visual arguments

Pg. 908
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I think the last picture on page 907, Embrace Diversity by Megan Stampfli is the most effective of these visual arguments.  I like how it uses different pieces of paper and magazines to make the face that consists of many different colors.  I also like how they have random words stuck onto the face and around the picture.  All of these words relate to diversity and what diversity can mean to some people.  It shows us that we are all the same even though we look different and have different ideas.  We all come together in unity in America.  Each person is different in their own way, but by being unique we are all similar because we are ourselves.

Pg. 920

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1.       In the first cartoon the boy is wearing platform shoes to be the height required to enter college.  The shoes say “racial references.”  This implies that colleges use the quota system when accepting people into college based on their race.

2.       The second cartoon is showing that people try to base diversity on the race of people.  There is only one black man in the Supreme Court seating in this image and he is saying “the irony escapes me.”  If you want to promote diversity you should not be looking at what race people are, but who those people are.

3.       The third cartoon is showing what life is like for the kids who live in a city like “Detroit’s east side.”  It shows how they can get into college with the help of affirmative action.  And then it shows an older white lady who obviously grew up in poverty and a city similar but wasn’t able to get into college because she is not a minority.

4.       The fourth cartoon is showing the typical type of people admitted into a college based on their diversity or their connections.  The white guy at the end blames the minority for him not being accepted, which in some cases is probably true.

5.       The fifth cartoon shows all the expenses that students spend to even prepare for applying to college and then says that getting into college is quite pricey.  Everything takes money when it comes to education.

I think the third cartoon is most effective because it shows what kids all around the country go through and why it is so hard for some people to get into college while it is so much easier for others.  It also shows how hard work can pay off when trying to get into college.  It shows that affirmative action will help those less fortunate get into college.