Racial issues in the US

Why does the US differ in racial issues compared to European countries?
This portion of your paper includes your introduction and literature review. It should clearly designate your
primary research question / the empirical puzzle that you wish to explain. The section should also provide a
very basic introduction to your explanation/answer to that question and how you will test your explanation. It
should also explain, in your own words, why this is an important question.
This section will also contain your review of the literature surrounding your puzzle. This includes 1) competing
explanations for your empirical puzzle; 2) competing interpretations of the history / empirical evidence you
intend to sift through; and 3) any literature that provides insights into the best way to answer your empirical
puzzle. We will devote time in class to the literature review process.
*Part One (A&B combined) should comprise approximately 4-5 pages of your paper. You must have, at a
minimum, 10 sources for your literature review. The text cannot count as one of your sources; neither can you
count websites in your literature review. Only academic articles (such as those found through databases on the
TCU Library website) or academic books may be used as sources.