...On April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a very important speech amongst the clergymen to protest against the Jim Crow laws and racial violence. King's reasoning for his speech was to argue for change and to justify his actions. While writing his letter, King uses rhetorical devices and appeals to develop his argument. In the beginning of MLK's speech he mentions that while being in jail, Martin Luther King Jr. said that their recent activities were "unwise and untimely". Ethos is shown being used when King makes a claim that he is not an "outsider". Martin Luther King Jr. established his credibility by mentioning that he and several members were here because they were invited. Paragraph 2, MLK states, "So I, along with several members of my staff, am here because I was invited here. I am here because I have organizational ties here." Furthermore, King expresses his biblical duties and says he is "compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own home town."...
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...was going to use for this next essay was Martin Luther King’s “A Letter from Birmingham Jail” and “Is Google Making Us Stupid” by Nicholas Carr. The two reading are drastically different from each other. Kings letter was written during a time when there was a lot of racial injustice in our country. King was addressing the treatment of African Americans in our country and how it needed to be stopped. Carr’s article is explaining his thoughts on how he believes the internet is causing focus issues, that is causes people to be filled with artificial knowledge. He no longer feels he can be completely connected to a text when he can easily read a quick summary of it on google. I picked these two articles because I believe they...
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...Up Silicon Valley * Is Rawls veil of ignorance the equivalent of Ellacuria’s preferential option for the poor? * Recford and Daniel: * Both Protestant ministers (biblical texts as source or vehicle for framing and thinking through issues) * Both deliberate and conscious of challenges of relating Biblical faith to Social issues * Housing and immigration are public policy issues * Daniel devotes a chapter to this question, using “Caesar vs. God” image from New Testament * Micah Shows up in both books (see below) * Differences? * Is immigration more of a “hot button” issue than housing? * If so, do we find different kinds of rhetoric? * Phil comment in class: Does Reckford focus more on system or structures or root causes (next slide) and Daniel more on individuals? * If so, do we have different kinds of solidarity in these two approaches? * Root Causes (“cycle”) of Poverty (structural analysis) (52-53) * Rhetorical device? * Cites 5 of them * “social capital” (56-58) is a rich illustration * Solidarity involves “learning” and “sensitivity” and “collaboration” (60) * Corresponding interventions/Solutions * E.g. “not charity but capital” (Clarence Jordan, cited 54) * 62-63: justice = level playing field (Sen. M. Fenwick, grandmother) * Housing is one of several interventions, but foundational (59) * Note structural components (infrastructure)...
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