Dear Professor,
While going through many articles and videos that discussed my choice of topic, I’ve found some of the most helpful sources that would help back up my argument. While some of them may be short, they establish important information I would like to discuss in my essay. Each source brings information regarding ethnic minorities and how they have been affected by the global pandemic. It’s important to bring awareness to mental health, specifically, for those in groups that are most vulnerable in our current situation. By educating more people on this issue, we could find ways to help minorities in the United States.
In Robby Bermans (2020, September 19) article they discuss statistics in a study made on adults living in the United States. The author provides a neutral tone throughout his writing and just shares information from this study. He uses pure statistics to make conclusions on how the pandemic has affected low income workers. Similar to this study, another article by Rura, N. (2020, September 30) talked about a poll sent out during the pandemic. Since both sources have information from the time the pandemic had lasted around half a year, it can be safe to assume that both resources have appropriate information for a topic relating to the effects of the pandemic. Both articles show no bias and focus on sharing information to their audience, discussing only their findings from their studies and surveys.
Another source that shared its statistics and opened a conversation of the impact the pandemic has had on minorities comes from USA Today. Deborah B. Berry (2020, April 13) shares her thoughts and explanation on how covid has negatively impacted her community. She focuses on the Black community and uses emotion to bring her point across. Some points she discusses while taking to the audience and her interviewer aren’t backed up by proper statistics. Additionally, her discussion is focused around the unequal impact covid has caused on people of color. Lastly, an article on the American Psychological Association (2021) page shared its findings related to stress, specifically among the hispanic community. Unlike Deborah Berry’s emotional tone it focused on statistics that can be used as an argument for the impact covid has had on minorities.
More importantly, this last source leads onto the idea that because of the situation many minorities are currently facing, discussed in both Bermans’ and Rura’s, it has resulted in increased stress. As a result, it raises a significant impact on the mental health of these people. The use of these three sources along with the extra findings in disproportions from Deborah will help create a discussion and explanation as to why minorities are being faced with increased cases of diagnosed depression.
Looking into this topic has made me understand how much a sudden change can impact the stress and probability of being diagnosed with depression. The statistics that I have found through research have also helped me understand that a large portion of minorities are currently being affected and drained mentally due to the situation that they are in. Whether this be due to health, or economic reasons it still highlights how vulnerable minorities currently are.
Sincerely,
Giselle Meza Tlacotia
Giselle’s the first paragraph of the letter has the main idea: regarding ethnic minorities and how they have been affected by the global pandemic. The specific topic is:It’s important to bring awareness to mental health, specifically, for those in groups that are most vulnerable in our current situation.
The letter includes a analysis to audience (ethnic minorities), pupose (how pandemic affects ethnic minorities’ mental health).
All sources Giselle chose are connected the main idea which is about the impact pademic brought to ethnic minorities including low income workers and the Black.
What I confused is what contents/details does Rura, N. (2020, September 30) said?
I think the first paragraph expresses what you want to study about how the global pandemic affects everyone’s mental health. But I don’t think there are any clear arguments in the first paragraph, such as pros and cons.
This letter makes a clear analysis of the source, author, and viewpoint of each resource. For example, author name, release date, etc.
However, through the two data mentioned in this letter, I cannot clearly understand the connection between these survey data and the author’s argument. These data can help support the argument, but I think it may not be clear enough.
Hey Giselle,
You first paragraph shows how you’re going to focus on how ethnic minorities’ mental health has been affected by the pandemic which is a really interesting topic. Are you going to focus on any mental illness in particular? Also, I really liked your overall analysis of the sources as it included the name of the author and stated the clear purpose of each source. Moreover, I would suggest explaining the situtation minorities are facing in your letter as some reasder might not be aware of the situation.