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Speaker- Charles M. Blow; known for politics, public opinion and social justice. Blow is educated based on his words and values the racial movement #BlackLivesMatter
Occasion- At a campaign event Hillary Clinton was confronted by activists of the #BlackLivesMatter movement Audience- those interested in social justice matters, poc, #BlackLivesMatter activists, Hillary Clinton supporters, poc, those interested in politics Purpose- Inform readers about systematic oppression, his own and many others viewpoints on this controversial case Subject- #BlackLivesMatter and politicians acknowledging systematic oppression and racial issues within the country Tone - Didactic, ridiculing, Blow seems unsettled by Clinton's remarks on how to solve racial tensions, he doesn't seem to buy her statement about changing laws because she "was partially responsible for changing the laws that allocated the resources that built up a system that operated as a tool of destruction". Diction- Blow's diction in this column piece is provincial in that it clearly states his view point on Hillary and the topic at hand. By closing the column piece with "There can be no sacred cows when black people have been treated like sacrificial lambs" he emphasizes the cows as non-poc and poc as the lambs. Using words such as "sacred" and "sacrificial" emphasizes how Hillary should directly state her position on the racial issues going on in America and recognize that black lives in fact, do matter. By using words such as "Floyd Mayweather", "devastation" and "accountability" Blow creates his tone and main focus on how Hillary dodged the question and how she is partially accountable for the problems at hand. The American people would recognize "Floyd Mayweather" as a professional boxer so as Blow's comparison he states that Hillary avoided the question. He's ridiculing her by comparing her to a boxer. He establishes his didactic tone by including statements that he cannot blame all the "sins" on conservatives but both conservatives and liberals. He instructs the reader that everyone has a fault in the criminal justice system for black people. Associating "sins" with both political parties and both federal and local government establishes his didactic and objective tone. Blow himself being African American has a high level of attachment to the issue and is presented as a dominant passion for the issue. Blow recognizes his fellow black men but states that this is not only a black issue, but an everyone issue. His own personal beliefs are dominant but are hidden by the message of Hillary and her contradicting changing of laws due to the fact she was one of the main causes of the racial issue. |