Final Essay on
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
Due Friday, May 14, 2010
Graphic Organizer: 10 points
1st Draft with revision: 10 points
Final Draft: 40 points
Total: 60 points
For this assignment, you will write a 5 paragraph essay. (If you write an 8 paragraph essay, you will receive +6 extra credit on this assignment.)
Choose one of the topics below:
How are the Crips and Bloods “made in America”? Use details from the film to describe how gangs were shaped by historical events. Then discuss how you are “made” by your environment.
Think about the quote: “Part of the mechanics of oppressing people is to pervert them to the extent they become the instruments of their own oppression.” (Kumasi) In what ways do you experience this in your community or in your personal relationships with others?
Compare and contrast gang & club and riot & guerrilla. How does language influence the way we think about things? What do you notice about the words you choose to use?
Due on May 14: All of your materials, including the graphic organizer, your first draft, and your typed final draft, are due.
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