Analysis of political speech

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28 April 2008

Analysis of Political Speech

Introduction

Barack Obama has become the first politician in the contemporary American history to speak about race and racism . His speech was probably aimed at making a historical discourse into the times when the U .S lived according to slavery rules , and to compare the slavery to current racial discrimination . In reality , Obama 's speech has turned into Afro-American propaganda , filled with doublespeak and ambiguities Instead of being persuasive , the speech represents a confusing

set of historical comparisons , which are obscured behind the pompous and sophisticated language

In his speech , Obama mentions his mother : a woman who loves me as much as she loves anything in this world , but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street (Obama . This is the first fallacy of the candidate 's speech . Obama rejects Rev . Wrights views on racism and its massive character in the U .S , simultaneously recognizing the fact that racism exists and scares the American citizens . The fears Obama 's mother holds towards black people prove the truth , which Obama tries to obscure behind his desire to promote the interests of Afro-American community . Moreover , the electorate [ .] is a bit behind that wave and the incendiary comments of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright and Obama 's own blackness (Mullen

This time I want to talk about men and women of every color and creed who serve together (Obama . Yet , in Obama 's mind , every color ' is limited to the African community about which he speaks . The black anger (an ambiguous figurative expression , the racial inequalities in terms of African Americans which were passed to us from previous generations are pushed by Obama to the forefront , masking the white ' issues which he mentions in his speech . Each race in Obama 's vision is obscured behind the historically persistent Afro-American inequality in the U .S which goes back to legalized discrimination and segregated schools . In Obama 's words , each color and creed ' distorts the real meaning and mainly refers to people of black color

Obama is very persuasive in his propaganda against Rev . Wright 's views and visions of racism . This is as sophisticated a discussion of race as any American politician has sought to present to the public (Corn Obama turns the word we ' into the central message of his speech , and this is a very correct lexical choice . We ' as a word appeals to emotions and feelings of the public it creates an impression of unity and openness , and the desire to promote the interests of everyone Simultaneously , we ' has an extremely vague meaning , but the audience does not pay attention to these ambiguities as long as their emotions are involved

Obama ends his speech in a confusing tone . First , he implies that racism is less important than class and economic division of power Second , the bottom line of his message states this is where we are right...