Kareem Abdul Jabbar Analysis

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar used his writing skills and his own personal thoughts to make good argument that appeals to people's emotions and beliefs. In his article Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: When Politicians Commit Hate Crimes, he talks about how politicians make racist comments and people are taking it as if it is ok for them to say it since the politicians are. Kareem is arguing how we are the ones that need to speak out for what is right. Due to his section about the wrongfully accused Muslim boy, and his analysis of the racist politicians, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was successful in achieving his purpose of appealing to the emotion of the reader and providing them with information. Politicians publicly being racist, and it is causing the races and religions being accused to be targeted more. The wrongfully accused Muslim boy is a emotional way to get his readers to agree with his argument. The closing paragraph with the reference to one of his favorite movies was a great way to make people think, even after they finished reading his article.

She insulted “the amount of jews that were in the United States” (Abdul Jabbar) , with people actually agreeing with her. Kareem gave many examples of how the candidates in the united states are making it so “Mexican immigrant children, Jewish children, Muslim children, and daughters everywhere will walk among their peers a little more ashamed, more frightened, and more in danger because of their hate speech” (Abdul-Jabbar). This piece was very effective in his argument. He used current information that is becoming a real problem, and added in some more information to make something that people are more likely to agree