Rhetorical Analysis Of Who Taught You To Hate By Malcolm X

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In this speech, Malcolm X attempts to spread his message of self love for black people and advocates for the advantages of being a member the Nation of Islam. To do this, he uses anaphora and appeals to logos. Malcolm X repeats the phrase “Who taught you to hate…” throughout the first portion of the speech. ‘Who’ refers to white people, who have oppressed and enslaved blacks for many years. By stating it has been ‘taught’ implies that it can be unlearned or never learned at all. ‘You’ refers to the black population, who have been ‘taught’ for years and years to hate themselves, because whites have made them believe they were lesser as people. All together, this phrase questions why blacks hate their culture, hair, skin color, etc. Also, by

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