The last few weeks have been a big focus on the Data-Driven White Paper.
Now we are going to use that big project to create some smaller projects:
- Data-Driven White Paper Revision (Due April 26)
- Thinking deeper about design, accessibility, organization, incorporating visuals, adapting rhetorical moves for better persuasive effects, communicating more context, etc.
- Data Visualization Revision (Due May 10)
- Thinking deeper about design, accessibility, avoiding misleading designs, using non-traditional resources (e.g., color, annotations, images, motion, font, tone, interactivity, size, performance, audio) to appeal to emotions and make memorable arguments
- Campaign for Circulation (Full Draft Due May 17, Schedule of Texts is Due May 5)
- Thinking deeper about how to circulate data-driven arguments from Data-Driven White Paper to a wider audience by intentionally choosing specific kinds of texts and delivering them in specific kinds of ways.
In total, you should be thinking about how you want to:
- Refine your argument(s) in the Data-Driven White Paper
- Create more memorable, engaging, and accessible visual expressions of argument(s) from your Data-Driven White Paper
- Circulate argument(s) from the Data-Driven White Paper more widely
With this in mind, it is useful to get to know your argument better. If you could name 1-2 things that you want your target audience(s) to know about your topic, what would they be? Why do you want them to know those things? What do you want them to do based on that knowledge?
Task
In a comment below, look over your Data-Driven White Paper draft and any other relevant materials (e.g., Campaign for Circulation proposal).
Start to take notes on some things that stand out to you as important.
When you feel like you have taken enough notes, minimize everything. Don’t look at it.
Write 1-2 sentences (without looking at any material) about what the essential argument(s) of your writing so far have been, what you want people to believe, and what you want people to do.
After writing those sentences, look back of your white paper and other materials, to include the notes you took. Revise your 1-2 sentences as needed.
When satisfied, in a comment below, post your 1-2 sentences that contain what your essential argument(s) are, what you want people to believe, what you want people to do, etc.
After commenting below, click the button to continue:
One of the most important aspects to my Data-Driven white paper, is the acknowledgement of the CDP that the financial system in place for COVID-19 funding relief is a system of disparity and inequality. This is essential to the paper because it is the central theme of what the paper and research on the data is about.
According to Our World in Data, roughly 35% of the population in the United States has received at least one dose of the vaccine and more than 60% of the population in Israel has received one dose of the vaccine, but if you look at the entirety of Africa, only 0.65% of the population has received a dose of the vaccine and in Asian only 2.65% of the population3. These are the countries and regions in which the World Health Organization needs to intervene and create action in aiding these countries with vaccination distribution. Furthermore, the treatment used in high-risk nations is a plasma-based treatment that imposes a high risk of an HIV epidemic.
Asian Hate and Violence has been a constant and growing issue in the U.S. From the 1871 Chinese massacre to the most current Atlanta Shootings, the Asian community had suffer in the hands of the white supremacist enforced government and social media platforms that fuels hate and racism.
The CSUSB has come out with data showing the increase of Asian hate, discrimination and crimes since the pandemic. Across 16 states, Asian hate crimes has spur by 149% whereas the overall hate crimes dropped by 7%. There is need to take action action for social change, to do so there are several ways we can help the Asian community. For instance, we can increase the inter-racial dialogue and educate ourselves about their culture, donate to AAPI organizations, volunteer, and enroll in bystander intervention training to help out the community.
Police Misconduct has concerned U.S. citizens, and the New York Times frequently posts articles about people being shot which arise doubt about the duty of the police and governmental intention to cover the truth. According to some statistical studies, the data proves that reasons, which could lead to police misconduct, involving race, education, environment, etc. Such phenomenon points to regulations from the government that require modifications for betterment.
The ProPublica has provided a police misconduct database that records total police officers, who were involved in misconduct, and the total number of complaints about misconduct. The general report of the database illustrates that 3996 officers are involved in 12056 complaints, which, on average, 3 complaints per officer. The number has proved current regulations are lack integrity which would arise civic concern on safety regulation.
The FAFSa application does not collect demographic data, making it impossible for private parties, and analysis to see who is receiving the most aid.
Minority students who require greater financial assistance, do not receive the aid they need. Our system is supposed to be need based. Further aid is needed.
If we are scared of the police then where do we go to? Police brutality and violence based on racial profiling and systemic racism has been a phenomenon that has been going on for years in America. Even though we see some cops getting convicted for their misconducts such as recently that of Derek Chauvin which led to George Floyd’s death, this doesn’t mean that other cops will stop the killing of innocent people. One verdict can’t change everything, it takes solidarity among each one of us to change the social injustice.
