Using Race Over Empire, you will need to write an essay of at least 750 words answering the following questions using specific evidence from the book to support your answers fully.1) How does Love def
HIST1302
Fall 2018
Essay: Race Over Empire
Due Date: November 21th
Using Race Over Empire, you will need to write an essay of at least 750 words answering the following questions using specific evidence from the book to support your answers fully.
1) How does Love define racism? How does he define “whiteness?” Does he believe that “whiteness” was a fixed category in the United States? How does he argue that racism shaped the history of the United States?
2) When looking at each of the three case studies given in this book- Santo Domingo, Hawaii, and The Philippines- you will need to do the following:
A) Discuss US imperialism towards these nations. Why were they considered to be valuable? Why did some people want to annex them?
B) Discuss how the idea of racism- as defined by Love- played into the decision whether or not to annex each of these places. How does he believe that this impacted political leaders at the time as well as the general public as to whether we should or should not take these countries? Be sure to give specific examples to support your perspective.
C) Discuss what other factors- based on the readings- might have come into play when looking at the US decision about imperialism and these lands.
3) After reading the book, discuss whether or not you believe Love’s argument is valid about the role he sees relating imperialism and racism, and discuss why feel this way. What arguments did you most agree or disagree with? Explain why fully.
In order to receive full credit, you must fulfill the following criteria.
This essay must be at least 750 words (or very close to.) For every 50 words that you are missing, there will be a penalty of 10-points taken off of your grade
It is YOUR responsibility to give me a signed word count. Failure to give a word count is a 10-point penalty off of your final essay grade.
Falsifying your word count will earn the paper an automatic grade of a 0
Essays need to be typed in 12-point font and double-spaced. I will not accept handwritten papers. Failure to double-space the paper will result in a 10-point deduction
Papers must be turned into me during class. If you know you will be unable to attend class on a day your essay is due, it is your responsibility to turn the assignment in early or incur a 10-point penalty for each class period the essay is late.
Late Work Policy: I will only accept papers that are turned in a maximum of 3 days after the due date. After that, I will not accept your work and you will receive a 0 on the assignment.
All of the information for the essays can be found in Race Over Empire so the use of outside sources is not necessary. If you want to use outside sources, you must tell me which sources you are getting your information from and provide citations and a bibliography. Failure to do so will be considered cheating and dealt with under HCC’s Academic Dishonesty Policy. Your footnotes and bibliography will not count towards your word count for the assignment.
Each essay will be given a letter grade. This letter grade is represented by the following: A= 95, A-= 92, B+= 88, B= 85, B-= 82, C+= 78, C= 75, C-= 72, D= 60 and F= 50 or below
Bonus: If you use Upswing or go to the Writing Center, I will give you 15 bonus points on your essay as long as you:
Submit a copy of your draft with their feedback with your corrected paper
Submit your assignment on time. Bonus points will not be awarded to people who submit this paper after the due date
