ESSAY ASSIGNMENT: CULTURAL SENSITIVITY AND LANGUAGE
Based on Three Rivers’ “Cultural Etiquette” and Clemetson’s “The Racial Politics of Speaking Well” and your own observations and experience, do some prewriting and plan an essay dealing with issues of cultural sensitivity and language use. Craft an effective thesis statement and map out possibilities Starting with your planning notes about the arguments of Three Rivers and Clemetson, “fold in” your subsequent thoughts about the arguments of Leo and Spring and begin writing an essay in which you address some set of issues raised by our class exploration of these four texts. Make an argument of your own about these issues, and use both paraphrased and directly quoted material from the texts to support and illustrate your ideas.
4 Articles:
1. Amoja Three Rivers, “Cultural Etiquette: A Guide for the Well-Intentioned”
2. Lynette Clemetson, “The Racial Politics of Speaking Well”
3. Natasha Spring, “Freedom of Speech vs. Politically Correct Language”
4. John Leo, “Free Inquiry? Not On Campus”
