In her opinion article “50 years later MLK’s work is not done” Donna Brazile, a CNN Political commentator, and Democratic strategist, uses Martin Luther King Jr. day to express where she feels we as a country are still unequal and the areas that we need to push in order to reach this equality. The purpose of her piece on the surface is exposed and motive us as a nation to change voting laws so that more individual are able to vote. Underlying though her purpose is to smear republicans and sway the nation to put more democrats in office. The article was published on CNN which is a nationally read news site, meaning the audience of its pieces encompasses the entire nation. She does a fairly good job using an event and a person that is relatable
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She uses the image of marching to reminding the audience of the various areas of inequality. She uses the recent movie Selma to bridge marching and voting which is the main focus of her article, equalizing voting laws and restrictions. She then cites various examples of how she feels Republicans are restricting would be democratic voters from expressing their voices. After doing this, she drives home her point that in order for MLK’s work to be done more voices in our nation needs to be heard. In closing, she brings back the theme of MLK Jr. Day and uses it to motive us to take a stand against these perceived inequalities for all those that fought for …show more content…
From reading the title, my expectations for this piece were completely different from what I got. Like many the article originally peaked my interest as I have always admired Martin Luther King Jr. and the sacrifices that he made for the country. I felt that it would be a grounded look at the nation from the perspective of MLK’s work. Something I feel we need as a nation, which is widely asleep to where we actually stand in relation to equality and unity. That it would be a break from the politically charged media hyped stories that have dominated our new
She uses the image of marching to reminding the audience of the various areas of inequality. She uses the recent movie Selma to bridge marching and voting which is the main focus of her article, equalizing voting laws and restrictions. She then cites various examples of how she feels Republicans are restricting would be democratic voters from expressing their voices. After doing this, she drives home her point that in order for MLK’s work to be done more voices in our nation needs to be heard. In closing, she brings back the theme of MLK Jr. Day and uses it to motive us to take a stand against these perceived inequalities for all those that fought for …show more content…
From reading the title, my expectations for this piece were completely different from what I got. Like many the article originally peaked my interest as I have always admired Martin Luther King Jr. and the sacrifices that he made for the country. I felt that it would be a grounded look at the nation from the perspective of MLK’s work. Something I feel we need as a nation, which is widely asleep to where we actually stand in relation to equality and unity. That it would be a break from the politically charged media hyped stories that have dominated our new