Give context for the conversation you’re entering
Establish the perspectives of each side, including their goals, primary arguments, assumptions, an
• Establish your place within this conversation, including your goals. primary justifications, assumptic
For this essay, you’ll choose one of the paired/grouped discussion source topics we’ve covered so far:
• Banning Books in Schools
o “Texas Schools Shouldn’t Ban Maus, They Should Teach It*
o “More Texas Parents Find Pornographic Books in Their Children’s School Libraries” o “A Texas School District Banned My Book. Then Things Got Really Ugly.”
• First Amendment vs. Hate Speech o “Why America Needs a Hate Speech Law”
o “No, America Does Not Need a European-Style Hate Speech Law* Educational Use of Racial Slurs
o “The Case for Quoting the N-Word in University Classrooms” o “No, Racial Slurs Can’t Serve ‘Educational Purposes’
In your Comparative Analysis, you’ll need to do the following:
• Give context for the conversation you’re entering
Establish the perspectives of each side, including their goals, primary arguments, assumptions, an
• Establish your place within this conversation, including your goals. primary justifications, assumptic
2 articles https://www.ousa.ca/blog_racial_slurs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/05/13/slurs-classrooms-law-school-taboo/
