associations in Canada, and the purpose seems to be to bring the news to the people. The articles are meant to inspire discussion, not so much force an opinion.
Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?There is nothing to gain other than the knowledge of others to realize racism still is a major issue.
EX: Other than keeping a job with the Canadian News, it seems the variety of articles displays a lack of attachment.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? The author was not bias and gave positive effects on both groups.
EX: There is a slight bias in the fact that only the negative effects of Twilight are mentioned, not the positive.
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? The author does not cite anyone and it was mostly opinion.
EX: The author uses Cambridge professors in his/her argument, making it stronger, as they are professors of literature.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?I will use this to convince no believers that racism is still an important issue to resolve in America.
EX: I plan to use this source to support my opinion that Twilight has a negative effect on teenagers, and also use it as a jumping off point for other sources, as it has a link to an MSNBC article about this issue.
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