Essay two For long years, it has been very notable how African-Americans are struggling to conquer equal treatment as white Americans, and how most of them feel victims of injustice. Even though there were civil activists that fought for equality in America, it did not happen because many whites in America still believing that is necessary to make a distinction between whites and people from other races, especially white Americans. Until now, 2015 has been a very controversy year, and it has been mostly marked by protests and political revolutions around the globe. Ironically, this domino effect finally arrived to America, where African-Americans have been protesting against the state laws for its continuous process of oppression to African-Americans.
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Devega argues in his article, “But the use of phrases such as “riot” or “mob” can also be seen in the latter part of the 19th and early 20th centuries to legitimize mass white racial violence against black Americans during the era of Jim and Jane Crow.” Devega acknowledges that it is important to remind the whites in America that they are the ones who stated the practice of riots. Bringing such shocking historical content to this controversial topic, gives her the chance emotionally connect with her primary audience, who are mostly whites that see black protests as riots, and appeal to their pathos by showing the truth behind the riots in America. She uses this quote in her article as a way to show to the white Americans that they behave as blacks were all criminals, but without acknowledging they are the real criminals who started to use violence. Devega knows that is important to implement an emotional historical content like this in her article because it allows her to emotionally appeal to her audience’s , and it gives her the opportunity to intelligently engage with them and clarify her point that blacks have the right to claim for justice. Also, Devega purposely provides this quote to appeals to her secondary audience’s, who are all the black officers in America, emotions and persuades
Devega argues in his article, “But the use of phrases such as “riot” or “mob” can also be seen in the latter part of the 19th and early 20th centuries to legitimize mass white racial violence against black Americans during the era of Jim and Jane Crow.” Devega acknowledges that it is important to remind the whites in America that they are the ones who stated the practice of riots. Bringing such shocking historical content to this controversial topic, gives her the chance emotionally connect with her primary audience, who are mostly whites that see black protests as riots, and appeal to their pathos by showing the truth behind the riots in America. She uses this quote in her article as a way to show to the white Americans that they behave as blacks were all criminals, but without acknowledging they are the real criminals who started to use violence. Devega knows that is important to implement an emotional historical content like this in her article because it allows her to emotionally appeal to her audience’s , and it gives her the opportunity to intelligently engage with them and clarify her point that blacks have the right to claim for justice. Also, Devega purposely provides this quote to appeals to her secondary audience’s, who are all the black officers in America, emotions and persuades