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Crosta, Peter. "What is Lupus?" Medical News Today. MediLexicon International

 Ltd, 2010. Web. 29 Sept. 2010.  lupus/>.

//__** Information: **__//  The author of this article Peter Crosta is an application system analyst, who was educated at BA economics, Cornell University, MA economics and education, Teachers College, and Colombia University. His interests are in social science and researches computing needs. He puts a lot of effort and information into his articles; you defiantly can tell he has an understanding on the topic or issue.
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 *  Scope and purpose of the work- **

 This report is both a very informational report but it is an overview as well. The intended audience for this article are the people that want to get more in depth on the lupus disease. It might even give those who know about lupus information on it that they didn't know before. He gives those help on what to do if you are struggling with lupus. Experts in the field of lupus could use this article to their advantage. This would be a good article to use to get a clear comprehended focus and ideas.

//__** Summary: **__// The author doesn't have a certain position that he takes, instead he provides you with everything you need to know, and its affect on someone's life. There isn't a main argument that's provided.
 * Identify the authors thesis- **

Peter provides information on what exactly lupus is and the different types that are in the body. He covers the topics as the one's just mentioned, as well as whose affected, the causes, symptoms, how it is diagnosed, how to treat lupus, and also tells people what to do when they have it.
 *  What are the main arguments? **

 Evidence shown are facts that support each section heading. After each heading he gives a lot of facts, about two to three paragraphs after each. He also bullet points causes, symptoms,how its treated, and if you're living with it. He gives at least over ten examples for each.
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//__** Evaluation: **__//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> The work is very logical and clear; it gives over enough information about lupus. I believe this article was a good research, it had many examples and reasons to back it up.The topic has been adequately addressed because after he tells you what the topic is, he gives you more information behind it. The author does not give an objective stance because of the depth of the information.

//__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Reflection: **__//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> This source was very helpful to me because I wasn't to sure what lupus exactly was before. I knew it was an immune system disease but it gave way more information than I needed. I learned what lupus was, why people get it, and how common it is for so many people in this world. Some people might be diagnosed and not even know they have it. Information in this source helped me because I can now argue why lupus is so common to be unknown at first, and why it can in fact become deadly.

//**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">*Source 2* **// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Shultz, Frank. "Blacks hired to smooth Janesville schools' transition to

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> diversity." Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Gale Cengage Learning, 18

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Jan. 2009. Web. 5 Oct. 2010. <http://ic.galegroup.com>

//__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Information: **__// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Authors Credentials**- Frank Shultz didn't have that much information but he was apart of an organization called Gazette Reporters; they deal with every day issues that are people are facing. Stories that he covers are on Janesville Schools, education, and parenting.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> **Scope and purpose of the work-** This article is a informational report and an overview, about black adults that were hired to work at a school in Janesville, Wisconsin. They want to get minority role models into schools. There were teachers hired to teach diversity among staff and students. Teachers were confused as to why two boys didn't have any idea what they wanted to do after high school, both were black. Both didn't like school that much, they never did work. One boy had a scholarship for football but couldn't proceed in it because of his grades. Faces of color for staff were hard to receive, not all teachers approved. They wanted teachers to realize that racism is going on in the school and shouldn't be ignored. Minorities were wanted and needed in the district whether staff liked it or not. The intended audience for this article are all minorities who are willing to help out, also those who favor prejudice.

//__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Summary: **__// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Identify the authors thesis**- The thesis of this article is basically there is a minority issue in the school with students, as well as with staff and diversity affects were needed, so Janesville had to bring minority groups in.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> **What are the main arguments?** The main arguments are why is it that the teachers cant seem to realize that it is an issue. The two boys were questioned by the teachers, and made assumptions upon. Also, it was determined to bring minority and diversity groups and staff in to teach everyone what it really was.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">__**Evidence-**__ You see evidence because they do bring people in to talk to the students and staff. When the district saw the situation was getting out of control, they took action. Frank provided the article with examples of how bad the issue was in the school, and what would result if it wasn't discontinued. Also, Frank provides facts to help my argument as to why its important for schools to practice diversity. It gave me more facts that I can include to capture people's attention.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> //__**Evaluation:**__// This work was clear and the arguments were strongly supported. I think this was well researched because even the title gives you a good sense of what the article is mostly about. The topic has been addressed through its determination to fix the problem, my argument determines me to achieve my goals as well. This article was very informative, it had a lot of issues and examples of the situation. It was set up sort of like an interview but the people weren't talking; they were telling you what the people were saying. It wasn't short and brief, it told stories that happened within the school; you also got a good sense of the teachers attitudes.The author's stance is to try and fix the problem among students and staff in order to build a better civilization.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> //__**Reflection:**__// This article was a very good source. It was easy to read and understand, and the stories were unbelievable. I also found it very helpful that there was an audio voice at the top of the article that read the page for you. I thought that idea was very interesting and creative. Evidence to support my argument is listed above. If I could rate this source out of five it would defiantly get a four and a half; it was a good example of why schools should notice diversity. The information in source helped me with my argument is also listed above.

