Muslims facing extreme racism in China

Explain the history and context of a current public issue, including the most significant cultural, historical, political, and/or economic factors that influenced your issue.

To better understand this issue, you will locate and analyze a variety of academic and popular sources in order to understand the scope of the conversation surrounding your chosen issue. You will identify the important historical and contextual elements of the rhetorical situation specific to your issue. You may choose to draw on your personal connection to the issue as a starting point for explaining why the issue is important and expand out from there. As part of this project, you will develop a working bibliography of at least 8 sources, at least five of which you will use in this essay.

A successful background essay will:

Have a title that reflects the tone and purpose of your essay
Include an introduction and thesis that defines the parameters of your issue
Demonstrate a nuanced understanding of your issue (push beyond for/against, pro/con)
Conduct and synthesize relevant secondary research
Include a working bibliography of 8 sources (5 must be cited in your essay)
Be formatted using MLA 8
Be 750-1000 words in length
Be clear, effectively organized, and carefully edited