Which social issue will you be focusing on this semester
Which social issue will you be focusing on this semester? Is it a local (Fresno), domestic and/or a global social problem? Be very specific while defining your social issue/social problem
Why did you pick this particular social issue? What IS IT about this issue that intrigues you?
Without looking at any external source, what do you already know about this issue? Are there any differences/similarities in what you knew about the issue and how the outside sources (journal articles; newspapers; magazines, etc) described it?
What are the objective conditions of this social problem – number of people affected by this problem; crime rates; unemployment rates, etc ( the emphasis in this response should be on statistics regarding the social issue)
ONE PAGE OF TYPED TEXT (APPROX 300 TO 400 WORDS)
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COVER PAGE – FIRST AND LAST NAME; TITLE (PHASE 1: SOCIAL PROBLEM PAPER); DATE; COURSE NAME
REFERENCES PAGE – REQUIREMENT – FOLLOW APA FORMAT
Type out your responses to these questions in complete sentences.
DO NOT TYPE OUT THE QUESTIONS; DO NOT NUMBER YOUR RESPONSES.
This is a formal writing assignment that has to be well organized, concise and coherent.
The social issue I want you to focus on is Police Brutality. Somehow mention that it caught my eye when Colin Kaepernick mentioned it and stood against it.
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