Rhetorical Analysis

The article “Many Black and Asian Americans Say They Have Experienced Discrimination Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak” was written by Neil G. Ruiz, Juliana Horowitz, and Christine Tamir; a group of researchers who study human lives and ethnicity of individuals by using significant reliable references in this report that took from “ Survey of U.S Adults…”. Besides, these authors are credible because two of them are associate directors in research, while one of them is a research assistant. It signifies that they all have excellent experiences and capacities to work on analysis and evidence. Furthermore, this text talks about racial discrimination toward Black and Asian people. They were seen differently and had experienced many times of racist views even more since the outbreak of Covid-19. “It is more common for people to express racist or racially insensitive views about people who are Asian than it was before the coronavirus outbreak”, and considering of this, it lets them worry when wearing masks going outdoor for the fact that they could be seen as suspicious of the virus just because of their backgrounds and skin color. In addition, the purpose of the article is to inform the fact of racial discrimination and stereotypes against certain individuals still exist, where they must be resolved or ended. Next, an example of the death of George Floyd has arisen as a demonstration to settle prejudice and inequality against Black people across the country, which also influenced other groups of people to participate in the issue of racism. After that, the genre of this article is a business report because it provides tables and graphs as pieces of evidence to prove their judgments. “A majority of Asian Americans (58%) and 45% of Black Americans say that it is more common for people to express racist views toward their group since the coronavirus outbreak”, the authors contain resources to provide the audiences with the knowledge and ideas to support their argument. Moreover, Ruiz, Horowitz, and Tamir disagree with the behaviors that people took to view individuals differently because of their backgrounds; with the idea that this text talks about the mistreatment and inequality of certain groups of people that later came to the idea to solve and reduce the conflict of this social issue. Also, “The fastest-growing major racial or ethnic group in the U.S. Hispanics make up 18% of the population overall, while Black Americans are 12%”, the authors used most of the sources to stand against the views of prejudices and racial discrimination toward various groups of individuals.

 

Source:

Neil G. Ruiz, J. (2020, August 20). Many Black, Asian Americans Say They Have Experienced Discrimination Amid Coronavirus. Retrieved September 04, 2020, from https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2020/07/01/many-black-and-asian-americans-say-they-have-experienced-discrimination-amid-the-covid-19-outbreak/

Comments ( 4 )

  1. Jiajie Liang
    I really enjoyed your article analysis, racism has always been a very serious problem in the U.S. and the COVID-19 has even added to it, many Africans and Asians in the U.S. have been treated unfairly during the epidemic. Hopefully more people will see the true problem of the incident without the abuse, ridicule and discrimination.
  2. Jaden Fabro
    I agree that many Americans do tend to point the finger on the wrong people. Instead of looking towards the people who don't quarantine and refuse to wear masks, they put the blame on Asian Americans who are being considerate of the virus, and instead of being more critical of an inherently corrupt police system, they search high and low for and African American's potential criminal record. Both of these examples really do highlight the prevalent racism in America.
  3. Richard
    I find it ridiculous about why Asian Americans are being blamed and discriminated against when they haven't done anything and even follows the rules of wearing masks and such. It's as if people think all Asians planned this whole virus outbreak.
  4. Fahmida Akter
    It is not new that many Americans are blaming others for almost every tragic things that happens. It broke my heart when I saw people treating asians with total ignorant right in-front of me. It is getting frustrating to see how people are so quick to judge.

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