On March 18‚ 2008 president Obama gave a speech known as the “the more perfect union” which addresses the values and morals of race and how it plays out in our lives. There was a lot of tension because Obama was the first African American to run for president. Obama decides to calm down all the anger and resentment the people were feeling by delivering his speech. The very speech that was given may have helped Obama become the new president for the United States‚ it was very new for the people. Obama
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In Barack Obama’s More Perfect Union speech he used many methods to support his claim of in order to perfect the union‚ the people must become a unit. Obama used many personal anecdotes that gave the audience an appeal of etho’s and patho’s. When he talked about his family background he showed that he was a credible witness to many races working together as one. In John F. Kennedy’s Civil Rights Address he also used many methods to support his claim of Fulfilling the nation’s promise of freedom
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More Perfect Union Speech In President Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign speech‚ the resentments of each subgroup spoken about are valid. Not everyone within the African-American community feels as strongly as he does about the resentments but majority do from what I’ve seen. There are many instances where one can say that because blacks and other minorities don’t get as many opportunities as those in the white community‚ their resentment continues to grow. Many African Americans also think that
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issue of racial discrimination. In his speech‚ A More Perfect Union‚ he took the minute to let the world know about the racial issues that are being ignored and also shares his past experiences of what he has witnessed from his pastor Reverend Jeremiah Wright from one of his given touching on races other than African Americans in which he expressed the distorted view of the country. In his speech he uses rhetorical devices such as allusions‚ ethos and repetition to persuade and get across to the
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Breaking Down Obama “A More Perfect Union” was a speech given by Barack Obama on March 18‚ 2008 during the presidential race. Obama addressed the issues of race and the scandalous comments of Reverend Wright‚ his former pastor‚ and shortly before the speech‚ was part of his campaign. Obama discusses the issues of racial tension and white privilege in the United States. He also strives about coming together as a nation‚ by improving each other and our outlook on this country. The use of these three
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Chris Ryden Ryden 1 Mrs. Wenker Engl 1310.23 20 Sept‚ 2012 Perfect Union? Barrack Obama’s speech of "A more Perfect Union" uses rhetoric to describe his personal life and how it correlates to racial problems across the United States to help with his political campaign. A lot of his speech was meant to put certain views into new perspectives‚ to interest people‚ such as myself‚ and possibly‚ unintentionally‚ anger others as well. He also writes about topics that have meanings
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Barack Obama: A More Perfect Union (2008) Barack Obama speaks of the time before the civil war‚ when the founding fathers made the declaration of independence. The declarations of independence were good‚ but not perfect‚ it had been left unfinished. The great question of slavery wasn’t properly answered. But separation isn’t over; Obama wants this generation to keep fighting for equal rights among gender‚ creed and color. Obamas tells about his past‚ how he grew up with his white grandparents‚ in
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really understand how big of a problem it was in the past and present. In the sources‚ “A More Perfect Union” by Barack Obama‚ Separate But Not Equal‚ and Civil Rights Movement‚ we can understand what black people had to go through and are still struggling with. Discrimination has been an ongoing obstacle that people had fought against and still are fighting against today. In the first source‚ “A More Perfect Union” by Barack Obama‚ Barack explains how racism and discrimination are not just a problem
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On March 18‚ 2008 before he was elected President of the United States‚ Barack Obama delivered his speech‚ "A More Perfect Union‚" at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania‚ in which he focused on the racial separation that has plagued our country even after the signing of The Declaration of Independence. His desire was to promote a unity of all people‚ regardless of race‚ religion‚ or walk of life. He is passionate that there be equal rights for all people. A tall‚ thin
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A More Perfect Union As inevitable as the U.S. Constitution feels today as the foundation on which the United States of America and its political system are built‚ it was not the first document ratified by the former British colonies to establish a union. During the years of the American Revolutionary War and the years directly following it‚ the newly formed United States of America were essentially a collection of thirteen more or less sovereign states loosely held together in an alliance by
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