Maybe you do too Acts, only two posts were directed at Masterj-
Post 5 said this:
<<I don't think that statement is true all over and things like this shouldn't be generalized. I can tell you for a fact that where I come from, MEN get paid more than WOMEN regardless of color. A Black Man makes more than a White Woman. Your AGE and type of car is why you are pulled over. I have seen black workers get away with poor behavior while white workers are scrutinized. I really think that everything should be EQUAL. The color of your skin shouldn't matter. If you're speeding, you should be pulled over regardless of your age, your race, your car, etc. Everyone with the same education or experience level should make the same money. Unfortunately, black people are no longer the real oppressed minority. Whites oppressed blacks. Blacks now oppress Latinos, who oppress Mexicans...
See the problem? Needless to say, its not all "whitey's" fault anymore...>>
I think you'll find that was a rhetorical question there Acts-
Post 6 said this:
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Well hey guess what? Last year I got lost here in GA and I was pulled over simply because I was in a bad neighborhood, therefore the cops assumed I was looking for drugs.
Things like that happen to everyone, not just black people!
I hope I am not sounding prejudiced here, because I am NOT, but I do feel that things like racism and stereotyping are a part of every racial group, but I feel like it is mostly seen as something that us white people do to others.
And things like them calling the conference "White Privelege" only adds more gas to the fire.>>
And I think you'll find that question is too.
Not sure if you know what rhetorical means but just in case you don't:
<<a rhetorical question is one asked solely to produce an effect (especially to make an assertion) rather than to elicit a reply">>
Sooo, if you are waiting for a reply from Mastrj, you are going to be waiting a while because I think she knows a rhetorical question when she sees one.
I won't apologize for not knowing long time posters as well as you Narla . . . and FYI rhetorical questions can be viewed from various angles . . . depending on who the poster is (as I've said, don't know them as well as you)
Rhetoric (from
Greek ῥήτωρ, rhêtôr, orator, teacher) is generally understood to be the art or technique of persuasion through the use of oral language and written language; however, this definition of rhetoric has been contested since rhetoric emerged as a field of study in Universities. In this sense, there is a great divide between classical rhetoric (with the aforementioned definition) and contemporary practices of rhetoric.
Classical rhetoric can be defined as the art, technique or practice of persuasion. Historically, Classical Rhetoric has its inception in a school of
Pre-Socratic philosophers known as
Sophists. It is later taught as one of the three original
liberal arts or
trivium (the other members are
dialectic and
grammar) in Western culture. In ancient and medieval times,
grammar concerned itself with correct, accurate, pleasing, and effective language use through the study and criticism of literary models,
dialectic concerned itself with the testing and invention of new knowledge through a process of question and answer, and rhetoric concerned itself with persuasion in public and political settings such as assemblies and courts of law. As such, rhetoric is said to flourish in open and
democratic societies with rights of
free speech, free assembly, and political enfranchisement for some portion of the population.
Contemporary Studies of Rhetoric often have diverse practices and meanings.The concept of rhetoric has shifted widely during its 2500-year history. Rhetoricians have recently argued that the classical understanding of rhetoric is problematic because persuasion depends on communication, which in turn depends on meaning. This emphasis on meaning, and how it is constructed and conveyed, draws on a large body of theory (see
literary theory and Critical Theory), philosophy (see
Post-structuralism and Hermeneutics), and problems in social science methodology (see
Reflexivity). In many cases it is argued that rhetoric is a form of
metaphilosophy. So while rhetoric has traditionally been thought of being involved in such arenas as politics, law, public relations, lobbying, marketing and advertising, the study of rhetoric has recently entered into diverse fields such as science, journalism, history, literature and even cartography or architecture.
It has also spawned its own method of inquiry known as
Discourse Analysis
Not knowing Masterj does not make my observations invalid, Narla . . . just ask for clarification is all.
(I block out the rest of that scene, too, Nova.)
