Freedom from Choice

by: Brian A. Courtney

Ran, Feifei, Jake, DanqingESL220/SS10/ Stahl

This is mainly talking about biracial people to become part of one racial society to be accepted and not being discriminated.

Thesis: ◦ American society makes being biracial feels like a bless-

ing than a curse.

- Are labeled to several categories.

- Biracial people feel pressure.

- Others force biracial people to choose one racial.

Summary

Audience Analysis

News Papers

Journals

Personal Es-says

Who reads this/these publications?

◦People who likes reading News Pa-per.

◦Journalists◦Writers◦College Students◦Parents◦Biracial people

Published: ◦ From the Newsweek mag-

azine issue on February 13, 1995

Written by a college student from University of Tennessee.

◦ Brian A. Courtney.

Tone Serious

Language:

Tries to persuade the audience and tell his opinion what he felt about being biracial.

The writer has not given a good logical con-clusion about how he will do in the future.

Needs a solution about biracial problems.

Weaknesses?

The writer has given logical examples.

Has given strong personal experience.

The writer makes the audience to think emo-tionally and think deeply about this situation.

He uses logos, pathos and ethos very detailed.

Strengths ?

“We feel the need to label everyone and everything and group them onto neatly de-fined into categories. Are you a Republican, a Democrat or an Independent? Are u African – American, Caucasian or Native American?”

Specific ClearVery convincing

LOGOS

“Bourgie”, This means I dress very white – a pastel colored polo, a pair of navy chinos and hiking boots.” “ a comment like this would have angered me, and I must admit that I was a little offended”.

AngerEmbarrassment Humiliationpride

PATHOS

“ I blame society for not acknowledging us as a separate race. I am speaking not only for people who, like my self, are half black and half white, but also for those who are half white and half Asian, half white and half His-panic, or half whatever”.

Very honestSeriousnessRespect toward other raceIdealism

ETHOS

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So in Conclusion…