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THESIS STATEMENT: School uniforms may be an upfront cost for families, but they eradicate the visual differences in income between students and provide a more egalitarian atmosphere at school.

KEYWORDS and SEARCH STRATEGY

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS - Reference Article MLA 8 Citation

How current is this Opposing Viewpoint article?  Is the date appropriate for the topic? 

PROQUEST - Scholarly Article MLA 8 Citation

Who wrote the scholarly article for Proquest? Who are they affiliated with? 

NEWSBANK - Newspaper Article MLA 8 Citation

Is this article objective? Is it an opinion or letter to the editor?

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THESIS STATEMENT:

Athletes should use their celebrity to protest social injustices and not listen to pundits who tell them to "shut up and dribble."

Keywords and Search Strategy

Athlet*
"Football player" , Baseball player*, Soccer player, Basketball player
Colin Kaepernick
​Institute for Sport and Social Justice
activism
"Racial inequality"
Political engagement
"Social Justice"
Olympics

Athlet* AND "Social Justice" 

Opposing Viewpoints:

"Racial Conflict." UXL Protests, Riots, and Rebellions: Civil Unrest in the Modern World, edited by Tracey Vasil Biscontini, vol. 3, UXL, 2018, pp. 509-548. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, https://link.gale.com/. Accessed 18 Feb. 2020.

Currency: 2018
 

Proquest:

Clark, Langston D., Neil Tanner, and Logan,Alvin D.,,Jr. "Sports, step shows, and social justice: A framework for educating black men." Race, Gender & Class, vol. 22, no. 1, 2015, pp. 9-22. ProQuest, https://proquest.com

Authors and their Affiliations: Langston D. Clark; The University of Texas at San Antonio and Neil Tanner and Alvin D. Logan, Jr.; The University of Texas at Austin

Newsbank:

Putman, Rachel Rodemann. "Jen Fry, a nationally acclaimed speaker and social justice." Times Record (Fort Smith, AR), sec. AR News, 7 Nov. 2019, p. A3. l NewsBank: Access World News. infoweb.newsbank.com. Accessed 18 Feb. 2020.

Objective newspaper article or letter to the editor?  Newspaper article about a lecture.