Rhetorical Analysis: A Wake Up Call America Needed '

When you see a solider in his or her uniform, you are proud that they are serving this country to protect our freedom, securing our country, and defending democracy worldwide. The solider can come from different branches of the Military. The one you might be familiar with is the U.S. Army. These soldiers are well respected and prepared to serve our country whenever and wherever needed, combat-ready at all times, and trained to counter any threat, anywhere. In 2007, the United States Army department published a recruitment ad for U.S.

These same white women leaders summarily rejected black women 's call for suffrage and equal treatment with white women. “When we yield to public opinion and make ourselves say only what we think the public can stand, is there not a danger that we may find ourselves with our larger view conceding what those with the narrow view in demand?” (96). The enormous potential of anti-lynching complaints for establishing a bridge of equality between black and white women was thereby immoral. These early feminine supporters used the very stereotypes that fueled mob hatred

Celeste Scott is a black femme activists who recruited other women of color and created their own woman’s march titled “Our Feminism Must be Intersectional” which was hosted on the same day the white woman march was scheduled. The main idea of hosting the intersectional rally was to raise awareness the women of color experience gender and race discrimination. When Celeste Scott commented “Is this a white feminist thing?” on the event page, many furious women argued back and forth, which led to having two different marches hosted by two different color groups. According to Rebecca, “They say that when they tried voicing their concerns about the march’s lack of inclusivity, they were silenced and told they were being divisive” (1). For this reason, women of color do not voice out their opinion and are blocked from hearing what a white women’s group must say. To further explain, Whirl Magazine apologized to the indigenous women but did not take reasonable ownership of their mistake, which does not get rid of the damaged that was caused (Kerr 2). Although a city was divided with two separate women marches, raising awareness and demonstrating that women of color do not always have an opportunity to voice out their concerns proves that they are not equally treated with respect.

I, Roger Smith, am bringing this petition to light to portray how America treats its minorities. The irony of how America is lauded to be this liberal and free country meanwhile they forced and dragged African Americans into a life of slavery and inhumane treatment. Husbands, wives, even children are being taken away from their families by force to obey white supremacy. This is the kind of power that creates this sort of hierarchy and damages the meaning of what a liberal tradition should resemble.

Modern America has a problem, which unfortunately consists of American’s placing more value on unimportant issues. This problematic lifestyle is the focus of the essay. In this essay she addresses her audience of Americans and reminds them that we should do activities that we have a passion for and never let it go. With an array of rhetorical devices such as repetition and similes, she effectively persuades the audience.

In “Bring Back Flogging”, Jeff Jacoby addresses the problems within America 's criminal justice system. He gives many reasons why imprisonment simply does not work, and suggests that corporal punishment should be used as an alternative. Published in the Boston Globe, a newspaper well known for being liberal, Jacoby provides a conservative view and directs his argument towards those who strongly support imprisonment and view corporal punishment to be highly barbaric and inhumane. However, in order to shed light on our current situation, Jacoby discusses the dangers that we face though our criminal justice system a nd shows concern that imprisonment is doing more harm than good. In effect, Jacoby looks to the past for solutions, and

“The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.” John F. Kennedy

During the interview, she mentioned how racism indirectly affected her mother, especially during a company picnic she attended with her mother and brother. “I remember going to her company picnic like ten years ago,” she said, “and all of her coworkers looking at us so funny because she was a single parent, and she’s walking down the street… with two black kids.” She further describes the reaction of her mother’s coworkers as not being related to her and her brother’s race, but states that “they were surprised my mother for procreating with someone who wasn’t white” (personal interaction, August 17, 2015). Her mother’s coworker’s evident feelings of discomfort and aversion agree with the actions that people may use to make other’s feel unwelcome or unvalued. As Johnson (2006) states, people’s reactions to individuals who are different may cause them to “stare as if to say, ‘What are you doing here?’ or stop the conversation with a hush they have to wade through to be included in the smallest way” (p. 55). Oppression and racism can manifest in more subtle forms than violence and outright prejudice, and through behaviors such as those described, individuals from privileged groups can cause both members of subordinate groups and those from dominant groups who stand by them to feel

