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Black Girls Should Matter Too Rhetorical Analysis

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In the article, “Black Girls Should Matter, Too” by Melinda Anderson, the prejudice young black girls face, even in their own community, is highlighted and condemned. Many tactical uses of ethos, logos, and pathos are used, in order, for the arguer audience to be swayed in her direction. She uses this storytelling method in the very beginning of the article, “A simple game begins as an icebreaker [In a classroom at the University of Pennsylvania]. ‘Stand up if your racial identity ever made anyone doubt your abilities,’ the session’s leader says. Everyone stands. ‘Stand up if you’ve ever been told to act like a lady.’ Everyone stands again. ‘Stand up if you’ve ever been called aggressive or bossy.’ Universal affirmation. ‘Stand up if you’ve

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