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Angela Y. Davis

Women, Race & Class

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1981

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Essay Topics

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How does Davis demonstrate throughout the book that sex, class, and race are systematically related? How does she demonstrate the need to conduct analysis of social issues that involves considering all three factors? Provide 2-3 examples that illustrate this and discuss them in detail.

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In Chapter 4, Davis outlines two opposing factions that were bitterly divided on the issue of the 14th and 15th Amendments. What approach could these factions have taken to satisfy both of their concerns? How would they have accomplished this? Propose a plan that you believe would have helped unify these conflicting sides. Explain in detail what goals and actions it would involve.

3.

How does Davis use primary sources, such as quotes from historical figures, to illustrate her arguments? Discuss three to five examples of the sources she cites, what arguments she supports with those sources, and how they bolster her arguments.

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