Similarities Between Johnson And Ferguson

Decent Essays
Jasmine Thomas
Kardina
2/12/16
Summary #2

Ok so this week prompt talks about comparing and contrasting two authors we read articles about. The two authors I’m picking are Ferguson and Johnson. Ferguson’s article was about how the history of race and sexuality and how it came undone and this is one of those articles that when you read it has you wondering how you could ever have thought different about the topics. Johnson’s article is about the story that’s never been told about how, during the Cold War, homosexuals were considered a dangerous threat to national security as Communists.
Johnson and Ferguson focus on the same issues. They both talk about how it shouldn’t matter what your sex life is like. They say it shouldn’t matter if you’re

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