Prompt: How would you defend DuBois against charges of playing the race card? What is “the race card”?
Counterarguemnet: Once you finish your page add a paragraph that counters the entirety of your argument within your page or after it.
Please find below the topics and some requirements for your essays. All essays should defend
a bold thesis and the thesis of your paper should be dedicated to addressing a specific problem and
should not take the form of any kind of commentary or impressionistic declaration.
1. Explanation of Thesis Statement: Clarify the way how particular words are used if doing so
is important for understanding your thesis. Thesis: The concept, double consciousness illuminates the internal struggles experienced by African Americans, stemming from a feeling of two divergent identities. Beyond a simple metaphor, double consciousness is an authentic reality that is faced by many African Americans. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, rather than playing the ‘race card,’ acknowledges the distinctive perspective that African Americans have within society.
2. Central Argument: Present strongest possible arguments to support your thesis statement.
For example, if you’re arguing against a view, you might try to show that it conflicts with
independently plausible claims (there’s something true that the view can’t account for). If
you’re arguing for a view, you might (a) show that it does a good job of accounting for thing
that need accounting for, and/or (b) show that an objection to it doesn’t work.
3. Objections Against Argument: Next, you should give two to three major objections that a
reader might make against your central arguments. So, if your central argument argues against
a particular theory or position, think “what would someone who support that theory or position
say in reply to me? How would they try to show that my argument is wrong?” (In your paper,
you would respond to these objections: arguing that the objections don’t work, and your central
objection stands.).
Please do not use postings or blogs on the Internet as major research
resources for this assignment. Your textbook and/ or powerpoints or scholarly journals
should be your main research sources.
