Claim- Race mixing is the determential for both the races.
Reason- Law of similarities = mingling creates a less advanced situation.
Evidence- Off spring of mixed heritage prone to illness (anecdotal)
Warrent- A prior belief of white supremacy.
How does discourse communities influence warrents?
Discourse communities act as an authority over warrents and the degree to which the warrents are wrong or right depends on the discourse communities.
Issue
- The race question in the US
- Citizenship
- Voting rights
Writer- John Tyler Morgan
- Tennesse born
- Alabama Citizen
- Lawyer
- Multiple political parties
The Gap- I believe he thinks the gap is that American’s don’t understand 2 things. 1) that history supports the inequality of the races, that blacks have always been inferior to the white race, no matter the country or the time. And saying that if you are from a different country you should go back and the feeling where people think they dont belong here.
Readers- White people
Rhetorical appeals:
- Emotional appeal- making readers feel, so as to motivate readers to a particular action.
- Trustworthiness- Trust the persona the writer creates.
- Reason appeal- claim, reason, evidence.
I think DuBois is using first person evidence because he wants to express to the readers his past experiences. Documentinhg his life so that you feel sympathy and empathy (emotional appeal).
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