Atlanta Compromise Speech Analysis

Race, A Never Ending Problem In today's world, American people still have barriers to overcome in the matter of racial equality. Whether it is dealing with an unfair practice that would prevent someone a from the opposite gender or skin color from having an equal opportunity at a job or being underpaid based on a gender. Society has positively advanced in accepting races and came to the realization of gender equality compared to the judgment and rash decisions in the 1800’s. Therefore there is still room we could grow stronger in developing equality today. In the texts “An Address” by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and “Atlanta Compromise Speech” by Booker T. Washington, both authors develop the central idea of equality and uses word choice and rhetoric in order to express civil rights for equal opportunities. Feminism, in the dictionary, is the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes. However, it can be more justly defined as the desire for equality between a man and a woman. This is a strong desire, as both sexes have their own physical and emotional needs. Feminists believe that men and women should have equal rights in politics as well as …show more content…
Washington and King had strong devotions towards civil rights. The central idea of racial equality is strongly portrayed by Booker T. Washington’s “Atlanta Compromise Speech”. Washington develops his central idea throughout the text by using parallel structure. Parallel structure is the strategy of using the same pattern of words to show the equal importance and help the reader comprehend what has been written, which also helps the writer advance his point of view. “...Tilled your fields, cleaned your forest, build your railroads and cities…”(2). The parallel structure contributes to the persuasiveness because it emphasizes the idea of racial equality that Washington is trying to make people