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Ben Shapiro Speech Critique
I did not know who Ben Shapiro is until I was told by Andrea Smith to evaluate his speech for five extra credit points. Benjamin Aaron "Ben" Shapiro is an American political commentator. He does talks and speech broadcasts through radio, attorney, and author. Shapiro graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and Harvard Law School. On February 25, 2016, Shapiro gave a speech at California State University, Los Angeles entitled "When Diversity Becomes a Problem." Student protesters demanded that the speech be cancelled but the speech continue forth that president covino allowed happening as planned. The day of the speech, hundreds of student protesters formed human chains to block the doors to the theater where the event was to …show more content…
In response to the cancellation, Shapiro said he would be attending the event anyway; this is when all the madness from the campus security, Young Americans for Freedom, and student became involved. This brought Shapiro to his first topic which was free speech/ First Amendment (3:50-5:35). Shapiro repeats that freedom of speech is the right to express any opinions without censorship or restraint. This is what the student outside are trying to do and the faculty inside the classrooms which is highly untrue. Everyone including students have the right to protest which is a human right by this country. Students have the right to protest as well as you have and everyone else in this nation have freedom of speech. These human rights to protest can manifestation itself to the other human rights which is freedom of assembly and the right to freedom of association and lastly the right to freedom of speech. Shapiro also stated, “You can all go screw yourself” (4:15-4:22) by Shapiro stating this remark lower the credibility of his speech. Shapiro proves himself as an academic individual so why doesn’t he show it in this …show more content…
There are three main points in his speech which are Diversity of skin color or ethnicity (10:14-16:26), Diversity of fundamental value (16:26-21:15), and finally but most importantly is Diversity of viewpoint (21:15-26:10). His first main point is Diversity of skin color or ethnicity which I do agree because it is unscientifically, waste of time, and an excuse to shut people ideas if they do not share that perspective. Shapiro quoted Martin Luther King by stating, “I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” By Shapiro and I agreeing but Malcolm X lost. Shapiro brings out the issue with his main point to his argument to why this is an issue. “Racism (11:05-11:07)” the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. Shapiro announces the ethnicity and sex but the unequal treatment and numbers. The SAT bring up the black gain 235 point out of a 1600 scale, Hispanics a bonus of 185 points, and pacific islander a take away of 50 SAT points. People should not care if a mechanic is black, a doctor is Asian, or a plumber is Hispanic but I will matter on American college campuses by statistics. Statistics and credible material are still facts whether or not it hurts peoples

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