All work in this class should be done in 12 pt font, Times New Roman, double-spaced and normal margins! 2 pages (450 words) minimum. YOU MUST have your option FULLY written out and this heading/cover

All work in this class should be done in 12 pt font, Times New Roman, double-spaced and normal margins! 2 pages (450 words) minimum. YOU MUST have your option FULLY written out and this heading/cover does NOT count towards your 2 page minimum. (I need to be aware of what I am reading at the beginning of the paper).This assignment should be posted in Brightspace by Tuesday 11/14/23 2pmNO LATE PAPERS WILL BE EXCEPTEDCHOOSE ONE (JUST CHOOSE ONE) OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS!!!!! 

 USE THESE PROVERBS 

"it is better to be loved than feared" -sierra leone

"Time destroys all things" - nigeria

"those who are absent are always wrong" - congo

PROVERBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1.  Apply 3 proverbs with explanations to content in any one of the assigned homework readings #7-11 Kai Davis (not my hair), Wild Style, Ted X Grit, Tricia Rose (Videos), Hip Hop Crash Course. (Please note which article you will use in your cover page/heading; you must use the same article for all 3 proverbs)

2. Compare and contrast 3 significant ideological similarities and/or differences between ANY two of the readings in HW #7-11  (You must note which two articles/videos you will use on your cover page/heading)--or lose huge points!!! 

 3. Apply 3 proverbs with explanations and ideas to one of the following videos: Kai Davis (not my hair), Wild Style, Ted X Grit, Tricia Rose (Videos), Hip Hop Crash Course. (You can only use one video for the entire paper and you must note that video on the cover page.)  Make sure you quote the text/video in your responses as a tool to validate your ideas and minimize ambiguity in meaning.  Proverbs should be:1. Written out in BOLD LETTERING2. Interpreted (To me this means x, y, z...)3. Applied to the text. (The text states a,b,c, and this is like x,y,z) a. Make sure the language in the proverb is clearly integrated into BOTH your interpretation AND application. Make sure if you use proverbs that the operative words in the proverbs are engaged. Using only half a proverb will get you a failing grade. 

b. Make sure when you integrate the proverbial language in BOTH the interpretation AND the application AND make sure that you make the proverbial language BOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!! In other words, whenever you use the proverbial language make sure it is in BOLD LETTERING IN THE ENTIRE TEXT!!!

c. Make sure that the interpretation is more or less distinct from its application. d. You MUST follow the following format for your submission of options #1 and #3: 

Literally write the #1 Proverb, #2 Interpretation, #3 Application!!!!

1.-------------------proverb

2. ---------------------------------------interpretation

3.-------------------------------------------------------------------application1.-------------------proverb 

2. ---------------------------------------interpretation

3.-------------------------------------------------------------------application 1.-------------------proverb 

2. ---------------------------------------interpretation

3.-------------------------------------------------------------------application EX.

1. “A single bracelet does not jingle”( Congo)
2. When reading this quote I think about help and how and when to ask for it. Many individuals pride themselves in doing things themselves and being independent; however, there is always room for improvement. I also think about how silent a single bracelet is. It makes no noise because it has no other companions. It looks naked on a wrist because the one bracelet does not shine alone. That jingle is the help that is needed.
3. In Tayler J. Matthews and Glenn S. Johnsons “Skin Complexion in the Twenty-First Century: The Impact of Colorism on African American Women”, they mention how “A significant proportion of African-American men consciously and subconsciously practice bias in relation to skin complexion. This form of intraracial discrimination creates relationship conflicts between men and women, and further negates a woman’s self-esteem through rejection and humiliation. Indeed young African-American girls are conscious “that most Black men prefer their women to be ‘light, bright, and sometimes White”(Russell, Wilson, & Hall 1993:107). (pg.253). This idea of not feeling like enough truly impacts black women. If growing up they are told that light skin is cuter and that specific body parts need to be thin, then they will grow up disliking themselves if their bodies do not resemble that. Especially if it is coming from black men . In other words, they are the single bracelet with no jingle. Black women are often left alone and needing to pick up a lot of responsibility at a young age. When thinking about this, black women represent the single bracelet that needs companions to make it jingle. A bracelet that jingles is accompanied and not alone.

The emphasis in these assignments is on critical thinking more than anything else. 

For completing compare and contrast assignments (#2) please make sure each similarity or difference is clearly distinct and the subject is not something arguably trivial. We are attempting to engage ideas, while understanding how they become institutionalized and embodied in many different ways. Make sure that the idea or theme that you center as your similarity/difference is in boldface. In addition, a quote from the texts/video must be used to validate your similarities and/or differences.

Help can be found here in writing compare/contrast essays

https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/comparing-and-contrasting/ 

• Is your option fully written out in the heading or cover page?
• Did you make BOLDFACE what you were required to BOLDFACE? If not, you will FAIL!! 
• Make sure if you use proverbs, that the operative words in the proverbs are engaged.
• Is your analysis reasonable?
• Do you have 2 full pages?