http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/Wayne-Simmonds-NHL-preseason-Red-Wings-edge-Flyers-092211
This article describes how Wayne Simmonds, one of the few black players in the NHL, had a banana thrown at him during an exhibition game in Canada. It seemed interesting to me as history almost appears to repeat itself as African Americans have been targeted in just about every major sport. Personally, I felt that Simmonds did a good job shrugging off the incident. He even said, “I’m not going to dwell on that. It’s over with now.” Also, the banana was thrown at him during a shootout and he actually ended up still scoring despite the Flyers still losing. Overall, the authors point is that racism is a terrible thing and that, by the modern era, we should have moved past this already. Yet, by simple, stupid acts such as this, we are still working to eradicate prejudice. It is amazing that in the most powerful country in the world, one that glorifies itself as the land of the free, continues to show signs of our scarred past.
The author used a few examples of rhetoric in his article. First off, in explaining the incident, the author suggested to the reader that the act of throwing a banana at a black player was "an apparent racist gesture". Also, I believe that when the author said Simmonds was "targeted" not only did he mean that the fruit-thrower was taking aim at Simmonds but also trying to target all African-Americans mentally. Lastly, the journalist uses the ever-so-important 5 W's in explaining the curent event. By doing so I, the reader, was able to fully comprehend the complete situation within a few minutes or less by reading the article.
This article describes how Wayne Simmonds, one of the few black players in the NHL, had a banana thrown at him during an exhibition game in Canada. It seemed interesting to me as history almost appears to repeat itself as African Americans have been targeted in just about every major sport. Personally, I felt that Simmonds did a good job shrugging off the incident. He even said, “I’m not going to dwell on that. It’s over with now.” Also, the banana was thrown at him during a shootout and he actually ended up still scoring despite the Flyers still losing. Overall, the authors point is that racism is a terrible thing and that, by the modern era, we should have moved past this already. Yet, by simple, stupid acts such as this, we are still working to eradicate prejudice. It is amazing that in the most powerful country in the world, one that glorifies itself as the land of the free, continues to show signs of our scarred past.
The author used a few examples of rhetoric in his article. First off, in explaining the incident, the author suggested to the reader that the act of throwing a banana at a black player was "an apparent racist gesture". Also, I believe that when the author said Simmonds was "targeted" not only did he mean that the fruit-thrower was taking aim at Simmonds but also trying to target all African-Americans mentally. Lastly, the journalist uses the ever-so-important 5 W's in explaining the curent event. By doing so I, the reader, was able to fully comprehend the complete situation within a few minutes or less by reading the article.
I really like this post and I think its awesome that he scored during that game, show's them whose boss.
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ReplyDeleteI think its funny that he had a banana thrown at him but at the same time racism is wrong..
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