Spacecat Worksheet Coates

SPACE CAT Text Title The Case for Reparations by Coates. ________________________________________________________________________________________ _ SPEAKER: 󳆫 the point of view expressed? Ta-Nehisi Coates. He is an American author and journalist and is known for his time in the Atlantic writing about cultural, social, and political issues. He focused on African Americans and white supremacy. PURPOSE: I think that the purpose of this article is to educate its readers. He wrote this to explain african american history, how it relates to modern times, and the timeline of it. I think Coates wants the audience to venture forward in life with this information in mind, and to understand the deep roots that come with african american history. AUDIENCE: 󳆫 I think that the speaker is trying to reach an audience of Americans, specifically those who want to become more educated or the younger generations. I know this because this article taught me a lot of things, so I infer that its main purpose was to do so. No, Coates does not indicate a specific audience. It is continuously speaking of America’s history with african americans and slavery foundation, which leads me to believe that it is for Americans. C It was written in June 2014.. However, the event occurring during this was being written has been going on for hundred of years which is white supremacy and injustice with african americans. This relates to everyone in America as this issue is restricting America from being the land of equal rights. EXIGENCE: t the speaker/writer? I think that the exigence of this piece is that America has still not made reparations for the oppression targeted towards African Americans, since slavery. Coates’s article discusses how America’s foundation revolved around slavery, yet still has not acknowledged the cruel acts of injustice towards african americans. S P A C E CHOICES: “a sieve with holes just big enough for the majority of Negroes to fall through.” “This country was formed for the white, not for the black man,” One man said his black neighbor was “probably a nice guy, but every time I look at him I see $2,000 drop off the value of my house. C ”‘The blacks are coming. The blacks are coming.’ When we think of white supremacy, we picture Colored Only signs, but we should picture pirate flags. All of these quotes create a visual for me to understand the circumstances and to further understand what his purpose was in writing this article. APPEALS: I think that all 3 of these rhetorical appeals are present in the text. Ethos is created in the beginning because he quotes the Deuteronomy, which is a cultural appeal for Jewish Americans. Logos are repeatedly used throughout the text, citing data: “In 1930 its population was 112,000. Today it is 36,000. The halcyon talk of “interracial living” is dead. The neighborhood is 92 percent black. Its homicide rate is 45 per 100,000—triple the rate of the city as a whole. The infant-mortality rate is 14 per 1,000—more than twice the national average. Forty-three percent of the people in North Lawndale live below the poverty line—double Chicago’s overall rate.” Finally, the use of pathos is shown in the picture of the 16 year old boy lynched by white men. This creates sadness for the teenager, being lynched for just the color of his skin. TONE: I guess the tone of the article is mostly disappointed but optimistic. I say disappointed because the fact that african americans are still being treated with injustice after hundreds of years is quite disappointing, but optimistic because the world is (very slowly) becoming a better place, and people are becoming more and more informed.Yes, the tone is the same throughout the peace. The evidence is the use of pathos creates disappointed tones, but optimism is created when citing data showing slight “improvement” with this ongoing issue. A T