'You Also Have The Right To Tell A Bigot What You Think'
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21 August 2012
You Also Have the Right to Tell a Bigot What You Think
By Leonard Pitts
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Who is the speaker?
Who is the voice that tells the story?
The speaker is a syndicated columnist, a writer versed in and paid for expressing his opinion in an interesting, thought-provoking way. He is educated yet down to earth and not a bombastic or over-inflated or even lover of elevated lexicon or writing style. He is representative of the majority of educated US citizens.
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What is the occasion?
What are the time, place, and setting of the piece?
The setting seems the present day USA. The piece is thus contemporary. The context is an America soiled by random ignorant bigots and the all too abundant populous of “It’s OK”-sayers who deftly shrug and say, “Everyone is entitled to their opinion” when hate is openly voiced. The piece was written in response to others feeling it is OK for others to voice racist opinions/beliefs—specifically an occasion when a news program polled musicians who thought it was OK for Eminem to use hateful anti-gay lyrics.
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To whom is the piece directed?
The audience is the citizens of the US. I could see a smile on the face of the author at the sight of some neo-Nazi or Eminem reading it. It is most specifically aimed at the silent majority, the “It’s OK”-sayers who stand by and do/say nothing in the face of ignorance and hate.
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What is the
21 August 2012
You Also Have the Right to Tell a Bigot What You Think
By Leonard Pitts
S
Who is the speaker?
Who is the voice that tells the story?
The speaker is a syndicated columnist, a writer versed in and paid for expressing his opinion in an interesting, thought-provoking way. He is educated yet down to earth and not a bombastic or over-inflated or even lover of elevated lexicon or writing style. He is representative of the majority of educated US citizens.
O
What is the occasion?
What are the time, place, and setting of the piece?
The setting seems the present day USA. The piece is thus contemporary. The context is an America soiled by random ignorant bigots and the all too abundant populous of “It’s OK”-sayers who deftly shrug and say, “Everyone is entitled to their opinion” when hate is openly voiced. The piece was written in response to others feeling it is OK for others to voice racist opinions/beliefs—specifically an occasion when a news program polled musicians who thought it was OK for Eminem to use hateful anti-gay lyrics.
A …show more content…
To whom is the piece directed?
The audience is the citizens of the US. I could see a smile on the face of the author at the sight of some neo-Nazi or Eminem reading it. It is most specifically aimed at the silent majority, the “It’s OK”-sayers who stand by and do/say nothing in the face of ignorance and hate.
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