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Week 5 Precis

Week 5 Precis

Q Each student is required to find one current issue utilizing the provided links on Canvas and turn in a one-page report on the course Canvas site. The report should examine one topic or issue from the provided news/political sites that addresses some issue of diversity in society. and include a brief discussion of socio-political theoretical elements from the weekly assigned reading materials. The report should utilize APA citation conventions. A précis is a critical paper that succinctly summarizes the principle arguments, ideas, and themes of the article you choose, and articulates a reasoned, critical perspective (your informed interpretation) on it. A critical perspective can take many forms: evaluating the strengths, weaknesses, insights and blind spots of an argument or theory; placing the text in conversation with another text or theoretical approach; reflecting on the potential significance of the text’s arguments; discussing how the text has impacted the précis writer’s thinking regarding a problem or question.

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The news article that I have chosen for this discussion is related to racism and how it is perceived and treated in our society today. From the page of Democracy Now the news about the Oscar celebrating the diverse filmmakers gives us the glimpse that we need to accept the diversity in our society. Most of the films that were nominated were story that were related about the African American and their struggle and also the stories of the different nation like that of Mexico in Roma. This year’s Oscar was the most diverse one right from the section of best film to the best actor.