Interpretation and Analysis: Systemic and Structural Racism, The Thief, and Ghost Town
Begin by reading the Interpretation and Analysis and the three assigned weekly readings. Next, answer the following 2 questions with at least 4 complete grammatical sentences for each story.
Interpretation and Analysis
Interpretation usually has Critical Thinking as its Objective or Purpose
•Critical Thinking Skills are those mental processes that assist in acts of decision-making.
•The better one’s proficiency in these skills is developed, the better the quality of one’s decisions will be, and the more other people will rely on one’s judgment.
•Critical Thinking Skills are the tools of management and organization and strategic planning, not just in business but also in all aspects of life.
•Writing is where these skills are most often demonstrated, and other people will constantly be evaluating your use of Critical Thinking Skills in your writing to decide whether or not they should trust your judgment
1) Consider the first reading which is an article about systemic and structural racism in relation to the Mosley reading. You can choose any literary element/s you like such as character, setting, tone, mood, etc. to provide evidence for analysis from the story that link to ideas presented in the article.
2) Consider the idea of “othering” in relation to the Lo story. Again, you can choose any literary element/s you like such as character, setting, tone, mood, etc. to provide evidence for analysis from the story that link to othering.
Link to read about the topic, “othering”
https://www(dot)verywellmind(dot)com/what-is-othering-5084425
Three assigned weekly READINGS below,
1) Article: Systemic and Structural Racism *You can select PDF to view more easily
https://www(dot)healthaffairs(dot)org/doi/pdf/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01394
2) Short Story Walter Mosley: The Thief
https://mppl(dot)org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/The-Thief.pdf
3) Short Story Malinda Lo: Ghost Town
https://www(dot)uncannymagazine(dot)com/article/ghost-town/
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Professor’s Name
February 19, 2023
1.)
I'll concentrate on the location and how it's employed in both the article and the Mosley reading to draw attention to the problem of systemic and structural racism in this study. The author of the piece argues how racism is not only institutionalized in our social and political institutions but also permeates them on a systemic and structural level. The author uses the criminal justice system and the educational system as examples of how these institutions contribute to and maintain racial inequities. The way these institutions are organized and run is one way this takes place.
Similar to this, the location is utilized to highlight the effects of institutional and structural racism in Walter Mosley's short story "Equal Opportunity." The primary character, Socrates Fortlow, had just been sprung out of jail when the story takes place in a largely black Los Angeles ...