After reading "You Wouldn't Fit Here", p.483 and "Buy Nothing Day...Could You Stop Spend-ing for One Day?", p. 535, analyze and summarize the selections.

A.Fully respond to the questions listed here for one of the

articles.. (Do not answer individually).

?What kind of audience is the writer addressing? Briefly explain.

?What are the writer's purpose and intentions?

oHow well does the writer accomplish his purpose?

?What specific kinds of evidence has the writer used?

oHow convincing is the evidence?

? Does the writer address opposing views? How?

? Is the writer persuasive?

? What type of argument is this? Position? Propositional? Other? Explain.

B. Briefly summarize the other article.

? Keep in mind the components of a focused summary

oAbout of original documentoWriter's main idea, purpose, intentoA few major details that lead to the writer's pointoAnd writer's conclusion (not yours!)oNo "I"?no personal thoughts or views

Buy Nothing Day 2012 is Approaching. Could You Stop Spending for One Day? By Mark Boyle It's a classic scene from The Simpsons. A flock of marketing executives sit around a large table in a boardroom: sales, they're told, are down in the third fiscal quarter, and they're the people whose raison d'tre is to make the graphs head northeasterly again.They break out into discussion, before a cigar-smoking man, with deep furrows of concern in his brow, intervenes. He decides that they need to create a new day, and that it needs to be some- thing "warm and fuzzy'.' Cut to a new scene, where Homer is unwrapping his "Love Day\" present, a talking toy bear called Sir Loves-a-Lot, whilst his daughter Lisa lls the rubbish bin full of Love Day wrapping paper. Born out of the monetary economy's fundamental need to convert free- dom into monetised activities, Buy Something Day has been sold to us under various, more palatea ble monikers: Father's Day, Sweetest Day, Valentine's Day, even Boss's Day la day in North America whenyou couldn't make this stuff upemployees thank bosses for being kind and fair). In the US the more sceptical have begun calling these "Hallmark Holidays" (referring to the American greeting card company), cynically suggesting that our hon- ourable and skilled ma rketeers may be inventing these days merely out of the prot motive, and not for the common good. You Wouldn't Fit Here By Eleanor Novek In Race in America: The Struggle for Equality, Patricia J. Williams, a legal scholar, recalls seeing an advertisement for a two-bedroom apartment in Madison, Wisconsin. The landlord agreed to meet her at the address to show the place. Williams, who is African-American, arrived rst. \"I saw her catch sight of me as | sat on the doorstep. I saw her walk slower and slower, squinting at me as | sat in the sunshine. At ten minutes after three, I was back in my car driving away without having seen the apa rtment.The woman had explained to me that a 'terrible mistake' had occurred, that the apart- ment had been rented without her knowledge . . ." Williams's experience is a common one for people of color in all walks of life. Decades after the passage of federal fair housing laws, housing dis- crimination and racial segregation are alive and well in the United States. Many communities still operate under a strict "virtual apartheidf' and in some parts of the country, racially divided neighborhoods are even more prevalent than they were before civil rights legislation. Extensive regional and national studies have documented that minority home seekers receive less assistance than whites in nding housing that meets their needs and are more likely to be turned down for mortgage loans and home insurance than comparably qualified white applicants. Buyers of all races continue to be steered toward neighborhoods where their own ethnic groups are concentrated. While many ethnic groups have encountered housing discrimination, no group has experienced the sustained high level of residential segrega- tion that has been imposed on African Americans. Segregation has concen- trated African Americans into disadvantaged neighborhoods characterized by higher crime rates, fewer public services, and lower housing values. It has restricted their access to job opportunities, information resources and political influence. Schools in segregated areas are plagued by high drop- out rates and severe educational disparities that threaten the life chances of African-American children. Racial residential segregation is a primary cause of urban poverty and inequality in the United States. Although many forces are responsible for this persistence of racial seg- regation, the role of communication is often overlooked. Since passage of the Fair Housing Act, polite social interaction is often used to carry the same ugly messages formerly stated directly, with entire conversations conducted as if something other than race is causing the denial of hous- ing.These communication strategies have helped to preserve segregation where the law has tried to dismantle it