Henry Voigtsberger-Almaraz Mrs. Patlan Honors English 10 05 May 2024 Obama’s Remarks on African American mistreatment 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, in his speech concerning the remarks on the Trayvon Martin Ruling from 2013, expresses the mistreatment and injustice African Americans face in the world. Obama’s purpose is to bring this to attention and create an equal and fair world. He adopts a serious and concerned tone in order to demonstrate to the people of the United States and other politicians to help make a difference. Obama begins his speech by expressing the struggles of an African American person through the use of pathos. He mentions the “few African Americans” (6) that share the experience of shopping and “being followed”(6), which he adds “That includes me”.(6). The use of pathos and …show more content…
Obama continues his speech by going over what action he wants there to be to help solve this problem. This is done through the use of logos. Obama wants authority officials to train with law officials at state levels to “reduce the kind of mistrust” there is in law enforcement with racial profiling. This is an example of what Obama wants to do to help fix the mistreatment of African Americans. He also mentions that people need to “spend more time in thinking” (21) of their views on how they see “our African American boys.” This illustrates his concern for how people see African Americans and how he wants the world to have a more fair and better view on them. Obama shows what he wants to do to help solve the problems with the unfairness African Americans have to face. The use of logos helps show what he wants to do to resolve the problem. He wants the people to know he is going to help make this better. Obama finishes his speech by telling the listeners that he and others are going to make a change. He does this through the use of