In-Classs Exercise: The Thesis Statement

  My current working thesis statement:  Racism is defined as prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. This affects the lives of people all over the world, but players of Dungeons and Dragons may be unwittingly fighting against it.
  Is your thesis statement a complete sentence?  As you can see, my thesis is multiple sentences, so yes.
  Is your thesis a statement and not a question?  My thesis is very much a statement.
  Is your thesis just a personal statement that isn't debateable?  Personally I think I have a bit of debateability here.
  Does your thesis relate to your topic?  It is absolutely on topic.
  Is your thesis statement clear and specific? Is it still broad? How could you make it narrower?  My thesis statement may still be a little broad and maybe a little wordy. I don't think I need the whole definition of racism, and I might be able to explain about the unwitting fight? I don't know.
  Does your thesis statement use formal language?  I think it does. I don't use cliches or anything...

  Outlining my Website:
  1. What is D&D paragraph
  2. Racism
  3. affects of racism
  4. Dungeons and dragons fighting it
  5. What does fighting racism mean?
  • Company fighting it or product users?
  • How?
  How are we going to talk about it? Lets look at resources I have and how to use them.
  •   Why Dungeons and Dragons is Good for You (In Real Life) TED Talk by Ethan Gilsdorf.
    Talks about Empathy and Tolerance you can pick up in-game
  •   The Nature and Consequences of Essentialist beliefs About Race in Early Childhood by T. M. Mandalaywala
    A study on racism in children
  •   Race in Dungeons and Dragons by Chris Van Dyke
    The basis of argument about D&D being racist
  •   A Modest Proposal for Increased Diversity in D&D by Mordecai Knode
    A plea to Wizards of the Coast to start pulling away from the whitewashing
  •   I'm Not a Racist, but Why Are There Brown People in my Game by Sasha
    A response to negative feedback on Knode's article. I'll probably lump it in with the previous article
  •   Is Faerun Ready for its First Orc President? by Steve "Malak" Sumner
    Delves deeper into the apparent racism in D&D by talking about half-orcs specifically. I'm going to be using this one as the topic of my next blog.
  •   D&D as a Racist Tract by Raph Koster
    Actually is just a reiteration of Malak's article, but did lead me to
  •   The Evil We Pretend to Do also by Raph Koster
    A talk about why we play the conquering parties in RPGs
  • Players Handbook and the Dungeonmaster's Guide
    I don't know how to cite these at the moment, but I'll figure it out
I have a few things I have to look for still, but I'm on a good path I think

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