Rhetorical Analysis Of Fruitvale Station

Fruitvale Station had an impact on me that confirmed that racism is very alive today. Police still are racial profiling and are more likely to suspect African Americans as a suspect. This film did not anger me as much as it did others, but it did confuse me because as an African American I already know the basics of what and what not to do. For example, Oscar could have walked away from the situation on the train, but because he addressed the situation, things got violent and the police were called. Although both parties were wrong the police went after Oscar because he was black, and they did not focus on the other party involved. When being detained by the police, they are the ones who are in "control" and want to be respected. Oscar constantly …show more content…
This essay was to find a text that presented an argument about race and why does it qualify as an argument while identifying logos, pathos, and ethos. I found this article on www.flaglerlive.com about a white woman having a gun in suicide-by-cop confrontation. The woman was in the back of her home in the screened in pool area holding a gun. Her son called for a wellness check and when the cops got there, they saw the woman holding a gun. The cop, three of them, with one of them being the sergeant ordered the woman to put the gun down about one billion times. The woman did not show aggression, but she point the gun at cops and was being very disrespectful towards them. This situation lasted for about seven to eight minutes and my argument was if this was a black person it would have not taken that long to get them out of the screened area and if the black person would have pointed the gun at the cops they would have shot to kill them. When the white woman pointed the gun at the cops, they tazed her in the arm. While thinking I am on track and halfway done with the paper, I make an appointment to the writing center. When I take my paper she helped me brainstorm ideas on what to write about and gave her opinion that if it was a black person she believed something else would have taken place. Within the session she did say that this might be a difficult article to write about, but by her helping me brainstorm it seemed as if it was all coming together. The next day I go back to her with the finished product and she tells me that she cannot help me. It was like I had a different tutor when I just saw her yesterday and she was helping me, but the next day she could not help me? Feeling lost and confused with the essay being due the next morning I was furious. I called Ben for suggestions on how to