The piece: Welcome to the country's new normal
Speaker: Leonard Pitts, who wants white Christian Americans to understand new America.
***Occasion: In a recent poll, Hillary Clinton has an 82% approval rating from Democrats. Following a black President, a female President would be a huge step towards equality. While Pitts sees America's equality as essential and progressive, not everyone sees it that way. Some are still trying to "[legalize] discrimation against gay men and lesbians" while Obama has been subject to "a nearly unprecedented barrage of resistance and name-calling". Pitts believes these same people would have their sexist side brought out if a woman became President. Whether the sexist, the racist, and the homophobic like it or not, America has changed, and it has changed for the better.
Audience: Aimed towards a democratic audience that yearns for equality.
Purpose: To criticize those who are still living in the past, when white men ruled the country, and urges them to look toward an equal future for all.
Subject: Equality in America; most of America is ready for a female president, and has fully accepted a black president. Pitts wonders why others lag behind and refuse to accept everyone as Americans, no matter their race or gender.
Tone: Sarcastic and critical, aimed towards Americans who want to live in the past.
Speaker: Leonard Pitts, who wants white Christian Americans to understand new America.
***Occasion: In a recent poll, Hillary Clinton has an 82% approval rating from Democrats. Following a black President, a female President would be a huge step towards equality. While Pitts sees America's equality as essential and progressive, not everyone sees it that way. Some are still trying to "[legalize] discrimation against gay men and lesbians" while Obama has been subject to "a nearly unprecedented barrage of resistance and name-calling". Pitts believes these same people would have their sexist side brought out if a woman became President. Whether the sexist, the racist, and the homophobic like it or not, America has changed, and it has changed for the better.
Audience: Aimed towards a democratic audience that yearns for equality.
Purpose: To criticize those who are still living in the past, when white men ruled the country, and urges them to look toward an equal future for all.
Subject: Equality in America; most of America is ready for a female president, and has fully accepted a black president. Pitts wonders why others lag behind and refuse to accept everyone as Americans, no matter their race or gender.
Tone: Sarcastic and critical, aimed towards Americans who want to live in the past.