Rhetorical Analysis Of The Black Woman In Contemporary America
536 Words3 Pages
Discourse Expert: 10/23/14 Shirley Chisholm, "The Black Woman in Contemporary America"
The Black Woman in Contemporary America:
During Shirley Chisholm’s speech in 1974 she discussed not only women’s roles but also black women’s roles in society. In order for Chisholm to get her point across she addresses her message to the younger generation of black women through identification. She uses identification through antithesis, which focuses on uniting the face of a shared enemy. By using this strategy of Identification in her speech, Shirley Chisholm thus becomes a hero to the younger generation representing black woman not only in a political situation but in a social one too. When she says, “Black women are desperately concerned with the