Rhetoricla Analysis for "On Covers of Many Magazines, a Full Racial Palette Is Still Rare"

Kenon Breazeale’s argument in his text begins by touching on how Esquire would place certain articles in their magazine in hopes of attracting the male consumer. In order to do this, Breazeale claims that the magazine did so by the “simultaneous exploitation and denial of the feminine” (Breazeale 72). In that way, the magazine

In the context of physical appearance, black woman are only featured with body parts- mainly their “large, rotund behind” (Perry 137). The presentation of the face is mainly limited to white or lighter-complexioned women. The highest idealization of women is one that possesses a “‘high-status’ face combined with a highly sexualized body read by the viewer as the body of a poor or working-class woman” (Perry 137). Perry further substantiates her claim by stating that “women are created or valued by how many fantasy elements have been pieced together in their bodies” (137). She debunks the opposition arguing that the bodies of black women are appreciated by pointing out that only a minority of black women have such attributes, and those without are pressured and struggle to achieve such proportions.

In his memoir, Losing My Cool, Thomas Chatterton Williams describes how his identity was formed based on hip-hop culture and the ideologies surrounding it. Losing My Cool allows readers to look through a lens and see how popular culture shaped Williams’s identity, like it has for many black youths. Music, sports, and fashion have all had important roles in changing the way the author thinks. Although the subject matter is completely different from what I have experienced in my own life, I often found myself drawing parallels between Williams’s life and my own.

Thesis: the paper’s focus on hip-hop as a music genre that has changed the lives of the black Americans

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a… black Superman? With the representation of all identities growing in different forms of media, superhero comic books have picked up this trend and have begun to introduce characters with diverse backgrounds. Due to the previously mentioned occurrence, readers of different creeds, sexual orientation, and ethnicities are being introduced to the world of superheroes. With this new trend, many questions arise concerning the impact and necessity of underrepresentation and fairness. How have superhero comic books widened their depiction of underrepresented communities, and what role does history play on the characters of comic books? More specifically, how have Marvel and DC Comics been affected by history, and

The articles written by Shakur, Schuppe, and the Pew Research Center utilize different literary techniques, such as ethos, logos, and pathos, to persuade their audience on the controversial topic of racism. All three articles provide readers with a differing view on racism in the United States today. By reading each article, the reader is acquainted with multiple concepts concerning racism and is then able to construct their own personal opinion.

She then goes on to describe how due to racial isolation much of what people know about ethnic groups comes from media depictions. For example she states ‘ there is little doubt that there is great isolation with our own racial/ethnic groups in U.S society… with such media saturated lifestyles, it may be difficult for audience members to even recognize the influence of exposure on perceptions of

Yet, looking on the TV, radio, newspapers or social media, it’s easy to forget what decade we’re currently in. The recent cover of TIME Magazine illustrated beautifully the juxtaposition between where people think we are in the context of social and racial equality, and where most positions actually stand. The cover portrays a grainy, black and white photo of a young black man running down the street, face covered with a bandana, away from a mob of police officers with shields, weapons and pepper spray billowing out from their canisters. “America, 1968 2015,” it reads.

My volume of choice was TIME magazine Volume 153 which was published from March through April 1999. One particular TIME magazine I chose to analyze and present was called, “The Truth About Women’s Bodies” because the title and the cover of the magazine really stood out to me and it made me curious to see what this cover story is about. This magazine was published on March 8, 1999 and the author of this cover story was named Barbara Ehrenreich, who is a best-selling author and a political activist. There were other major stories in this magazine that stood out to me as well because they were related to racism such as, “Prejudice? Perish the Thought” and “The Lynching of Emmett Till”. Based from these major stories, it seemed like people

Whether the idea is causing allergic reactions, or luring in new customers, the magazine companies only want one thing, more money from more

The contradictions that are present in the chapter, take away from the soundness of the argument. He discusses the socialization of producers, yet asserts that the practice is very solitary and solemn to support his, even contradicting one of his quotes. He also claims that hip-hop, in being so solitary, is unlike other forms of African American music. Although he uses strong language to emphasize the arguments he does make, he does not account for a few questions. What would the aesthetics of hip-hop be without the need to compete with the gang life in the area?

As discussed in class and presented by several groups, when it comes to people appearing on magazine covers, the dominate race to be seen on covers are white people. It is never a half and half mark when putting a count on the covers. While doing research for the presentation for Men's health magazine, it became quite a struggle to gather information on which person was the first person to be on the cover who was of non-white ethnicity. GQ seemed to be easier to research since it is a much older magazine than Men's magazine.

First I would like to tell you a little about myself. This is my first article ever published in a magazine. Rolling Stone is my first job straight out of college. I finished college back in May 2002 at New York University with a degree in Journalism. I landed my job with the magazine as one of the editors saw a blog post of mine. With the growing popularity of computer and the internet, I decided to start blogging as a way to pass time while I was looking for a post-college job and a way to move out of my parent’s house. I grew up in a middle-class family in Scarsdale which is located in Westchester County about forty minutes north of New York City. My Irish-American mother is a flight attendant while my dad who came from London, England is a lawyer. I’m the oldest of four children. Before hip hop became a movement shared by the world it was New York City’s best kept secret. And it was an example of how blacks and Latinos were known to be the trailblazers in American culture. “The history of hip-hop’s origins among African American and Puerto Rican youth in the South Bronx is commonly recited” (Ogbar, 3). Factors that “gave rise to hip-hop in New York City” (Ogbar, 3) in the 1970s -- the decade prior to my birth -- included the fact of “the Black Power movement and Puerto Rican nationalist activism” (Ogbar, 3) beginning to wane. “The most important direct influence on the creation of hip hop music is the Jamaican

If one looks at media discourse, one uncovers telling biases against people of color. Most of the time, the media uses the following words when writing articles about blacks: low income, uneducated, welfare, single parent, drugs, illegal immigrant, crime, etc. According to Teun. A. Van Dijik, ‘’ Much research has shown that this is indeed the case. In a Detroit study, for instance, we found that of 1500 headlines on ethnic issues, not a single one was positive when it involved minorities as active and responsible agents.’’

The “hottest celebrities” portrayed by the magazines are more racially diverse in female compared to male in general. The magazine’s world’s “hottest” male have it focused more on the Caucasians and ignoring males of other races. However, there are more minorities depicted for females compared to the males; the magazine’s view seems to be more lenient on women’s racial appearances. This also tells us that the magazine’s ranking is without a doubt bias.