Instruction
For Discussion Post #3, students will use Ida B. Wells-Barnett’s “The Red Record” in responding to the prompt below.
Prompt: In The Red Record, Wells-Barnett provides 3 excuses given for lynchings. Pick one of these reasons to explore how fear was used to justify the violence against African Americans.
Requirements:
250 words; 2 body paragraphs
Avoid outside sources. Do not use online sources to create discussion posts. When you submit your post it will be submitted to SafeAssign, which determines whether the entry is plagiarized or not.
First-person (“I,” “me”) and second person pronouns (“you,” “your”).
Using “I think,” “I feel,” “I believe,” and “In my opinion” because these statements prove nothing.
Using the author’s first name. (For instance, instead of Frederick, use Douglass.)
Carefully proofread.