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Introduction:Background as controversy: Racism and war in the United States--Section one: Opposing viewpoints on racism: Viewpoint one: Racism is a serious problem / Zia Kashef.--Viewpoint two: RAcism is not a serious problem / Walter Williams.--Viewpoint three: Racial profiling is necessary / Philip Jenkins--Viewpoint four: Racial profiling is unnecessary /David Harris.--Viewpoint five: My encounters with racism / Ted Gup--Viewpoint six: My life as a former white supremacist /Kevin Marinelli- Section two: Model essays and writing exercises: Preface A: Five paragraph essay--Preface B. Narrative essays--Essay one: Racism in America--Essay A: Create an outline from an existing essay--Essay two: "Driving white black" on the New Jersy Turnpike: Exercise A: Identifying components of the narrative essay--Essays three: Thanksgiving to forget. Exercise A. Practice writing a scene with dialogue--Finial writing challenge: write your own narrative five paragraph essay.--Section three: Supporting research material.