Write a Scholarly Letter for Racial Justice Select one of the listed of topics related to race and racism. Write a letter to someone in power, such as a university president or senator, describing why the issue is unjust and what can be done to implement change. (Pick a recipient who is relevant to the issue you’re talking about. For example, if you are writing about how COVID is disproportionately affecting Latinx communities, you might address your letter to the governor or to the mayor; if you’re writing about inequality in the classroom, you might address your letter to teachers at the grade level that concerns you. This assignment could also be formatted as a letter to the editor in a newspaper). You will need to research the topic, selecting two or three academic sources to inform your position. You will also be expected to reference, and show mastery of, the assigned course material from the Race and Racism module. You might draw from the birdcage analogy in Alexander’s chapter, Goodman’s discussion of privilege and oppression, Smiley and Fakunle’s discussion of microaggressions, or from part of the podcast episode “Seeing White,” for example. Pick a project that builds off of the material that interested you and that is relevant to the project you are pursuing. Write on this topic: • police brutality Attachments: Goodman’s discussion of privilege and oppression Smiley and Fakunle’s discussion of miscroagression
