MCTC Writing Center Training Video Step 4
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That's great. We have this right here.
And what you said to me is very similar
though slightly different from what you have written here.
What I heard you say is that Latinos face prejudice
and that this is basically, totally supported by the government.
Right? What you have here is individuals
in the Latino ethnic group are under attack
and it's crucial to become aware of this situation
in order to find real solutions to the real problems
we face today.
What do you feel like the main idea is
behind these problems?
Fernando: Racism.
Vince: Racism? Against...
Fernando: Latinos, yeah.
Vince: And is it validated?
Fernando: Yeah.
Vince: By who?
Fernando: By the U.S. Government.
Fernando: Okay.
Could you write that down?
I didn't see that written anywhere on here, so I would write that in.
That's huge.
Yeah, cause when you're arguing a position with a paper
you really want it to be... we're supposed to care, right?
Like, this is supposed to be somewhat controversial.
Right? There's a mission to it.
Fernando: Yeah I think it's controversial.
English only movement, I'm not saying that this isn't racist
or that it's not problematic, but is the government supporting this?
Well they're lobbying for measures that make it hard
for people that speak Spanish.
Vince: Who's "they?"
Fernando: The people of this movement.
So they're basically like a lobby group and they have influence.
Vince: Great I think this is definitely a number three then.
This is totally your third point. The thing is that
you have to prove that they're having influence in government.
You have to prove that this sort of English only
English over all sort of thinking is shaping policy
in the United States. It's because: your thesis, right?
So there I have that, "Their resistance to Hispanic immigration
is regardless of if it's legal or illegal."
Cause they're afraid of Hispanics, doesn't matter what
specific means they use to arrive to this country.
Vince: Do you have evidence for that?
Fernando: Well... well. I guess not.
Vince: I'm not saying you're wrong.
I don't think you're wrong, but in a paper,
an argumentative paper, a persuasive paper,
in an academic context you need to be like,
"This is more than about illegal immigration,
this is actually about racism."
And you've built a lot of stuff here,
you know, with just being able to profile
people, stuff like that, but we really...
if you're going to build a paragraph out of this sentence,
you might have to do a little bit more research.