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Analyzing James Wilden's 'A Talk To Teachers'

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In “A Talk to Teachers” a speech given by James Wilden in New York City, 1963, he expresses his discontent with the “menace” that American society has become. He focuses on the purpose of education. How teachers are the hope of societies; teachers have the power to shape a student’s mind despite of how difficult this might be. Wilden presents his argument by providing a black child as an example. He explains how a black boy grows up in a society that rejects him and his parents. The boy eventually becomes angered by this unfairness, but holds it all in. As the society ignores and mistreats the child, the child will then follow undesirable paths. Meanwhile, black communities are afraid of the police, causing the cycle to continue.
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