//**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">*Source 3* **// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Diversity Digest. "The Educational Value of Diversity: Research from Louisville <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> High Schools." Campus-Community Connections. N.p., Dec. 2001. Web. 6 Oct. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2010. <http://www.diversityweb.org/Digest/w01/louisville.html>.

//__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Information: **__// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Author's credentials-** There is not a specific author for this website, but the Diversity Digest organization/website is well known. Instead of just looking at diversity in a High School level, they also take a look at the college level as well. It basically information with monthly articles on main issues.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Scope and purpose of the work**- This is an informational report that gives details and tells a story about the different conflicts. The intended audience for this are the teachers that don't agree and anyone else in the community who has a diverse issue. Louisville's community and communicators are the experts in this field.

//__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Summary: **__// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Identify the author's thesis-** The thesis in this article is that evidence is showing that diverse classrooms and campuses learn better, than those that lack diversity.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**What are the main arguments?** Digest has said that stronger diverse areas increase students' ability to think and help them advance better in college. It was shown that these findings are consistent throughout all grades of students. Louisville, the area mentioned in the article shows that the metropolitan, urban area is diverse and integrated and bringing diversity into their school helped them ever more. Examples of this were they gained critical thinking skills, had future goals for education, and showed citizenship.

//**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Evidence- **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">A survey was admitted to classrooms in 2000 to 1164 students, and it showed that some responses did come up as racial. Researched showed that students that attended integrated, minority schools increase their academic achievement. About 50 to 60 percent of students from different races gave answers to whether they would take a foreign language after high school and majority said they were interested.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">//__**Evaluation:**__// The work was clear and easy to read, but I think it could have been a little more informative. It had a lot of facts, but not enough examples of the issue. The topic has been addressed as you get a sense that diversity reacts into school work as well. The organization does take a stance on how diversity does take an effect on education. Digest mentions that diversity impacts learning, students attitudes, and on the important things in life.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">__**//Reflection//:**__ This source is helpful because even though the article didn't have a lot of examples, it wasn't just about one thing, the whole entire website and organization was about diversity. It had a home page as well as other links on the page to take you through different ways diversity affects communities and schools. I learned that diversity issues can affect a students achievements in school, and that being in a diverse area well better your learning. The source provides evidence of surveys, and how much the school is impacted by the situation. The information helped develop my argument because it provided me with more evidence as to why it's good to be diverse.

//**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">*Source 4* **// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Tatum, Beverly Daniel. "Defining Racism 'Can we talk?'" Why Are All the Black <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> N.p.: Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 1997. 3-18. Print.

//__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Information: **__// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Author's credentials-** Beverly is the president of Spelman College, and received her B.A in psychology for Wesleyan University, Ph.D for clinical psychology at University of Michigan, and M.A religious studies at Hartford Seminary. Then in 2000 she got a L.H.D from Bates College. Beverly became a teacher at Westfield State College, University of California, and Santa Barbara; she was a very educated person. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Scope and purpose of the work-** This information is all from a book that the author wrote, it's very informational but an overview as well. The book tells about the author's life as well, as she had to teach students about racism. The intended audience for this are people that deal with race everyday or have in some way. It also is for those that are interested in the topic and who want to know more in depth info about it.

