Persuasive Speech

For many living in the United States, name calling, scrutinizing of certain physical features, or even simply making fun of one’s accent is an everyday nuisance. I, as a Filipino American, have faced such racism, in which people tease me for my “chinky” eyes or they make fun of my family for their imperfect English. Yes, my family is not from America. I am a second-generation immigrant, in which my family worked through blood, sweat, and tears to move to a country in order for their children to live better lives. Yet, I am not alone in these experiences of racism. In America today, hate crimes still occur and there is a scary number of individuals that see races other than their own as inferior. Today, some self-proclaimed “white supremacists” run amok the United States, prosecuting people of color and other minorities. These white supremacists are not simply those who discriminate others, but people that have even gone to feats of violent hate crime and acts of bigotry. The Charleston Church mass shooting, the deaths of the Muslims in Portland, and many other tragedies such as these are ones as a result of hate toward a minority group. To make matters worse, these two hate crimes were both recent, occurring within the past two

According to the new FBI numbers, 47 percent of hate crimes in 2014 were motivated by race, over 20 percent by anti-LGBT animus, and approaching 19 percent by religion (Potok 2). The use of hate speech leads to imminent hate crimes, especially when such speech is ramped within politics. Hate speech should be seen as a precursor to more serious crimes and violence because hate speech causes society to be more accepting toward certain violent behaviors and hate speech allows for negative stereotypes to be used against marginalized groups of people.

Someone commits a hate crime every hour. In the most recent data collection, 2014, a reported 17, 876 hate crimes were committed. This is a national crisis that we cannot allow to

“Hate crime is the most repugnant form of crime. The police service alone cannot be effective in combatting it. The active support of partner agencies, group leaders, communities and victims is essential to effective prevention and investigation." (ACPO 2000 in Moran 2002: 9).

    Since the identifiers that put people at risk for this type of crime are not things that can be changed on the part of the potential victims, other efforts must be made to keep these individuals safe, rather than just telling a black man to not be black anymore. The National Crime Prevention Council has put together a list of strategies on how to diminish the presence of hate crimes, and maybe to one day to extinguish them altogether. Some of these strategies that have been utilized across America are raising cultural awareness, educating the public, and especially school age students, about tolerance, and offering counseling for offenders of hate crimes. While all of these may seem like they would be beneficial for decreasing hate crimes, it is important to look at how and if they are being instituted in society, and look for changes in the rates of hate crimes.

Struggle is a natural thing in life. There is no escaping the struggles that life will throw at you. But when you struggle, there is always success soon to come. Surfing taught me that you must fall before you can stand. That you will struggle before you succeed.

Many people feel a bit sad after their big day is over. Honeymoons are what couples can look forward to curing their post-wedding blues. They are supposed to be a way to spend some time with your new spouse before having to return to the responsibilities of life. They should have a healthy mix of fun, relaxation, and intimacy. Here are some things you can do on your honeymoon to keep things fresh and romantic your entire trip.

A hate crime or hate bias, is a horrible violence that is intended to hurt or offend someone based on race, gender, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, disability, or religious beliefs. Hate crimes has had many recurring violence throughout the world and in American history. Several of these historical hate crimes, I had observed and read about in the ten articles called: Hate Crime Time Line, Hate Crime from National Prevention Council, FBI hate crime statistics, Famous Hate crimes in History, SPLC, ADL, Bias/ Hate Incident Reporting, UWSP sees increase of hate/ bias incidents reported on campus, Rash of Racism Complaint’s Hits UWSP, and Hates by the number.

Schools with music programs have a higher estimated graduation rate estimated at 90.2% and a higher attendance rate around 93.9% (11 Facts about Music Education 7). In comparison, schools without music programs; however, average a72.9% graduation and an 84.9% attendance (11 Facts about Music Education 7). Additionally, students who study art are four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement and three times more likely to be awarded for school attendance than those who do not (11 Facts about Arts in Education 2). Despite the benefits of having a music and art program, they are often the first things to go when a school starts budget cuts. Due to, schools today focusing on four main core values: Math, Science, English, and History. Consequently, by focusing on these four main core values schools are crushing the creativity of students. Ken Robinson successfully argues this viewpoint in his TED Talk, “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” By enthralling the audience with humorous rhetorical questions, creating connections with the audience through logical and relatable examples, and by keeping a fairly concerned tone throughout his speech to convey the urgency of the issue at hand Robinson effectively and subtlety attacks the modern world’s education system while at the same time informing his audience how schools are squandering the creativity of their students.

festivities you have not been worthy to me or these children you deserve nothing.(Adrian)”we deserve everything this world could possibly give us but you,you deserve nothing for treating us this way,you old rag”.(The lady)children leave the room now, while i deal with these selfish teens”.so all the kids leave the room until it's just the lady and the five of them.

Maya Angelo once said, “Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in this world, but has not solved one yet.” Recently, neo-Nazis groups have become more active in the United States. Deniers of the Holocaust spread their horrendous lies and try to deny that the Holocaust ever happened or down play its role in world history (Schonfeld). Since January 2017 there has been 1,372 incidents of hate crimes in America. Many of those incidents were committed by neo-Nazis (Al Jazeera). Some Holocaust deniers say they should be protected by freedom of speech, but it infringes on other people rights. The Federal bureau of Investigation’s has a page on their website devoted to hate crimes, but no less the crimes are occurring more and more frequently. Neo-Nazi and Holocaust Deniers in American have been on a steady increase, and there should be more of an effort to stop them.

The short speech written by William Safire is very effective in achieving its purpose. This article in not insipid, it captures the audience and allows them to feel the emotions of the people.“Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin...know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice.” Safire mentions the sacrifice those two men made and honors them for what they did for mankind. Not only are they credited for their accomplishments, but also honored and mourned. “...these men were the first[on the moon], and they will remain the foremost in our hearts.” These two astronauts started the space missions and they will forever be remembered for the world they opened. This speech is very effective in honoring, mourning, and congratulating the two astronauts who changed history.

“Laugh often, Dream big, and reach for the stars!” by Don Williams. Many people don't like to step out of their comfort zone. Instead they like to stay in their shell and hid. In my life I like to adventure and step out on something fun, new and interesting. One thing that I have tried lately is repelling, it is where you use a rope to pull you down something. In my class we used a rope and our bleachers, it was great but most people were nervous. Before we were able to do this we went through the basics and we repelled on a smaller and easier wall. Basics are important so that we can know what needs to be achieved in the grand scheme of things. I was able to learn that repelling helps you understand the importance of safety and the thrill of falling and holding your life on one rope.

There are a few ways listed by the OSCE (2009) to combat hate crimes. Some steps

In this essay I will tell you how to make fire, food, water, shelter. When you are done reading this I hope you will know how to do these things in the wild with nothing but yourself.