Professors Instructions:
Please read the short story “Boxtown and the Pipeline” attached below then pick ONE of the following viewpoints to craft a critical thinking essay IN FIRST PERSON:
VIEWPOINT 1: Without jobs, Americans suffer; rebuilding the infrastructure is one way to ensure jobs for people in local communities.
VIEWPOINT 2: The economy must take a back seat to the environment and individuals, as without a clean country to live in, all Americans suffer.
You may only CHOOSE ONE viewpoint above (use the viewpoint you select, appropriately paraphrased and without attribution, as your thesis). Trying to combine both points of view into one essay will earn you a ZERO. In other words, I expect you to take a position and defend it. Once you’ve settled on one point of view, do additional research to defend your position. Chapters 20 and 21 of your text may provide you with some useful background and terminology. (Link to textbook attached below)
Some things you should consider when organizing your thoughts:
What are the ethical issues presented in the reading?
Is this a case of environmental racism? Why or why not?
What ethical responsibility would/do you have now that you know about this situation? In other words, what would you do if you knew this was happening in your home town? What if you were Clyde Robinson?
How can you apply the sociological imagination to this scenario to better understand what’s happening?
Have there been any recent developments on this case, and if so, what are they?
A minimum of three references are required, All of your references must be cited in standard MLA format 8th edition is preferred; References must be high quality, academic references and you must include a works cited page that properly connects to your in-text citations.
The required sources are:
1) Lesson: Got Ethics?
2) Lesson: The Promise (Sociological Imagination)
3) https://openstax.org/books/introduction-sociology-3e/pages/1-introduction
ORIGINAL WORK IS REQUIRED AS PROFESSOR USES TurnItIn FOR ALL ASSIGNMENTS.
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