TOPIC: Zora Neal Hurston argumentative essay arguing "Zora Neal Hurston lived ahead of her time, but she still plays an active role in today's society relating to current world issues such as racism,

Thesis Statement: Zora Neal Hurston’s focus during her life on racism, social status, and gender roles was ahead of her time, but without her work we would be missing a lot of information about how each topic has transformed through time. (I’m not sure how this got cut off in my Annotated Bibliography, but it is still a working thesis that I’m not 100% happy with).

Supporting Topic #1:

Racism was widely known in Zora Neale Hurston’s time and is still very relevant today. I will provide specific scenarios regarding this including racism from then and today.

Supporting Topic #2:

Social status was in Zora Neale Hurston’s work through out a couple of her pieces of writing, and again, is still commonly an issue today. Without Hurston’s work we may not have information to stand on allowing us to widen our knowledge on how it affects individuals.

Supporting Topic #3:

Gender Roles are painted through “Their Eyes were Watching God”, clearly stating that Janie grew with each of her significant others or that she may not have grown at all without them.

Evidence for Supporting Topic #1:

Racism today still exists widely and Zora Neale Hurston’s work brings to light a lot of hard to talk about issues through her time that are still relevant today. A personal experience that I went through in the grocery store last week involved a biracial couple that was receiving snarky remarks from an elderly man. Without my education through individuals like Zora Neale Hurston, I may not have spoke up or felt empowered to defend them, (personal experience).

Evidence for Supporting Topic #2:

Social status in today’s world empowers a lot of individuals it shouldn’t, for the wrong reasons. We see it every day, on the news and in public. We see it through things as small as not putting your shopping cart away to the President of the United States not wearing a mask at massive rallies. Social status is not a reason for us to ignore important pressing matters such as health. Zora Neale Hurston’s work shows many occasions where social status promised a better present and future for those of color.

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Additional Evidence for Supporting Topic #1:

In Fort Pierce, Florida, there is an interesting and informational guided trail that leads you through important landmarks in Zora Neale Hurston’s time. The Dust Tracks Heritage Trail takes you through eight markers that all have information regarding “Finding Zora” and understanding all that she stands/stood for. Marker 2 goes into detail about Lincoln Park Academy and Hurston’s time teaching there when it was only 1 or 4 accredited African American High Schools. This is an important part of history, Hurston could have taught that generation of young adults from a different perspective in all that she knew as an African American woman during such a pressing time, (Zora Neale Hurston’s Dust Tracks).

Additional Evidence for Supporting Topic #2:

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Additional Evidence for Supporting Topic #3:

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Conclusion:

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