Critical Reading Essay: Analysis of Discrimination in Articles

This essay provides a comparative analysis of two articles addressing social issues: "Call and response-Taking a standby Bell Hooks" discussing racism in the Appalachian region and "Taking a stand against bullying" focusing on teen suicide. The essay examines similarities and differences in their them...Read More

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The two article, “Call and response-Taking a standby Bell Hooks” and “Taking a stand
against bullying” are two different article. Although both the articles are different they discuss
the same aspects of discrimination. The articles have similarities as well as differences which
will be analysed as d,s which ias tthe primary aim of the essay. Since the articles have
similarities and differences, the analysis is conducted on the basis on it.
The article “call and response-Taking a stand” is written based on the author’s Silas
House’s speech on racism that occurs in the Appalachian regions. The article has been written
considering the Appalachian region. The author calls people to take a stand on racism and the
injustice that is caused by them. Several social problems in Kentucky including oppression,
diversity and discrimination are discussed in the article (Hooks, 2014). The speech is to make the
society better at becoming socially inclusive. It mentions racial integration, prejudices, unity and
makes a move towards a culture that is fair to everyone. Another article, “Taking a stand against
bullying” is based on teen bullying. In this article, the number of teens committing suicide every
year due to various reasons is discussed and the way a group of young artists tries to make a
change through their world tour (InMotion, 2014). The article indirectly holds the
discriminations existing in the society as the causes of these suicides. The article mainly
discusses the teen nation tours.
In the article “Call and response – Taking a stand”, the author frequently refers to the
audiences explicitly as well as implicitly which illustrates the primary theme of the article. It is
important to think from different perspective in order to understand the difference (Bailey et al.
2015). The primary theme of the article is the inequality of society among race, gender and
status. In this perspective, a similarity can be dragged which the purposethat can be found is the
purpose of both the article. Both of the articles are focusing on social issues which need to be

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addressed in order to eliminate the inequality. Hook discusses the decision of staying in the
regions of Appalachian of US even after she was faced with several challenges. Poverty, macro
economy, food insecurities, inequalities among people are some of the important discussion in
the article.
The “Take a stand against bullying” is an article that provides information on the dates
the artists would be provided regarding the artists, program dates, singers and the venues.
Another article, “Call and response- taking a stand” is writing piece that is mostly explaining
theprovides information regarding the experiences and situations in the region of Appalachian. In
both the articles, the argument mentioned is backed up by information and numbers, however,
there are no evidence or reference.
It is important to know note that the flow in the paragraphs is for both the articles are
different. The reading time for the article written by Hook will take much longer time than
another piece. For example, there is only information in the Teen nation Tour article that gives
information regarding the performance, however, there are more than just information in Hook’s
article which involves education and experiences. Hook’s article explains in details regarding the
subject matter, unlike the Teen national tour article.
At the end of the discussion, the points that can be gathered regarding the two articles are
essential to look at a glimpse. The first factor is the purpose of the subject matter. Both the article
speaks about the social issues. However, the difference found here is that one article discusses
the issue whereas another article gives information about a group making a move to fix the social
issue. One article is heavy reading with slow reading pace and flow of paragraph for an
educational purpose whereas the other article is easy to read with a commercial purpose.

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References:
Bailey, A., Zanchetta, M., Velasco, D., Pon, G., & Hassan, A. (2015). Building a scholar in
writing (BSW): A model for developing students' critical writing skills. Nurse education
in practice, 15(6), 524-529.
Hooks, B. (2014). Call and Response--Taking a Stand. Journal of Appalachian Studies, 20(2),
122-123.
InMotion, (2014). Taking stand against bullying, Volume 24, Issue 1, pp 34