Syllabus Before Break

Tues 3/11 -- Lab day: continue with satire
Homework: read Darnan's "Persuasion and Argument" on VISTA
Wed 3/12 -- More argument
Thurs 3/13 -- Logical Fallacies
Homework for Spring Break: Be safe, have fun and read pp. lvii-lxii in CILCTE; read BOTH Baldwin in CILCTE and Miller's "Discrimination is a Virtue" on VISTA; write a reading response to ONE of them due Tues 3/25
Mon 3/24 -- NO CLASS
SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISGNMENT:

Black Like Me — But Not Too Black
By Erin Aubry Kaplan

http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/06/12/nosejobs/index.html

Erin Aubry Kaplan reacts to the recent report by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons that offers new methods for performing nose jobs on African-Americans. She examines the surgeons’ proclaimed goal of retaining the natural beauty of an African-American nose.
1. Describe the author’s attitude towards African-Americans and plastic surgery. How are the issues surrounding
African-Americans getting plastic surgery on their noses related to stereotypes?
2. What lines of argument does she use in her essay (e.g., arguments from the heart, from values, and so on)? Which do
you find the most effective? Why? Do you find any to be ineffective? Why or why not?

Read the essay online and answer the questions. Email the answers to me in a Word doc (PLEASE no .docx) by midnight Monday 2/24