Blog 4

In the rhetorical essay “The Other Steve Harvey” (2017), Steve Harvey argues that color is the first thing people see when looking at someone else. Harvey begins his work by providing some evidence on how racism creeps into his mind, even though he's not racist. He is addressing a problem that our society needs to work on, in order to change our perspective of color. The author's intended audience all are Americans, because how our ex-president Barack Obama said, " we all need to work in our prejudices."

The purpose of this essay taught us how racism can impair our thought process. By addressing this issue, Steve Harvey demonstrates the reasons behind acts of violence and vitriol towards African Americans in society. Being more conscientious of what we write remains something to take away from the writing. Racism in America is inevitable, especially for African Americans. The Founding Fathers built America on the premise that white people, mainly males, were superior to other groups of people. They remained empowered by imperialism and institutionalizing the enslavement of Africans. Analyzing the historical context of what is said remains something else to take away from the writing. Everything that exists in our present stems from something that occurred in our past. History is a significant part of a writer's thought process.