Indledning
“I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe.” those were the last words of George Floyd. A black man who was murdered by a white police officer. When it comes to systemic racism in the U.S, it is safe to say it is time to make a change.
The remark is performed by the current president of the United States, Joe Biden at the White House on the 20th of April 2021.
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Furthermore, he tends to use quite long sentences throughout the speech. “In order to deliver real change and reform, we can and we must do more to reduce the likelihood that tragedies like this will ever happen and occur again”
(L. 49-50) and “It was a murder in the full light of day, and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism the Vice President just referred to” (l.9-10)
The use of long sentences leads me on to talk about the language. He uses a quite high style but still easy enough to comprehend for the receivers. He uses academic words throughout the speech aswell.
He uses anaphora at the start of the speech where he says “the knee on the neck of justice for Black Americans; the profound fear and trauma, the pain, the exhaustion that Black and brown Americans experience every single day.” (l.11)
The use of this anaphora emphasizes his message and where he shows sympathy for black americans.
In addition, he also uses metaphors throughout the speech. This can be seen where he says “the knee on the neck of justice for Black Americans” (l.10)
When talking about modes of persuasion, Joe Biden, firstly delivers most of his arguments by using ethos as a mode of persuasion. This can be seen in the way he uses his knowledge and his experience.
For instance he says that the government needs to step up. “State and local government and law enforcement needs to step up, but so does the federal government” (l. 59) and since he is the president, he ensures that he will do his best to make the government step up.
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