At the peak of the West coast versus East coast beef many people on both ends began to feel a personal connection to the issue and for Jenee Desmond-Harris that was exactly the case. The situation between both rappers, Tupac and Biggie, brought out the violence within the African American community to the forefront and the influence it had upon many on both ends. The essay I decided to evaluate was “Tupac and My Non-thug Life” by Jenee Desmond-Harris. The article entails Ms. Desmond-Harris’s experience of hearing the news of late rapper Tupac Shakur’s death. Ms. Desmond-Harris explains how she and her best friend Thea were huge fans of Tupac and the effect that his death had on their lives. His music and influence was a vital part to whom they were and helped them to be in tune with the other half of themselves, which was their black side.
Both grew up in a predominately white area in which there were only a handful of kids like them. In September of 1996 Ms. Desmond-Harris had been informed of Tupac’s death and was then faced with the reality of coming to terms of who she was. In the aftermath of his death she …show more content…
We were able to get a slight understand of someone who is mixed race and what the struggle of what they go through on a day to day basis. For those that are a fan on Tupac, like myself, it took us back to that very day of the incident which drew us into the story. Punctuation was clear and precise and was also used when needed. I was not able to find any spelling errors in misuse of words which I gave a thumbs up for because it was good writing in that sense. In regards to if the article was effective or ineffective I feel it leans more being effective because it causes the reader to think. Although the story flip flops you are still able to gasp the principle of what the writer is trying to get across to the
Both grew up in a predominately white area in which there were only a handful of kids like them. In September of 1996 Ms. Desmond-Harris had been informed of Tupac’s death and was then faced with the reality of coming to terms of who she was. In the aftermath of his death she …show more content…
We were able to get a slight understand of someone who is mixed race and what the struggle of what they go through on a day to day basis. For those that are a fan on Tupac, like myself, it took us back to that very day of the incident which drew us into the story. Punctuation was clear and precise and was also used when needed. I was not able to find any spelling errors in misuse of words which I gave a thumbs up for because it was good writing in that sense. In regards to if the article was effective or ineffective I feel it leans more being effective because it causes the reader to think. Although the story flip flops you are still able to gasp the principle of what the writer is trying to get across to the