Opinion Piece Directions:This particular assignment is designed to improve your writing and critical thinking skills. In addition, the opinion piece provides you with the opportunity to conduct a critical analysis about an issue that is currently impacting our government through the lends of your particular group identity/identities (race, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or religious group, etc.).
You are encouraged to take an intersectional approach to examining the issue, that is examining the issue from multiple intersections of your group identity (i.e. A queer Latinx first generation college student, African American women who is a business owner, A man of color who has a large amount of student loan debt, etc.) Possible topics can include: abortion, legalization of marijuana, voting rights, criminal justice reform, gun control, immigration reform, student loan debt, LGBTQIA rights, gentrification, etc.
The aforementioned list is just a sample list of topics. You are free to choose a topic from the list provided or select another topic not mentioned here. Your opinion piece should be factual, speak from your prospective, discuss how the issue impacts you or the group(s) you identify with, and be a minimum of 3 pages, but no more than 5 pages. A minimum of 5 sources are required and they should be hyperlinked in the text of your opinion piece (a works cited page is not needed.)
A list of reputable sites where you can find examples of opinion pieces that may also be used as references for your own opinion piece and a video on how to hyperlink within the text will be provided on the course website. Should you have any questions about how to craft your own opinion piece, do not hesitate the contact the professor.
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