I feel like im writing an essay that offends many …for many uknown reason when i state stats , facts and logic…but the feedback i get seems to be negative and people think it comes out as offemsive… It makes me want to retype to an essay that does not come from the heart.
How do i deal with this? meaning the people.
Essay topic : Do i think if Racism is still part of american society?
Of course not ! Im a mexican american. My argument is that there is still racism amd there is no denying that but now in moderm society we seem to tie things from now to the past. we cant fight racism with racism.
You’re grinding your own axe rather than answering the question. Unless the prompt is asking you what to do about racism, then why are you talking about “fighting racism with racism”? You’re grand-standing and axe-grinding, not reasoning.
The beliefs that are coloring your interpretation of “stats , facts and logic” almost certainly have some ties to the past.
For all of known history, people have tied things from ‘now’ to the past. There are good reasons for that: how people believe and behave are shaped by the views of their predecessors- from the views and attitudes of parents and teachers, to the social, cultural and organizational structures that were developed in that past.
For example, the incoming governor of Virginia said at his inauguration over the weekend that:
Actually it is complex throughout the US, but in Virginia that complexity is right out front
Citing “stats , facts and logic” can be offensive when it makes a point somebody doesn’t want to hear- but it can also be offensive when you either distort or omit relevant context. If this is an English class, then writing what’s in your heart may be appropriate. If it is a history/political science type class, the point is not whether it ‘comes from the heart’: it is an analytical exercise. Your beliefs will still inform how you interpret those ‘stats’, but your essay should be driven by your head, not your heart.
One of the hard parts of college for many students is having ideas that you have taken for granted challenged: what is the basis for them? what are the ‘many unknown reasons’ that people find your ideas offensive? it is easy to say ‘oh I am conservative / they are liberal snowflakes / that is why they find my ideas offensive’, but in school you are being asked to go beyond that, to see more than one perspective, to question assumptions. It can be hard to do.
So, good for you for asking the question- now work on figuring out the answer(s)!
*quote is from Patrick Henry, one of the heroes of the Conservative Tea Party movement that came along some 220 years later…