Yoshino suggests that changes in civil rights should happen outside courtrooms. What mechanisms can Gladwell offer to help achieve Yoshino’s vision?

Malcolm Gladwell’s “Small Change” (191-200)

Kenji Yoshino’s “Preface” and “The New Civil Rights” (452-462), excerpts from his book Covering

Question for Writing

Yoshino suggests that changes in civil rights should happen outside courtrooms. What mechanisms can Gladwell offer to help achieve Yoshino’s vision?

If you wish to bring in Zakaria or Ma, you’re welcome to do so. For example, you might bring in the idea of empathy discussed in the excerpt from Ma’s piece into your discussion.

Objectives:

To write an argumentative paper, not a summary paper. Be sure you understand the difference between the two. If you don’t understand, ask in class.
To develop a position that states your response to each author’s thesis and an explanation of why you take your particular position. In other words, what new idea can you contribute to the authors’ arguments?
To read the text closely: use key terms from the assigned essays to summarize the main points in the argument.
To respond to the evidence authors give to support their claim.
To build coherent paragraphs with a clear topic sentence and focused discussion that includes at least one quote in each paragraph.
Use MLA in-text citations
Use MLA essay format
To present your final draft in its best possible form: proofread and run a spell check before handing it in.
Format your paper using 12-point font, double spacing, and one-inch margins.