During the New Deal and World War II eras, the federal government enacted numerous programs to help pull the nation out of the Great Depression. Although these programs were color blind, they nonetheless benefitted whites at the expense of blacks. After reading chapters 2, 4, and 5 of When Affirmative Action Was White, your assignment is to write a 750-1000 word essay that details how New Deal, World War II, and post-World War II programs represented affirmative action for white Americans.
talk about 2 NEW DEAL PROGRAMS
talk about 2 World War II PROGRAMS
talk about 1 Post World II Program
and explain why they were discrimitative
‘A’ quality papers will be: 1) Well written 2) Follow the guidelines listed above 3) Have a thesis statement 4) Provide numerous examples from the reading (meaning do not write exclusively about the New Deal programs and ignore World War II and post World War II programs in chapter 4 and 5) to support the argument presented in the thesis 5) Proper y cite all examples.
Papers should be doubled spaced and use a standard 12 point font.
1. Use proper grammar, punctuation, capitalization and a formal tone—avoid slang, informal phrases, capitalize proper nouns.
2. Be crisp, clear, and concise—always eliminate unnecessary words and clearly state your point. 3. Do not use block quotes—they are worthless, make me angry, and violate rule #2.
4. Do not use first person—simply state your point. This helps you follow rule #2.
5. Paragraphs are four to eight sentences long—this helps you follow rule #2
6. Do not use contractions—this helps you follow rule #1
7. Either underline or italicize a book’s title—this helps you follow rule #1
8. Once you have used a person’s first and last name, you only refer to them by their last name throughout the rest of the paper. Do not repeatedly use titles like Mr. or Mrs. or Dr. or Judge—this helps you follow rules #1 and #2.
9. Generally spell numbers that are two words or less. For example, twenty-eight, sixty-three, twentieth century are spelled out. Numbers like 383, 1935 remain numerical—this helps you follow rule #1.
To properly cite for this paper, simply place the page number in parenthesis at the end of the sentence.
For example: After entering the camp under a flag of truce, Apache chief Mangas was arrested, tortured, and shot by soldiers. (198-199)
USE CHAPTERS 2 4 and 5