By this time in Malcolm X's tragically-abbreviated life, he was a converter to the growing Nation of Islam, a Muslim sect that demanded racial change and was seen by many, at that time, to be the most radically threatening resistance against White America. Mike Wallace was the interviewer. The following statements made by Malcolm X express his viewpoints and the beliefs he has learned from the Nation of Islam:
-Desegregation laws were aimed to change the white man's mind.
-Negroes need to reaffirm themselves, morally, and a knowledge of self needs to be recognized.
-Cure the indoctrinated slave mentality forced upon negroes from whites. This cure will, in turn, lead to harmonious unity which will help the negro prosper just like how the white man learned to prosper.
-Many negroes can only see success only after having been accepted into white society.
-Negroes brainwashed to the point into believing that white supremacy is justifiable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20AWmXOSN-w
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
JFK's speech about Space Travel at Rice University
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYb_mhiE-qU&feature=related
This speech is a motivation and persasive speech that President John F. Kennedy used in order to get people interested in space travel. This speech wa given at Rice University in 1962.
In this speech, JFK uses alot of hand gestures throughout the whole speech to give more of an emphasis on what he is trying to get across to the audience. He also uses alot of emphasis on words to show the passion that he has about his subject. I feel that the emphasis and hand gestures give the audience a better perspective of what the speech means to not just President Kennedy, but to the entire United States.
President Kennedy also used words that made himself feel closer to the audience than just there commander in chief. For example, he used words like us, our, and we to make it seem like space travel was benefiting everyone [0:01-0:45]. President also used some unique examples to get his point across to the audience. For example, he used comparisons of Rice University playing the University of Texas not because it was easy[3:00-3:08]; because it was hard. He was trying emphasis the fact that space travel was not going to be easy and that it would make the United States stronger in the end. President Kennedy also kept great great use of eye contact throughout the entire speech.
The only thing that President Kennedy could have done better was to not sway away from the microphones from time to time. He would tend to lean back and not talk directly into the microphone and its was hard to hear him from time to time. Otherwise, this speech was just another great speech by President John F. Kennedy.
This speech is a motivation and persasive speech that President John F. Kennedy used in order to get people interested in space travel. This speech wa given at Rice University in 1962.
In this speech, JFK uses alot of hand gestures throughout the whole speech to give more of an emphasis on what he is trying to get across to the audience. He also uses alot of emphasis on words to show the passion that he has about his subject. I feel that the emphasis and hand gestures give the audience a better perspective of what the speech means to not just President Kennedy, but to the entire United States.
President Kennedy also used words that made himself feel closer to the audience than just there commander in chief. For example, he used words like us, our, and we to make it seem like space travel was benefiting everyone [0:01-0:45]. President also used some unique examples to get his point across to the audience. For example, he used comparisons of Rice University playing the University of Texas not because it was easy[3:00-3:08]; because it was hard. He was trying emphasis the fact that space travel was not going to be easy and that it would make the United States stronger in the end. President Kennedy also kept great great use of eye contact throughout the entire speech.
The only thing that President Kennedy could have done better was to not sway away from the microphones from time to time. He would tend to lean back and not talk directly into the microphone and its was hard to hear him from time to time. Otherwise, this speech was just another great speech by President John F. Kennedy.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Informative Speech on Chicago's Architecture
This is another random college speech I found on youtube.
Link to Speech
He begins his speech with the historical facts of the Chicago fire, but actually grabs the audiences attention with positive outlook of this tragic event in his thesis, which was that this event was the greatest thing that could have happened to Chicago’s architecture. He gives a good preview statement and summarizes his three main points. He cites his sources well, “according to…” but he relies too much on one source, "the AIA guide to Chicago.” He has very good organization . He does a good job of defining his main points and divides them up well into sub-points. He also gives good transitions between them. He gives a good conclusion, summarizing and restating his main topics.
His delivery could use some work. He relies too much on his notes – he is just reading. Also, he rarely makes good eye contact with the audience. He does a good job of moving by walking around a little, but could use more gestures. He is not very vocally expressive either. His voice reflects that he is relying too heavily on his notes.
The biggest problem is that he never really defends his thesis statement. He gives lots of information about the buildings themselves (some of which is unnecessary, like the location of each building – this would mean nothing to most people unless they live in Chicago, and even then it is still unnecessary). The problem is that he never ties in this information with his thesis.
Overall, he has good organization , but he needs improve his speech with more practice on his delivery, and by connecting the dots between his information and his thesis.
Link to Speech
He begins his speech with the historical facts of the Chicago fire, but actually grabs the audiences attention with positive outlook of this tragic event in his thesis, which was that this event was the greatest thing that could have happened to Chicago’s architecture. He gives a good preview statement and summarizes his three main points. He cites his sources well, “according to…” but he relies too much on one source, "the AIA guide to Chicago.” He has very good organization . He does a good job of defining his main points and divides them up well into sub-points. He also gives good transitions between them. He gives a good conclusion, summarizing and restating his main topics.
His delivery could use some work. He relies too much on his notes – he is just reading. Also, he rarely makes good eye contact with the audience. He does a good job of moving by walking around a little, but could use more gestures. He is not very vocally expressive either. His voice reflects that he is relying too heavily on his notes.
The biggest problem is that he never really defends his thesis statement. He gives lots of information about the buildings themselves (some of which is unnecessary, like the location of each building – this would mean nothing to most people unless they live in Chicago, and even then it is still unnecessary). The problem is that he never ties in this information with his thesis.
Overall, he has good organization , but he needs improve his speech with more practice on his delivery, and by connecting the dots between his information and his thesis.
