After the Civil Rights movement, there was still a long way to go when it came to achieving total race equality. There were still legal battles and social opinion is stagnant and takes a while to completely change. I'm sure that we can all agree, however, that race relations are not as big an issue as they were 50-60 years ago. The 2014 song "Glory," which was released in conjunction with the movie "Selma," was released at the end of a very turbulent year regarding race. 2014 saw the shooting of teen Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Ten days after that, Eric Garner was choked to death by the NYPD, who had allegedly been caught selling loose cigarettes. Many people questioned whether a disregard for minority life was being reintroduced to the population. We can be sure that racial tension exists even though it does not exist at a level that it once did. These events caused many uproars among the citizens of the United States. There were riots in the streets of Ferguson and many people called for the police to wear cameras to record what they were doing in case of any future dispute.
-Louie
I think you could have talked more about how the song utilized the canons of the stasis theory. You talked a lot about the presence of racism today, however this doesn't relate much to how the singer used rhetoric to get his point across. Talk about what brought on the argument (Invention), how the singer structured his song to make it most effective to its audience (Arrangement), how the singer distinguished himself and conveyed his message through his words (Style), and how the singer made sure to establish his song for years to come (Delivery).
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I think you did a very good job with this analysis. However, I think you could add a little more to it by specifically addressing each of the questions asked in stasis theory. Also, make sure that you address all of the stasis and not just certain ones.
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