Rhetorical Analysis Of People Like Us By David Brooks

Do we only care about diversity in America when we’re amongst people of different races? In David Brooks, “People Like Us,” he explores this taboo topic, originally published in the issue of the Atlantic Monthly, 2003. In the first few sentences of the essay he states that perhaps there is somewhere in the United States that there is a really an area where people are diverse (62). But then again he has not ever been made aware of such an area.

”Diversity is about all us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.”  Was stated by Jacqueline Woodson and is referred to millions of people from different religion, culture, color, etc. Diversity is just like a one of the most important spice in food . If there is no diversity than life will be so boring. Not everyone in a family has the same likes and dislikes; everyone is unique either by behavior or lifestyle or thoughts.

In “People Like Us”, Brooks David mentions the diversity in United States, and people only willing to hang out with their own kind. To explain this point further, cultures, interests, religions, jobs, and races are all the reason why people tend to stay together. The country has been broken into small segments with their features. For instance, people from the same Asian background gathering in certain area. People even stay in their old neighborhood while they have money to move, because they felt their neighborhood shares their value and culture.

In Working Together: Crossing Color Lines at Work, Cynthia Estlund discusses that U.S. universities and Fortune-500 companies endorse diversity because it advocates for cross-racial understanding and eliminates racial prejudicial views. She stresses the importance of integration as being a societal goal, and even claims that there has already been “avenues of progress” in the modern-day workplace. Although humans typically isolate themselves from different ethnicities during their leisure time, workers must friendly interact and cooperate with others in a demographically diversified setting. The author claims American social criticism is created by declining levels of civic engagement, such as not interacting with our neighbors, as well as

Is Melting Pot of Diversity Real? The myth of the melting pot of diverse people in the US seems to sound easy and fancy, however, the truth is that people here only gather some particular areas. In the article “People Like Us” by David Brooks, the author says that although the United Stated is the diverse country, Americans do not seem to care about diversity. This is because they do not embrace diversity and would not associate with people who are unlike them.

The freedom of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, written in the American Constitution have given many ethnic groups the opportunity to migrate to America. Notoriously been known as the “melting pot,” America has always had problems mixing the races. However, I argue, within the last seventy-five years, with the way media has negatively reported the news, relations among some races have been breached. This thesis seeks to analyze the motives behind media outlets, the way people interpret the information reported and how news have negatively impacted certain ethnic groups. The hypothesis will be supported by data collected through an informational method of research collected from Winthrop University student surveys, an in-depth analysis

In chapter ten of The Outsiders, Ponyboy is as expected takes the death of Johnny and Dally extremely poorly. He cannot understand how he lost his friends so quickly and he does not know how to process all of it. Since Ponyboy is unable to accept their death he tells himself that they are not dead in order to cope with what has happened (Hinton, 2006, p. 150). Overall, too much has happened so quickly that he emotionally and mentally cannot think about the death of his friends, therefore, he perceives them as still being alive. Cognitive Dissonance Theory was formed by Leon Festinger and he concludes that “the experience of dissonance-incompatible beliefs and actions or two incompatible beliefs-is unpleasant, and people are highly motivated

Ever seen a movie when all hope is lost and then, boom! A miracle happened? The mood feels like a heartwarming surprise! He lets the reader know of his brink of lonelyness and hunger, then a sudden fofillment of joy takes place. Wonderful.

In this passage Gladwell is explaining to the reader how Bill Gates got every lucky and he didn’t have just himself to thank for his success. Explaining that he never would have been able to get over 10,000 worth of experience if a few things didn’t happen to him. Once again Gladwell uses a list to get his point across as he did before, I enjoy this writing tool because it gets the point across that there is so many reasons on how his talents mixed with a lot of luck got him to where he is today. Along with the list I also enjoy that without meaning to Gladwell comes off silently sassy with the way he writes or maybe the way I read it. For example when “Opportunity number one was that Gates got sent to Lakeside.

Trigger Warnings on College Campuses Rhetorical Analysis Writers Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, in their article “The Coddling of the American Mind”, detail the effects that safe spaces and trigger warnings are having on college campuses. They claim that “in the name of emotional well-being, college students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don’t like” and add they will explain “why that’s disastrous for education and mental health”. Through the use of the word “increasingly”, the writers recognize that not all students are following the damaging trend, but instead it is becoming progressively prevalent and as a result needs to be addressed. Throughout the article, explanations are given for the stance against shielding students from opinions they find oppressive, as well as ways to combat and fix the problem. Through this, the writers hope to promote a college experience where students can feel safe and