//__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Summary: **__// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Identify the authors thesis-** this chapter is to inform people that after the Rodney King beating, O.J Simpson trial, the Charles Stuart and Susan Smith cases, racial prejudices in politics, and welfare reform, Beverly believes it hard to think that people are still unaware of the reality of racism. She doesnt want people to continue to think that racism is something of the past. Beverly is arguing that people need to take into consideration what this really is and how effective it is in everyone's life. She takes the position of being against racism, and wants to do something about it. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**What are the main arguments?** The information she provides is everything I listed in her thesis above. She covers all topics listed, as well as how she feels about the issue. Also, she mentions telling one of her students of white decent that she would be teaching about racism, and that they should sign up for her course.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">__**Evidence**__: Evidence provided is that she has read newspaper articles on extreme race issues; Examples mentioned in the thesis are also evidence. Beverly shows a clear understanding on the topic and she mentioned that problems like this can start as early as preschool years.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">//__**Evaluation**__:// The work is very clear, it's told in a story type format as well which makes it easier to understand. You can tell after reading the first few lines that it's not just an boring informational piece. The topic has been addressed, and she brings many examples and conflicts to the table. Beverly's stance is that she is completely against racism and is determined to find a way to make a change. She is very motivated about the topic and wants to fix each and every person individually.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">__**//Reflection//:**__ I think this source was extremely helpful; I am going to continue to read it throughout my project and research. I learned that not only is racism a choice people make, but its something that is hard for most people to get over. I also learned that people look at racism as not a big today because of how much of a problem it was many years ago. This source helped me develop my argument because it made it understand why its necessary to start teaching kids more and more about diversity and how they should be diverse. If no one does anything now about the problem, it might bring about more issues in the future, even ones that could be life threatening.

//**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">*Source 5* **// //Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other// //Conversations About Race//. N.p.: Basic Books, A member of the Perseus Books Group, 1997. Print. Introduction.

//__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Information: **__// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Author's credentials-** The author's credentials are the same as the one's listed above. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> **Scope and purpose of the work-** This is an informational introduction and overview of what Beverly's book has did and how it can help so many people out. The intended audience are the same as the one's listed above.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> **__Summary:__** // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Identify the author's thesis-** The author's thesis in the introduction is not only does she want questions asked about racism but she also wants to help others move beyond fear, anger, beyond denial to a new understanding, how much it impacts us, and what we can and should do about it. The title of her book has became a conversation starter even for those that wanted to avoid the conversations, which had been her goal to succeed. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> **What are the main arguments?** Information provided is Beverly received e-mails, letters, and people requesting conferences just to learn more about racism, and her view on it. She covers all the topics that are listed in the thesis, and gives us her stance on the issue. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> **Evidence**- Evidence provided is that Beverly coincided with President Clinton's national conversation on race, and a few days later Clinton's staff called two times looking for her to invite her to his first Town Hall meeting on race. September 1997, she got invited to the 40th anniversary of desegregation at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. That school was a movement in civil right history when it was big. As you can see, Beverly has been very successful throughout her life, and was offered many opportunities on things that had to do with race, she herself was a turning point for society.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> **__//Evaluation//:__** The work is clear and logical, everything makes sense and you get a good sense of what the book will be about. The topic has been addressed and she even gives good examples in the intro. Her stance is mentioned above and obviously she is against racism.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> **//__Reflection__://** This source was helpful as well, even though it was only an introduction it still gave information on the topic. It also provided good evidence and ideas she had. I learned that Beverly was more known that I thought she was, when they talked about President Clinton wanting to include her in his events. I also read that she met a white man (in his 50's) who spoke well about how race issues haven't changed yet. He also mentioned how civil rights was indeed a movement during his time, but it segregation still exists, inequality got worse, and racial acts still make headlines. This man seemed educated as well, he came from an area where black and whites live, where they have little interaction with each other. Beverly had said this man was a sphere of influence to her and how he should voice his opinions to others. This information helped me because it gave me more reasons to be diverse, and it also gave interesting info about the gentlemen above. It made me realize that people can make a change, that why I will be determined in my process as well.

//**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">*Source 6* **// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Conversations About Race. N.p.: Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Group, 1997. Print. The Complexity of Identity, "Who am I?"

//__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Information: **__// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> **Author's credentials-** The author's credentials are the same as the one's listed directly above <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> **Scope and purpose of the work-** This chapter is really informational and is an overview as well. The intended audience for this are people who want to identify their true self and for those who just want to know more information on the issue.

