Good Job Whitney Rhetorical Analysis

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Good Job, Whitney! Your text is getting the necessary attention. One thing I think you need to review is about the thesis. The thesis need to be in the end of the introduction paragraph. Also, if you only want to show that there is racism in US, your thesis is clear. But if you want to change this behavior, you need to improve your thesis to be stronger. Put what you claim in your paragraphs. It is a very strong topic, I suggest you even mention as always existed racism in US, so that the difference it is now have being placed on the table, as Will Smith said the other day an interview. That it is never changed much as white Americans feel and You can do something effectively. It is clear that many of the criticisms that our President receives

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