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The Strivings of the Negro people by W.E.B DU BOIS was an essay where he described how hard life is for African Americans in the American society. Blacks were not accepted as people in the society, they were looked at as another breed of some kind. Du Bois was not only a author and teacherContinue reading “HW 3/10 Rough Draft Assignment Two”

The Strivings of the Negro people by W.E.B DU BOIS was an essay where he described how hard life is for African Americans in the American society. Blacks were not accepted as people in the society, they were looked at as another breed of some kind. Du Bois was not only a author and teacherContinue reading “HW 3/3 Rough Draft Assignment One”

Warrant- unspoken values a writer thinks he shares with his readers. These warrants are steeped and come out of the discourse of their specific discourse community. Argument style (evidence, reason, format, genre) comes from the discourse community. Knowledge is made thru discourse and creates multiliteraces for individual members to use W.E.B Dubois Issue: That whiteContinue reading “CL 3/3”

The claim is that black and whites cannot be one because they have differences. Whites are superior He did not want the blacks to be educated Reason- He suggest that blacks should go back to where they came from in order for there to be no conflict between them and whites. He also says thatContinue reading “CL 2/27”

W.E.B was a political leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Lived 95 years of age (1868-1963) and was one of the smartest African Americans of the 20th century. First book was called The Suppression of the African Slave Trade (1896) which described the beliefs that whites had about theContinue reading “HW 2/25”

Warrant: bigger brain means your smarter.  Scientific racism , biological determinism Warrant: shared values unspoken He is also writing this for other naturalists John Morgan was a senator, a soldier, former slave holder, lawyer. The reader: whites in the society or Democrats Gap: That blacks and whites were created by the hand of the creator,Continue reading “CL 2/25”

1890 Morgan defeated two bills: Blair and Force bill. His career started by joining the republican party (Whig party) The Blair bill was a bill that granted federal aid for education given towards the southern states where both blacks and whites suffered from illiteracy. Morgan did not like the bill because he did not wantContinue reading “HW 1/20”

The writers thesis is that there are different biological differences between black and white people. That people can’t mix if they are of a different race. “Inter mixture of different races leads to final extinction of civilization” The audience could be those that are not the same race and have a relationship. Audience could alsoContinue reading “CL 1/20”

Prompt 1: There are two groups in this reading: whites and blacks. Swales mentioned that the group has public goals and those that are very knowledgeable. The judges are the legal discourse communities in this case. They are the ones that are knowledgeable because they are the ones that help decide whether something is rightContinue reading “CL 2/18”

It is good to try to read the abstract or the title of the book to get idea of what the reading will be about. Read the information twice: skim through it and read thoroughly. Then try to figure out overall what it is about and the most important parts that stand out. When IContinue reading “HW 1/16”