The main question for paper #1 on sports and race is the following:
Is this “transracial ideal” (as embodied, for Newman, by Jeter) attainable in 21st-century American sports (and, by extension, society) ? If yes, why? If not, why not?
Make your argument using the following evidence:
—The article by Newman, which you will use first to define the concept of “transracial ideal” and later use in your argument. [PLEASE NOTE: Although Jeter himself is biracial, it is not necessary for someone to be biracial to be transracial if the definition of transracial is someone who has appeal across racial lines. For example, LeBron James is not biracial, but he is considered to have transracial appeal as reflected in advertising, film roles, etc.]
—The other readings in this unit (by Coogan, Alexander, Phillips, and Espada) discuss instances of race and sports and how race is “framed” through sports (e.g., Is the racial
framing described in these past cases still present today?).
—Your personal observations of contemporary sports commentary (e.g., Is racial “framing.” still present in sports commentary, or has it progressed to a race-blind state? How does that observation support your answer to the main question of this paper?).
—Any outside research you wish to conduct. You are not required to do research for this paper, but you may conduct light research if needed. Any research should take up minimal space in the paper. Your emphasis should be on the arguments in the unit’s articles argument and your analysis of them.
—All evidence must be fully documented in-text and in the Works Cited page. You may use APA or MLA style as long as you are consistent.
Essential elements of your paper:
Form a fully developed response to the main question (given above) that includes a claim (“The transracial ideal embodied by Derek Jeter is/is not attainable…”), reasons (“because…”), and evidence (“as shown by…”). This response is your main thesis and should appear prominently in your opening paragraph and be the central focus of the entire paper.
—When using your evidence (listed above), assume that your audience is unfamiliar with the text, video, etc. First, carefully summarize the evidence. You do not have to explain what baseball is, etc.), but you should directly cite important ideas from the text and make clear
the author’s position on key issues pertaining to the main question. Second, analyze the evidence. How does the author build her argument: anecdotes? persuasive language? numerical data? observation? Does the author’s specific evidence and examples support her claims? Analyze critically to determine if their argument holds up, which will help you shape your own argument. You are not proving or disproving the author’s argument
but rather weighing its evidence to assess where the argument is strongest and best defended by the evidence at hand, including where it is perhaps outdated, missing
information, or making an unjustified leap in logic.
—As part of your evidence, you must use at least TWO articles from the unit (in addition to Newman) and your sports commentary observation. You may use more
than two articles from the unit, but please limit yourself to one sports commentary observation.
—Your paper should include an introductory paragraph (stating the main thesis), a body of multiple paragraphs (arguing the validity of your main thesis in detail by making
thorough use of evidence), and a concluding paragraph (restating the main thesis once more).
—You must include a Works Cited page. You may use MLA or APA style,
ive attached some files to use as evidence for my paper