Back in September 1957, a picture was captured of a Elizabeth Eckford, she is a young African American girl walking past Little Rock Central High School, being constantly abused with racist comments while her friend, Hazel Bryan, follows behind her. Since then, our society has made some process with race relations and incidents like this are diminishing. Furthermore, Elizabeth possessed a lot of courage to tolerate an angry crowd when they are constantly yelling and bullying her at a young age. Although part of the angry crowd, Hazel Bryan cannot be held accountable for expressing any intentional hatred; she’s too young to understand what the right choice is and is influenced by those around her. The author of “Two Women of Little Rock” David Margolick explains he only wants to help the situation and help the racist identify what they are doing and how cruel they are being. Treating people badly or unfairly because of their race is a terrible, and it is impossible to put up with acts of hatred. When a community of people in the world ignore racially charged crimes it appears as if they are supporting acts of prejudice.

For instance, the statement of, “There is a lot of trite rambling about how the president isn’t really reflecting American values when, in fact, he is reflecting the values of many Americans.” She was able to summarize my thoughts in that one sentence. The president of the United States has been exposing the true values of white conservatives since his term started. This should not be a shock for anyone. I could even say that he is doing us, the Hispanic community, a favor by exploiting these values. Mr. Trump is shedding light on what America is really composed of. In addition, he is exposing American values as well as revealing racism that has always been existent in this country. He did not reveal any new racism, he is finally unraveling the truth. I agree with Dr. Gay’s opinions because it is the only explanation for the events that has occurred. Many Americans feel comfortable, safe, and fearless because they can project their racism on this persona. Those groups or individuals can speak out knowing that there is a person with a platform to stand up for them. This is the reality, so there is no reason to sit and keep

This is not my president.” Kathleen Rice said, “ President Trump is a racist. Period. He’s gone out of his way to make that clear, so let’s not tip-toe around it. He’s a racist.” These two quotes show the amount of hate people show to go against different opinions or interpretations of what happened in Charlottesville. This quote the political tension that these types of events cause. Many other people have reacted toward a negative way to President Trump. People like Lawrence Tribe, Chuck Schumer, and more also expressed their hate towards President Trump.

It is a print that can be interpreted in many ways. Whether it be in regards to racial tension or gender inequality. If interpreted as a matter of racial discrimination, the print would be stating that those who do not speak out in defense of those who are discriminated against are aware of their privilege (of some sort, because some people have more privilege in America more than other can ever imagine), and they are beyond content and are not accepting of change or they simply do not want to acknowledge this fact. In this piece, the man is trying to suppress the woman viewer to silence, that way men won’t have their power and privilege

I decided to write my paper on “Lesbianism An act of resistance”. While she made a lot of good points I found myself lost in the beginning, trying to figure out which direction she was pointing the paper in. Mainly the paper was used to compare a lot of injustices to lesbian women by male-supremacist, racist, misogynist, and homophobic men. Not too far into the reading she started comparing women’s oppression and African Americans oppression in the USA. Her end goal was to point out that racism and sexism were created and acted on initially by the same person; the white male. I can agree to an extent with her, but, in the end, we are our own person and it’s been a continued behavior. Are we supposed to expect that because of one race,

Throughout time, women have been considered housewives and mothers. Not all women stayed home, throughout history women have worked, mainly clerical jobs, teaching, charity workers, and other less demanding physical work. It was never a new thing that women were in the work force, it was the impact the propaganda posters and WWII made on the women in that workforce. This propaganda poster; titled “We Can Do It” features a beautiful women with her arm flexed and she is in her work coveralls, above her it say “We can do it.” the author is J. Howard Miller, he uses pathos and ethos to inspire a social movement that increased the number of working women, and changed the face of the workforce.

In the novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker, the reader is led through the heart wrenching story of Celie, who struggles with everything from race to sexuality. Despite her novel being set in the early 20th century, Walker primarily uses two powerful forces that are still highly relevant in modern society: racism and sexism. Although some may argue that these are exhausted topics of discussion, it is worth arguing that these prevalent forces have only changed form over time. Racism is simply more systemic, and the sexism that Celie, as a black woman, also experiences is still in the foundation of the world around the reader. Some cases of these are reported to the public through the ever growing abundance of media sources, but it is crucial to note that these incidents only scratch the surface of the underlying forces in modern day society. Racism and sexism do not only apply to the black population, but the reader can evaluate how it affects the population with the help of Walker’s book.