This is one of the most recent rhetorical situations done. The purpose of this discussion post was to discuss the rhetorical situation on the article: “Asian-Americans Are Being Attacked. Why Are Hate Crime Charges So Rare?”. Additionally, the instructions were also to speak on the central argument, the authors purpose, the intended audience, the genre, style, and tone. This was the discussion that was posted :

The article “Asian-Americans Are being attacked. Why Are Hate Crime Charges So Rare?” discloses about the horrific injustices that Asians are currently facing. Asian’s are constantly being attacked because of peoples racist sentiments towards them and their conspiracy that Asian’s were the leading cause of the Corona Virus when that clearly was never the case. This leads to the author constructing the central argument that these attacks were no “random attacks” and these crimes need to be called by what they are and that’s “hate crimes.” Theres absolutely no way that Asian’s happen to be the only ones killed and attacked and then these actions being viewed as “attempted murder.” Not only that, but many individuals aren’t even arrested or given any consequences for their actions. The author incorporated multiple examples to prove the fact that hate crimes aren’t being taken seriously and that Asian’s aren’t receiving the protection/justice that they deserve. To exemplify, the author discussed about Salman Mufllehi being accused of attempted murder of the brutal stabbing of a man in Chinatown. In other words, Salman was technically accused of wanting to stab a man in Chinatown even though he clearly did. Thus, the authors purpose was to make the audience which is people who might contain hate for Asian’s to think twice before committing a harmful act. The audience could also be the authorities so that they can acknowledge that it’s time for a renovation in the way that these situations are handled. By utilizing an outspoken and calm tone the authors were able to successfully get their point across without disrespecting anyone and making it easier to understand.