Identify Any Unnecessary and Potentially Offensive References to Gender, Race

question 137

Essay

Identify any unnecessary and potentially offensive references to gender, race, or other features in the following passage and, as necessary, rewrite the passage in neutral language.
Another crime news item: "Authorities who were investigating the Eastgate Mall burglaries last night arrested Lewis Thompkins, a black man about twenty-five years old."

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Definitions:

Lowest Terms

The simplest form of a fraction, where the numerator and the denominator are reduced to their smallest values.

Arabic Numerals

A widely used numerical system that includes the digits 0 through 9, originated in India and later adopted by the Arab world.

Equivalent Fractions

Fractions that represent the same portion of a whole, even though they have different numerators and denominators.

Italicized Phrase

A portion of text that is slanted to the right to provide emphasis or distinction, commonly used for titles, foreign words, or terms being defined.