Drinking in Poor Health
Link to Speech
This was a random persuasive speech that I found on youtube about why you shouldn't drink soda.
He does not really have to analyze his audience, because he chose such a broad topic, that it relates to almost all Americans. He does a good job of getting the audiences attention at the beginning of the speech with the questions he asks. He also does a good job of changing the phrasing of each question he asks to give more variety to it. He also does a good job of referring back to these questions when he gets to the examples dealing with them, "Remember when I asked you..." However, in the introduction he should have given a preview of the material he was going to cover including the main topics. He makes good use of statistics, but relies on them too much for proof instead of for clarification as they should be used. He also needs to make sure to cite all of the statistics and other facts (some were cited and some weren't). It is good that he gives the examples of the tests that have been done alongside his own personal experience (he gives the story of his friend Carl). I like that he re-emphasizes most of his numbers and facts to let them soak in. His scientific explanation of what soda does to bones is too long and hard to follow, it could be better summarized. His conclusion also needs work -- it is too long and drawn out. However, he does do a good job of adding in the three main health risks he talks about -- diabetes, tooth decay, and brain damage.
Overall, he gives a relatively good delivery. He makes good use of pauses, maintains good eye contact, and makes a good attempt of being vocally expressive (although this could still use some work). He also needs to work on adding in more gestures; however, i realize that this was just a practice of his speech and he might make more use of gestures in the real thing. The biggest problem with his speech was the organization. He really has no structure to it and even though he has a few main topics, they are not clearly defined and he needs better transitions between them. Although he has some pretty convincing data, his lack of structure makes it hard to get his message across.
This was a random persuasive speech that I found on youtube about why you shouldn't drink soda.
He does not really have to analyze his audience, because he chose such a broad topic, that it relates to almost all Americans. He does a good job of getting the audiences attention at the beginning of the speech with the questions he asks. He also does a good job of changing the phrasing of each question he asks to give more variety to it. He also does a good job of referring back to these questions when he gets to the examples dealing with them, "Remember when I asked you..." However, in the introduction he should have given a preview of the material he was going to cover including the main topics. He makes good use of statistics, but relies on them too much for proof instead of for clarification as they should be used. He also needs to make sure to cite all of the statistics and other facts (some were cited and some weren't). It is good that he gives the examples of the tests that have been done alongside his own personal experience (he gives the story of his friend Carl). I like that he re-emphasizes most of his numbers and facts to let them soak in. His scientific explanation of what soda does to bones is too long and hard to follow, it could be better summarized. His conclusion also needs work -- it is too long and drawn out. However, he does do a good job of adding in the three main health risks he talks about -- diabetes, tooth decay, and brain damage.
Overall, he gives a relatively good delivery. He makes good use of pauses, maintains good eye contact, and makes a good attempt of being vocally expressive (although this could still use some work). He also needs to work on adding in more gestures; however, i realize that this was just a practice of his speech and he might make more use of gestures in the real thing. The biggest problem with his speech was the organization. He really has no structure to it and even though he has a few main topics, they are not clearly defined and he needs better transitions between them. Although he has some pretty convincing data, his lack of structure makes it hard to get his message across.
Remember
In this clip from the movie V for Vendetta the character in the mask gives a speech that is meant to inspire everyone that listens to him and persuade them to do something about their government that has does so much to hurt them. He uses soft language and speaks in a rhythm that is easy of peoples' ears and when they hear him everything is absorbed and they are being persuaded to think against the government and against the norm in that society. The masked man uses facts about the lives of the people to persuade them. He tries to persuade the listeners into remember the 5th of November and to act on that day and show that he had gotten into their minds and persuaded them to think about what was really going on in the world.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
JFK persuades the UN to ban nuclear testings
This is a video I found that shows JFK's attempt to persuade the United Nations to vote for a ban on nuclear testing. The first thing that I considered when watching this speech was the audience. I think JFK did a really good job of speaking slowly and clearly enough for the people whose first language is not english. By speaking slowly, JFK also makes his points very clear.
The intoduction to the speech starts out with some prett heavy pathos. JFK starts the speech by mentioning a government official who recently died. I'm not sure who he is talking about, but his audience must have been familiar with him. JFK uses this man's passing as the reason why he must speak about nuclear testing. I think this is an excellent attention-getter.
JFK goes on to persuade the UN that nuclear testing and nuclear war must be banned world-wide. He uses strong words such as, "we must" and "resposibility, in order to include the audience and bring the issue closer to home. In reference to nuclear war, JFK uses phrases like "end of the world" and "threats to peace". Towards the end of the speech, JFK warns the UN that they must "save the planet or parish in it's flames." His use of powerful language is alarming and makes one recognize the seriousness of the situation.
While parts of the speech can seem intense and scary, JFK realized he had to use some positive images and thoughts, otherwise he would lose his audience. JFK does this by mentioning peace throughout his speech. In the conclusion of the speech, JFK makes sure to mention the "blessings of God" because it is reassuring.
I think JFK does a good job in convincing the UN of his position. He maintains good body language throughout the speech, however, I think he looks at his notes too often and it is often distracting.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Texas & Ohio Primaries Speeches: Give me your tired, your poor...
Looks like Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Mike Huckabee all pulled out the same rhetorical strategy during last night's Texas and Ohio primaries speeches. The cast of characters called in to appeal to our emotions included:
- a sleepy student getting only 3 hrs of sleep
- a mother with mortgage woes
- an elderly woman making a $3.01 campaign donation
- a single mother worried about health care
- a little girl wondering about homelessness
- a marine corps guy waiting for medical care
- a Michigan truck driver
- a housewife auctioning off her wedding ring
- a janitor with a wife in a wheelchair
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