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Rhetorical Analysis Of Cherokee Phoenix Newspaper Article To The Cherokee People

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“Human rights are not a privilege granted by the few, they are a liberty entitled to all, and human rights, by definition, include the rights of all humans, those in the dawn of life, the dusk of life, or the shadows of life”a quote by Kay Granger. In the 1830’s America lacked human rights for people of color and woman. Woman were not allowed to own any property or even a paycheck. African Americans were oppressed and segregated into slavery. Later on, Native Americans also began to be segregated and oppressed by Americans Elizabeth Stanton's document “Declaration of Sentiments”, Frederick Douglass’ speech “What to a Slave is the Fourth of July”, and Cherokee Phoenix newspaper article to the Cherokee, people all use strong rhetorical appeals …show more content…

For example, the newspaper states, “ Another important aspect of our coverage is that we cover a lot of the nuances of our government that don’t get covered by mainstream [newspaper] at all”. As a further matter, the Cherokee people created this newspaper as a source to speak out, to have a voice since the Americans were trying to take their social justice. Natives are now a slightly larger minority, comprising 1.7 percent of the population. During the westward expansion natives were removed from their land and segregated into reservations, which is why the Cherokee newspaper later on stated, “We must have a newspaper that conveys the innate intelligence of our people”. The native Americans got segregated by Americans and lost their social justice. To this day native Americans are left behind in the economy. Many leave their reservations to seek opportunities. Native Americans are many times left out of national discussions because they are a minority. Not only is 1 in 4 native person living in poverty, but the younger generation also suffers on receiving a good

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