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Ishmael Reed's argument for America as a multicultural bouillabaisse

Ishmael Reed discusses and expands on the concept of the American "melting pot" in his essay "America: The Multinational Society." Citing Yale Professor Robert Thompson, Reed celebrates modern American culture as being a "cultural bouillabaisse" consisting of a rich melange of people from all parts…

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Bonilla-Silva's argument on systemic racism and white privilege in America

Strange Enigma of Race in Contemporary America by Eduardo Bonilla Silva is a compelling and revelatory essay about the nature of modern America.

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Karen Armstrong's argument that God has a future

God have a future? The historian of religion Karen Armstrong asks this question in her essay of the same name, as she addresses God from the perspective of the monotheistic religious traditions.

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Mary Wollstonecraft's argument for women's education and equal rights

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Newkirk and McClure's argument for allowing student digressions in classroom discussions

Talk about Books (and Other Things). Pp. 97-105. In their essay on "Telling Stories," authors Tom Newkirk and Patricia McLure discuss the need to occasionally deviate from the common preoccupation amongst educators that students stay 'on-task' and 'on-topic' during class discussions.

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Analyzing Joanna MacKay's argument for legalizing organ sales

Legalizing Sale Organs. Include a Works Cited page. Writing Tips Academic Essay a. Use present tense MacKay's essay "essay "conclusions .

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William Saletan's argument against singling out steroids as cheating

A Summary of William Saletan's "The Beam in Your Eye: If steroids are cheating, why isn't LASIK?" William Saletan's essay "The Beam in Your Eye: If steroids are cheating, why isn't LASIK?" addresses the issue of the steroid scandal in baseball and compares it to LASIK eye surgery, which has been…

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Farhad Manjoo's persuasive argument for Facebook adoption

Farhad Manjoo describes all the positive reasons for having a profile on the social network, Facebook. Manjoo's argument is that Facebook, despite any potential deficits is a valuable tool and uses his essay to convince those not already using Facebook that the website will be good for them.

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Wilfred Sheed's argument on sports as cultural reflection

Sports Matter, Wilfred Sheed argues that sports is an important element in modern society. At the outset of his essay, he outlines that sport embodies values that were prevalent in Victorian English society, where arguably the modern conceptualization of sport arose.

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Racism and self-perception in Staples and Jones essays

"Black Men and Public Space" by Brent Staples and "Not White, Just Right" by Rachel Jones are both examples of well-constructed prose in short essay format, designed to be creative but argumentative and factual at the same time.

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