//__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Summary: **__// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> **Identify the author's thesis**- The author's thesis is that our awareness is a complexity of identity which develops over time, when we see ourselves we see us as multidimensional instead of one. Social, cultural, and historical context is being ingrained and acknowledged in a person's identity. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> **What are the main arguments?** Provided information is that Beverly did an "I am_" activity with her students about their identity. She received normal answers such as shy, intelligent, honest, etc... but other students from ethnic groups put "I am _black_", Puerto Rican, Korean, etc. Those students of white descents never put "I am _white". Those students most likely experienced issues in their life with race, or had identity problems.

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> **Evidence**- __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Evidence shown for this is dominant groups and subordinate groups. Dominant groups have set parameters that the subordinate person will try to operate. Dominant people hold power and authority in society, they are the targeted group to be labeled as defective and substandard. For example, Blacks have historically been characterized as less intelligent than Whites. Why is it that black people get so much characterization? Subordinate groups are innately incapable of being able to perform or demonstrate positive qualities. They feel that they need to protect themselves from dominant groups and from unequal power.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">//__**Evaluation:**__// The work was very clear and logical, all the identity examples tied in well with the whole diversity issue. The topic has been well addressed because you get a lot of information and stories that follow up. Beverly's information is so detailed that it puts images in your mind of what everything looks like. Everything that she tries to explain, she can back it up with good examples and research. Her stance is the same as it's been throughout the book, she still is against racism and wants to make a change.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> __**//Reflection//:**__ This source was helpful to my research because it's still from the same book just new information. I learned that basically parts of our identity capture the attention of other people and that's what they notice the most. Most people will just look at a person and think they can judge them right away from the cover, but that's not always the right thing to do. This source has provided a lot of information that can back up my statement, which is listed above. It helped me develop my argument because it gave me another look about diversity and it starts with how people identify a person.

//**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">*Source 7* **// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Glazer, Nathan. "Diversity." New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Gale <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Cengage Learning, 2005. Web. 19 Oct. 2010. <http: / //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> ic.galegroup.com>. //

//__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Information: **__// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Author's credentials**- Nathan Glazer is an American sociologist, and taught at the University of California, Berkeley. Later on he then taught at Harvard University for several decades. He is known for one of his books entitled Beyond the Melting Pot which talked about race and ethnicity. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Scope and purpose of the work**- This article is an informational report and gives a lot of facts about what diversity is. His topics include racism, affirmative action, multiculturalism, ethnic groups, and diversity training. The intended audience for this are people like me who want information on the subject. I think this article would be great for anyone else who needs facts on what diversity really is.

//__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Summary: **__// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Identify the author's thesis**- Nathan's thesis is that diversity is a word or concept that can apply to rocks, animals, people, plants, system of law, etc. It refers to an ideology (ideas that reflect beliefs and interests of a nation) in which diversity is prized, considered a benefit to society, and should be responded to positively in public policy and by major nongovernmental interests. He takes the position of basically saying that something needs to be done about racism, and there isn't enough diverseness in the world. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**What are the main arguments?** He provides information about the affirmative action, which is when federal policies and local state governments to try to employ persons from ethno-racial groups. These decision weren't legally required but started because of a black student protest; making up for past discrimination was the justification. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Evidence-** Evidence provided is that institutions in the South, that had already been discriminated were required by court order to institute quotas and preference for blacks. A man named Lewis Powell had his own justification for underrepresented minorities. He said the student diversity would improve the educational environment and introduce these new views in the educational process.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">__**Evaluation**__: //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The work was very clear and logical; there was over enough information to write an essay on. I think this was well-researched because of the amount of information and detail it provided me with; the topic has definitely been addressed. The author's stance is against racism and he wants to make a change about it as well as Beverly from the book. He believes this issue should be addressed all over, not just in High Schools or Colleges, but all over the world. I think the author was very motivated when they wrote this article, someone had to influence his life in some kind of way.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">__**Reflection**__: //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">This source was verrryyyyy helpful, and it provided me with a lot more information. I learned that immigrants and liberal democratic societies like Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have been active or more active in the recognition of diversity. The impact of immigration have made some societies become more diverse. I also learned that the ideology of diversity has spread all over the liberal democratic world. Evidence supporting my argument is that people have seen a change in the response to diversity. Even though there hasn't been a 100% change yet in the world, places are becoming more aware of the situation, and how much of a problem it is. The information helped me develop my argument because it provided me with information that I can keep looking at throughout my project. This source is one of the best I found so far, and I'm going to continue with it.

