After heavy consideration of the criminal justice system’s current status, President Obama addresses the necessity of prison reform, explaining how such improvements can benefit American society. Mentioning how criminal activities most relate with the people of color and disadvantaged communities, he introduces his speech with plentiful figures who like he, support the idea of remodelling the system to promote criminals as opposed to hindering them.
President Obama begins his speech with positive introductions to his audience, but very quickly makes it clear of America’s dilemma that needs to be addressed: “America spends $80 billion a year keeping folks locked up.” Throughout the entirety of his speech, Obama only refers to criminals as common folk. Further relating the audience with how common a crime can be committed, President Obama emphasises how on his historic visit to a penitentiary, he was no different than the prisoners in terms of being prone to making mistakes. Playing off the feature of being the first and only president to visit a prison, Obama explains the vulnerability that at-risk communities …show more content…
While stating the petty crime should not be exclusively pardoned, as dangerous criminals should neither pose a threat to society, President Obama makes it clear that there are flaws that need to be addressed. “This is a country that believes in second chances. And right now we’ve got millions of people who aren’t getting it,” he said. Rather than inhumanely labelling criminals as being anything less than the average American, President Obama again makes it clear to his audience that criminals are people
President Obama begins his speech with positive introductions to his audience, but very quickly makes it clear of America’s dilemma that needs to be addressed: “America spends $80 billion a year keeping folks locked up.” Throughout the entirety of his speech, Obama only refers to criminals as common folk. Further relating the audience with how common a crime can be committed, President Obama emphasises how on his historic visit to a penitentiary, he was no different than the prisoners in terms of being prone to making mistakes. Playing off the feature of being the first and only president to visit a prison, Obama explains the vulnerability that at-risk communities …show more content…
While stating the petty crime should not be exclusively pardoned, as dangerous criminals should neither pose a threat to society, President Obama makes it clear that there are flaws that need to be addressed. “This is a country that believes in second chances. And right now we’ve got millions of people who aren’t getting it,” he said. Rather than inhumanely labelling criminals as being anything less than the average American, President Obama again makes it clear to his audience that criminals are people