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· Melaku Lambebo

· Instructor Ian Golding

· UC Blue Ash

· English 2089

· 06/15/2020

Outline

· https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/us/civil-rights-protests-then-now/index.html

· The cross is a little lighter today'

· Civil rights protesters from the 1950s and 1960s reflect on their struggle -- and the present movement

· By Leyla Santiago, CNN Videos by Demetrius Pipkin and Lacey Russell, CNN

· Updated 4:05 AM ET, Mon June 15, 2020

· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd_0zSlX5XM&t=28s

· Black Lives Matter movement presses the world to confront colonial statues

I. The Article

i. Elements to reach the goal from the article

a. civil right movements from 1950-now days

b. Relevant pictures and videos of protesters

c. Different chants, signs, and paintings opposing the racism

d. The death of George Floyd and others as a motive

e. Different comments from the activists and protesters

ii. The strength and weakness of the genre

A. Strength

a. the genre examines the movement from early 1950 to now days

b. it supported reliable images and videos

c. It defines the aim of the protesters

d. It compares the tactics and ways this protester used to fight racism

iii. The intended audience

a. The intended audience is the entire community and gov’t authorities

b. The media is calling out for action by providing a lack of progress to act for movement from past and present.

c. The likely to know

d. The audience is likely to know about the damage of racism on certain groups

e. The audience wants to know who is behind racism act and how to take action to eradicate racism

f. There are very few on the driver sit of discrimination and they are difficult to separate from the rest of nations.

iv. The purpose

a. The purpose of the text is to address inaction for the antiracist movement from the government.

b. The creator of the text used this genre to show how we fail to act earlier, and we are still singing the same song for decades with no action and to indicate it is time for action.

c. The convention of the genre I choose focuses on discrimination and its damage while we fail to act. And the text I choose to support the convention of my genre.

II. The YouTube videos

i. Elements

a. removal of statues who stand to remember slavery traders

b. The anti-racial movements all over the world

c. Signs, chants, and paints during the protest

d. Response from government authorities

ii. Strength

a. The movement was supported with strong demand for actions

b. Ended the existence of statues that remain the pain of many people’s

iii. Weakness

a. the protest was supported by anger and destruction of much public and private property that never related to racist background.

iv. The intended audience

a. The intended audience was the rest of the world who is not step up to fight racism and the gov’t officials

b. The media aimed to reach on social media and other technological ways by shows all lives matters

c. The audience likely to know a specific group of the world is being treated unfairly because no human is more important than others

d. The purpose of this video is to increase awareness about the damage of racism

e. It works by initiating common ground for further action

v. The aim of this genre

a. These genres are very effective by providing the action of many others around the world.

b. The creators use these genres to show the level of anger and demand of people in different areas.

c. the convention of my genre is to show the uncertainty of many African American past life and lack of progress for action.

d. The video I choose to adhere the original genre I choose

III. Similarities between both genres

a. Both genres are about racial discrimination and calls to action for change

b. Both stands for one goal called end racial discrimination

c. Both condemn government officials and other organizations, big companies for their unresponsiveness for affected community rights

d. The use of signs, paintings and chants are similar

IV. Difference

a. Their ways to address the issue was in different ways

b. The first genre created by a mix of images, texts, quotes, and videos

c. the first genre is built with many videos, and long texts but the second genre is just short video as a blog.

V. The most effective genre

a. Each genre is very effective by transferring the intended message

b. Each genre includes memories from the past.

c. However, the second genre is the most effective one

d. The second genre is omitting any bad memories like destroying statues and calling for a better future. It is clearly showing proper action is started instead of just talk for many decades.