//**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">*Source 8* **// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Charles, Joann."Diversity Management: An Exploratory Assessment of <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Minority Group Representation in State Government." <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Public Personnel Management 4(2003):561. eLibrary. Web. 20 Oct. 2010.

//__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Information: **__// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Author's credentials**- I couldn't find any information on the author; Every place I checked had a different spelling of the name, so I wasn't sure if it was the correct person. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Scope and purpose of the work**- This is an informational report, it gives you a lot of information but also provides statistic information as well. The intended audience for this is are people who want to learn the information, and those who want to use the statistics for any certain reason. Also, whoever is interested in diversity will enjoy this article as well.

//__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Summary: **__// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Identify the author's thesis-** The author's thesis statement is "the human capital crisis is an opportunity for the government to create a strategic workforce plan, restructure recruitment practices and revamp the civil service examination process". The author takes the stance of being against this type of discrimination; she is arguing that the population of ethnic and racial minorities increases and state personnel managers face new and distinct challenges in recruiting individuals within these groups. In order to manage the increase of African-American, Hispanic, Asian-American, etc. minorities we have to maintain an adequate representation of diversity initiatives. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**What are the main arguments?** The author mentions that the composition of the national workforce is becoming more diverse and incorporating diversity initiatives into human resources planning, but it still isn't enough to say that we are a nation of diversity and it is accepted. She covers topics about how the workforce doesn't allow certain ethnic groups to work with them and provides a lot of information about the governments demand. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Evidence**- She says that diversity initiatives must be revisited in order for an economy to become successful. She also mentions that the number of minority populations are going to continually increase over time, so why not become in contact with other groups for the better? Statistics- in New Jersey, African-Americans 13.6 percent of the population, Hispanics 13.3 percent and Asians 5.7 percent. By the year 2025, the population of Asians, Hispanics and African-Americans in the state of New Jersey will increase by 110 percent, 78 percent and 45 percent. State government employees: Asians and American Indians 2.91 percent; Hispanics 6.15 percent; African-Americans 27.35 percent; and Whites 63.57 percent.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">__**//Evaluation//:**__ The work was logical, but it could have been a little more clearer. The information provided was well developed, but the statistics mostly talked about how diversity has increased. It didn't say too much about how it's lowering; the topic of the article has been addressed. There wasn't a specific stance that it said the author took, but you can tell by reading that they are against racism. She was motivated in arguing that we do need to be more diverse, especially in the workforce.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">__**//Reflection//:**__ This source was helpful to my research, because it was the only one so far that provided me with statistics. I learned that in order for diversity to be successful people have to be aware of it's benefits. I also learned that if diversity is put in affect it will allow programs to provide better service, produce harmony and good working relationships, foster a sense of opportunity and fairness, increase productivity, etc. We will get so many different and good outcomes if we manage being diverse. The source provides all that I have just listed above. The information helped me develop my argument because it gave me more new information, and the statistics gave me new information as well.

//**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">*Source 9* **// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Orfield, Gary, Erica Frankenberg, and Liliana M Garces. School Desegregation <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Needs Improvement. At Issue: Is Racism a Serious Problem? . Detroit: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Greenhaven Press: Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, 2009. Power Search. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Web. 27 Oct. 2010. <http://find.galegroup.com>;.

__//**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Information: **//__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Author's credentials**- Gary Orfield is a professor at University of California in Los Angeles; he is also the co-director of a Civil Rights Project. Erica Frankenberg and Liliana M. Garces are doctoral candidates at the Harvard University. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Scope and purpose of the work**- This source is an informational report as well as an overview. It's from a book source on how segregation in schools needs improvement. The intended audience for this are all students in grades K-12, it also is intended for college's as well.

