- Claim: whites should remain superior, Inclination to savagery, rebellion. he said because they were already slaves that they will rebel.
- Reasons: “Slavery in Africa continues w out ratification”, stated that they were biologically meant to be slaves and inferior to whites. Egypt as an example.
- Evidence: experience as a confederate soldier in the South
- Warrant: his experience with the KKK has brought him to believe that the white race is superior.
- Counterargument: he does not give one
- Rebuttal: None
Class Response
- Claim: it would be a waste to give Black Americans rights
- Reason: “white Americans will always see them as slaves” the 14th and 15th amendment is used to aid black Americans because they couldn’t do it for themselves.
- Evidence: “Slavery continues in Africa w out ratification” common law of the race since the beginning of the race.
- Warrant: Black Americans are inferior to whites
- Counterargument: no
- Rebuttal: no
Multiliteracies: Mirabelli (servers) discourse from a discourse community start spreading information. Discourse can be rhetics
Hes using fear
W. E. B Du Bois
Use ethos (trust worthy). pathos (emotional). logos (reason). He is using his personal experience as a black man – anecdotal evidence. Black life is undocumented at this time. Hoping for empathy or sympathy. wants empathy more, what it feels like to be a “problem” not even a person according to majority of America.
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