Assignment task:
This assignment is the second in a series of four assignments on the same topic, due in Weeks 2, 4, 7, and 9. The assignments build upon each other. In this assignment, you introduce the topic problem and explain its history and how it is currently affecting the community. This sets the stage for your Week 7 assignment, in which you focus on solutions to the topic problem. Remember, as a reporter or Department of Justice investigator, you are using your critical thinking and information literacy skills to assess an ethnic, racial, gender, or class issue causing problems for and affecting a specific community or group of people. Your goal is to provide both an in-depth analysis of and put a human face on this issue by writing an article or report that will be presented at a professional conference.