Winkler, Savannah2016-05-262016-05-262016http://hdl.handle.net/2097/32738Kirmser Undergraduate Research Award - Individual Freshman category, grand prizeCitation: Winkler, S. (2016). Taking Action: Diversity in American Institutions. Unpublished manuscript, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.My project was a persuasive research paper. This paper required me to find a position on a controversial topic and persuade a resistant audience to consider my view. In addition to this, the argument needed to be multi-sided and I needed to find common ground between my view and my audience's. My topic was using affirmative action in institutions because it benefits the economy and decreases racial discrimination. My resistant audience believed the opposite.This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Affirmative actionEmployment InstitutionsDomestic SphereIdeology of Separate SpheresWomen’s RoleIndustrial RevolutionText