There are tremendous challenges students face in order to graduate from NYC high schools. Some of these concerns are poverty, low Income, broken homes, and hunger. Affluent neighbourhood performs better unlike from poor background. The majority of black and Latino have the highest drop out rates in NYC high schools.
The big question is what can be done within the five boroughs in New York City.
There are tremendous challenges faced by children living in poverty. These challenges range from ill health, exposure to trauma, hunger, social exclusion, among others. These challenges can hamper their classroom success. The vast majority of schools may not address these problems, considering that these issues stem from segregation and inequality. The necessary thing lies in investing in better schools as well as evidence-based reforms.
The main core of my Data Driven White Paper is that I always want to emphasize the impacts and bring up the importance of how Covid 19 affected the community, especially this time I was focusing on how the disease has impacted globally in my White Paper. After looking back at the feedback on first draft, I want to narrow down to be little more specific of my purpose. My next step will be focusing on distributing vaccine worldwide to other poorer countries. Specifically I will target on people in the United States as the audience in term of convincing them to pressure on our government for the action.
Mental health issue is taking a big step during this pandemic. Although COVID-19 is not over yet, people still are concerning about their mental health; its importance is becoming worldwide. Being mentally unstable can affect our performance in our daily activities, if the psychological disorder is not treated properly. Quarantine is one of the most triggers of why people are experiencing more anxiety, insomnia, and feeling depressed. I would like that my audience takes seriously the importance of our mental health conditions, and the big consequences that it might have if the person does not get the information or necessary treatment. Population in general, should become more aware of this situation due to COVID-19 will persist for a long time until everything gets back to normal.
The 1 thing I would want my audience to know is that black women are the most educated group in the United States, this would help people understand that canceling student debt would lift black women out of poverty as well as black women being the lowest on the earnings perd dollar compared to other groups.
The gender pay gap is an ongoing issue seen throughout society and all around the world women are facing the same disadvantages in the workforce. Women earn less than men in just about all occupations, Women earn 82 cents to every dollar a man earns. Women earn less than their same race/ethnicity as men and the same level or higher education to every man.
There are many factors on the conflict of gender pay gap such as race inequalities, age, caring responsibilities (motherhood), pay structure/equity, qualifications, education, benefits.
My essential argument is that there’s a big gap in wealth between gender/race. There’s many reasons as to how there’s a big gap in wealth but I want people to know that income inequality is real and that it affects a lot of people in the world in a negative way. I want people to stand up and help fight this problem before it gets worse.
My argument is that we need police reform in the United States because people of color of unfairly targeted and victims of police misconduct. Some notes from my paper that back this up would be this quote, “For example, the ACLU found that blacks were 3.7 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than whites in 2010, even though their rate of marijuana usage was comparable.” I want people to take action and do what they can to encourage law makers to do something about this issue, for example when I said, “The ACLU has a good article on the rights you should be aware of before you attend a protest that can be found here. Another important thing you can do is film the police because having footage of any incident of misconduct occurring is a key part of holding officers accountable for their actions.” Recently, one of the officers responsible for the murder of George Floyd had been convicted and footage taken by a bystander helped to convict him.
The widening income inequality around the world remains the defining challenge of global leaders. The wealth difference between the rich and the poor keeps rising. The highest rises in income inequality are occurring in developed countries and the effects of income inequality are felt in the access to essential services, such as education, healthcare, and finance. Researchers have attributed widening global income inequality to increased globalization and technological innovation differences between countries.
My argument is Income inequality affects everyone in the country because it poses a severe threat to economic growth. People should demand positive nationalism implemented through effective policies and transparency within the government
Essentiallly I want people to be aware of the risks of heart disease and that there are changes that can be made to save so many peoples lives. Those that suffer the most from heart disease have low income and have unhealthy options easily accessible to them and more affordable for them.
In my white paper my central argument is that policing can be done in United States in a far more effective way. The degree of crime in society can be greatly reduced. For example, the Singapore model of well funded and prominent police, strict and severe punishment for violent, drug, and property offenses and the utilization of technology in law enforcement, is partially responsible for it’s historically low rate of violent crime.
My main argument is my white paper is that the use of restraint and seclusion on disabled students in US schools is a major issue not many talk about. By showing the data that illustrates how disabled students specifically are being treated unfairly by staff and teachers, I hope it raises awareness about the issue and can cause any amount of change in those departments.
An important issue in our public schools system that I believe is not talked about enough is the tactic of using restraints and seclusion on disabled students from their teachers and other faculty members. According to the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) for the 2017-2018 school year, about 16% of the 50.9 million students, 8,144,000, are classified as disabled in any capacity.
My essential argument is that climate change is creating negative impacts on the Earth and it’s not too late to create changes. I want people to believe that there are still ways to save the Earth and by getting together and creating changes, we can preserve the Earth for not only the present but our future generations as well.