Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
John Nguyen's Rhetorical Analysis Essay of "This Is America"…
John Nguyen's Rhetorical Analysis Essay of "This Is America"
Introduction
Basis on entertainment and black entertainers meant solely as distractions from gun violence and police brutality.
Willingness to be distracted by the silencing of the awareness these black entertainers try to spread.
Introduction of Donald Glover and "This Is America"
THESIS: Black entertainment is used as distraction from gun violence and police brutality.
Background of Donald Glover
Previous works didn't even touch on blackness.
Change of consciousness to "super-black".
"White passing black man"
Release of "This Is America" and Glover's Intentions
"This Is America" Analysis
Police Brutality
References within "This Is America"
Statistics on racism according to police brutality
Black Entertainers as a Distraction
References within "This Is America"/Essentially the whole video
Analysis on the contribution to the conversation Glover is making.
Connection to modern day black entertainers that speak out and are vilified for doing so
Kaepernick
Beyoncé
Gun Violence
References within "This Is America"
Statistics on racism according to gun violence
Conclusion
Glover's voice in the conversation about the racism present in those issues
What the audience needs from video, they take.
Reiterating the racism as shown through gun violence and police brutality.
"Hook" Stats on gun violence and police brutality.
Both are told to stay in their lane of entertainment ("not the time or the place")
