Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing
Step 1: Rosa Parks
Step 2: Rosa Parks still has an effect on people who protest today.
Step 3: Rosa Parks still has an effect on people who protest today because she was brave during a horrible time.
Step 4: Although Rosa Parks protested a long time ago, she still influences people to be brave in the face of racism.
Step 5: People might be influenced by Rosa Parks, but she protested in a time that was very different than today.
Step 1. Topic: Black lives in the face of the racism, demanding social justice.
Step 2. State the specific issue: Ieshia Evans, a demonstrator at an event that followed the shooting of Alton Sterling by a policeman in Baton Rouge, LA
Step 3. Because clause: social justice movements, and became resonant for those who deal with the intersections of race and criminal justice.
Step 4. Qualifications: Peaceful protestors being arrested. Using their constitutional right to protest and demand equality and equity.
Step 5. Counterarguments : people will argue that the protest were illegal because a permit was not issued and the protest disturbed traffic
Taking a Stand in Baton Rouge by Jonathan Bachman
Step 1. Topic: Rosa Parks photography on the bus
Step 2. State the specific issue: Does the image imply stasis or movement?
Step 3. Because clause: The image doesn’t imply stasis because she appeared to accomplished what she fought for.
Step 4. Qualifications: Although her picture initiated the African Americans civil rights movement ,the racial discrimination still exists.
Step 5. Counterarguments: While Rosa Parks image is a great example of the ways in which photography helped the civil rights movement ,people’s actions impact the world.
For this post I would like you to complete the Sheridan Baker Thesis Machine using the topic you plan write about for your first paper. Please complete all of the steps for the worksheet in your post.
1) Strike
2) Strikes should be repress.
3) Strikes should be subject of repression because it’s by far a reason for riot.
4) Although strikes are causes of intense violence in our community, it’s also a factor of raising voice against some types of discriminations.
5) Strikes are sometimes the only way of resolution for certain issues such as a revolution, a massive change, etc..
Step 1
Topic: Rosa Parks
Step 2
Issue: Civil Rights activism captured in photography
Step 3
Position: Rosa Parks photography captures the reality of the Civil Rights issue through the vision of the photographer.
Step 4
Qualifications: Although the ‘50s were difficult times when it comes to Civil Rights activism, photography was used as a mean to express the reality.
Step 5
Counterargument: Although the photographs show a part of the reality regarding Civil Rights activism, protest were those that made the true changes when it comes to the Civil Rights Movement.
