1. Text 1, ”Civil rights activist Rachel Dolezal misrepresented herself as black, claim parents” an article from The Guardian website, June 12th 2015, written by Jessica Elgot, informs the reader about the scandal surrounding American Civil Rights activist Rachel Dolezal. The article is an objective news report. “The biological parents […] have claimed that she has been misrepresenting herself as a black women when her heritage is white.” (Text 1, 1-5). The article does not side with either party, but simply portray what both parties claim.
Text 2, “Why black women feel so betrayed by Rachel Dolezal” an article published on The Telegraph website on June 26th 2015, written by the French psychologist Guilaine Kinouani, criticizes Rachel Dolezal for
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Text 3, “Let Rachel Dolezal Be as Black as She Wants to Be” a comment by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar published on Time Magazine website June 15th 2015, discuss the fact that race has been proven to be nothing but a myth and it shouldn’t matter whether Rachel is black or white. “As far as Dolezal is concerned […] she merely selected a cultural preference of which cultural group she most identifies with. Who can blame her?”(Text 3, 81-86). The author means that one should have the right to choose which race they belong to.
2. In Text 2, “Why black women feel so betrayed by Rachel Dolezal”, Guilaine Kinouani engages the reader by using argumentation and forms of appeal. The article starts in medias res and employs hidden argumentation as it begins. This is created through an episode describing a case where a psychologist is lying to a client to make the client open up. “Your confidante never lost a child – in fact, they are not even a parent. All the stories shared with you were fantasies, and all the photographs you were shown were fake. Would it make things more tolerable to know that this person was a renowned expert on grief?” (Text 2,