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1. Find a news piece on a political, social, cultural, or economic occurrence related to the Afro-Latino world that took place outside of the United States.
- Time frame: Between the 1950s and today
- Acceptable news media:
- newspapers
- reputable blogs
- reputable podcasts or radio reporting
- (reputable = quality reporting; trusted authors/ journalists/ news organizations; citations and/or references to sources)
2. Find & read an academic journal article that is relevant to the event you chose and can help you to analyze it.
- Remember you can:
- apply an academic journal article even if it’s not specifically about the event you are planning on writing about
- use the article’s conceptual or theoretical material even if it does not speak exactly to your chosen topic
3. Write a paper that interprets the occurrence you researched and its significances as related to understanding any of the themes discussed so far in this course
- Some questions you might address include:
- What does the event reveal about the shifting, or on the converse stagnant, position of Afro-Latinos in the society in which the event took place?
- What can be assessed from the event you chose about the ways the Afro-Latino community is viewed & engaged with?
- The bulk of the paper should focus on the analysis, NOT summarizing the event or re-summarizing the academic article
- Word Doc, 5-6 pp. doubled spaced, Times New Roman or Cambria 12, 1-inch margins.
Examples of themes
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Examples of occurrences
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- Afro-Latino identities
- Relationships to national community
- Politics
- Social, cultural, and/or economic power
- Music & identity
- Transnationalism
- … any more to add?
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- The passing of a law or resolution
- A musical event
- A protest or arrest
- A political nomination
- A change in education
- A hire that diversified a racially homogenous film, TV or news cast, or political cabinet
- … endless others… any ideas in mind?
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