A Rhetorical Analysis Of All Lives Matter By Gordon Marino

According to the article of 'All Lives Matter' vs. Black Lives Matter by Gordon Marino, he states that ‘Black Lives Matter started after the case of Trayvon Martin in 2013 and it creates a debate after that incident. He shows people’s perceptions about this issue. Gordon asserts Ben Carson’s perspective: "The Black Lives Matter movement is focused on the wrong targets, to the detriment of blacks who would like to see real change." On the other hand, Rand Paul says: “I think they should change their name maybe--if they were All Lives Matter, or Innocent Lives Matter." Some people say that Black Lives Matter is a hate group whose rhetoric is partially responsible for the recent shooting of a sheriff in Texas. In addition, Gordon explains the appearance of O'Malley where O'Malley answers the rhetorical question of “Do Black Lives Matter?” into “All Lives Matter.” Despite of his good intentions, people still see it as wrong where people think that he …show more content…
The article shows that black men were six times as likely to be imprisoned as white men according to a 2013 Pew Research Poll. In addition, the article says that The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice shows that the rate of fatal police killings for African Americans is 4.5 times that for other races. People say that “All Lives Matter” is the appropriate word instead of “Do Black Lives Matter?” because “All Lives Matter” portrays that people are equal and all lives of people are important without discriminating other race. The article shows that “Black Lives Matter” refers to the plague of black-on-black crime. It means that it also recalls the injustices of the blacks. Moreover, this article connects to Wise and Rattansi’s text where it shows the discrimination on the word “Black Lives Matter” and it recalls the experiences of the African Americans who did not commit justice because of their skin color or