__//**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Summary: **//__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Identify the author's thesis**- The author's thesis is: to prevent the negative effects of this non diverse trend, high schools, university faculty and education experts must help K-12 educators to maintain and actively encourage desegregation in public schools. The position these author's are in, are to try and help kids starting at a young age on how being diverse is a good thing. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**What are the main arguments**? The author's provide information about how research proves that segregated high schools with high minority populations always seem to fail in preparing their students for higher education. They also mentioned that schools that service more white students fail to prepare their students to adjust to a diverse student body, which will affect them once they attend college. I agree with these opinions, if students don't learn to become diverse at a young age, it will be more difficult to teach them to later on. Also, those that are experiencing being diverse, will have better college educations, and most likely better lives growing up. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Evidence-** The author's provide both positive outcomes of becoming diverse and the negative factors as well. As for the negative outcomes they said that increasing segregation will place a heavier burden on colleges and universities. They believe that as a whole it will be hard to provide equal educational access to students from diverse backgrounds. However, it might be hard to do so, but it will be the right thing to do in the end. If a white person was to attend a college with mostly minority students and they came from a racist family, it would be extremely hard for them to adapt without the knowledge of being diverse.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">__//**Evaluation**//__: The work is clear and logical as well. I think this article was well-researched because it provided me with a lot of new information, and it also was from an online book source. The author's do address the topic and give their views on how the problem should be dealt with, and the negative and positive factors as mentioned before. These author's stance is clear just from reading the title of the article; they are against schools being desegregated, and thinks they need improvement.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">__//**Reflection:**//__ This source taught me that if schools don't start to teach students at a young age to be diverse, it will cause a longer stretch with conflict for years later on. That statement caught my attention, because I agree with it, and believe that is true. The evidence the source provides gives the information it provides a better understanding. This information will help me develop my argument, by giving me more information about how much schools are affected because of this. They provided a lot of examples that help their argument develop more, as well as my argument. //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">*Source 10* **// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">"Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" And Other <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Conversations About Race. N.p.: Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Group, 1997. Print.

__//**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Information: **//__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Author's credentials**- The author's credentials are the same as the one's listed at source number four. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Scope and purpose of the work-** This source is informational and is told in a story type format, but it lists new information throughout, examples, and the author's view on different situations.

__//**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Summary: **//__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Identify the author's thesis**- The author's thesis is to think about your earliest race-related memory and how old you were. She said she asked adults in her workshop that thesis question and they gave ages like three, five, eight, thirteen, and twenty. Her and other adults talk in small groups about what they remember from back then. Beverly's position in this is that she is still against racism, but in this chapter she is talking about how kids become curious when they're little as to why some kids are one color, and others are another. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**What are the main arguments?** This entire chapter is basically about having curiosity about race, and why some kids parents tell them to act certain ways around certain racial groups. She goes into details about being able to tell preschoolers why some things are like they are, and then talks about questions on color and critical views on these issues. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Evidence**- Evidence provided is that Beverly and her son David were at his preschool in the hallway at the same time as another mother and her son. David looked over at the other boy and his mom noticing that the mother had white skin and the boy was tanner than her. He then looked up at Beverly and asked her "Why don't they match, Mommy?" At first Beverly didn't understand her sons question, she thought he was talking about the other boys socks.. but then he said "You and I match. They don't match. Mommies and kids are supposed to match". Right away she realized that her son was overgeneralizing the idea of White parents with White children, and Black parents with Black children. Beverly, being a psychologist got the idea of how a preschool child has the tendency of overgeneralizing things which is a cognitive development. A second example is Beverly's oldest son Jonathan coming to her and saying a kid from his day care named Eddie said, "his skin is brown because he drinks too much chocolate milk". Jon asked his mother if that was true, Eddie was just like David, he observed things and searched for an explanation. Beverly then explained to her son why his skin was brown, she said that his skin had melanin in it, which is important because it protects your skin from the sun. She also said that when Eddie went to Florida and came back with a tan, it was because he has melanin in his skin too, but not as much. She then said "At your school, Jon, you are the one with the most!" This probably made her son think better about the situation, and let him know that his mom is telling him the truth.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">__//**Evaluation:**//__ This chapter was clear and logical, I really enjoyed it because of the stories that the author provided us with about her and her children. The topic is addressed, because her son was indeed the one who had the question about the chocolate milk. Once she told him the real reason why, he understood better, and probably wouldn't embarrass her like that anymore in public. Beverly was very motivated in this chapter, because you could tell that she was determined to get the right point across to her children. Now that she has taught her children about this, they might be able to help another kid out with the same problem or question.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">__//**Reflection**//__: I learned from this source what it is called when children have those thoughts when they are little, and why. I have looked over all the information Beverly gave, and now I will also have a better understanding as well. This information helped me develop my argument because it provided me with new information, more details, and now more examples on the issue. I also learned what the term was for the reason why some humans have darker skin than other; I can honestly say that I didn't know that before I read this chapter **:)**