Any piece of literature whither it be a famous play from Shakespeare or a research paper from a random college student has a purpose. Some purposes are to entertain, express themselves, educate, or in the case of "Politically Incorrect? Or Master Strategists? Try Both" by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; it was to persuade. However, Abdul-Jabbar tried to hide his attempt to persuade people as an article that was supposed to seem informative and educational on the surface. To gather credibility for a series of weak and biased arguments Kareem Abdul-Jabbar misuses statistics and manipulates human emotions. Abdul-Jabbar’s creative and controlling writing is subtlety integrated unless examined further. Abdul-Jabbar’s most powerful tool that he uses throughout his article is his ability to appeal to people’s emotions. He uses quotes that bring attention by appealing to peoples emotions and also makes people feel comfortable with him as a person; this way people are more likely to agree with him. Abdul-Jabbar does this multiple times early on in his article in an effort to build a sense of importance with his …show more content…
Abdul-Jabbar released this article during the 2016 presidential election. The article being published during this time helped it gain popularity due to its use of relative names throughout the media like Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and Ted Cruz but also during a time where political news was getting a lot of attention. The 2016 presidential election was a very highly debated election that had many people actively participate in and take a side. He hopes that his article would contribute support for his favored presidential candidate. He tried to do this by making supporters of various republican politicians change their minds and trying to make people support liberal ideals like political correctness. Abdul-Jabbar’s actions of trying to hide his secret motive led to the actual body of his paper and its support to be fairly