Rhetorical Analysis Of 'The Ballot Or The Bullet'

“That ballot will cast for a man of the community, who has the good of the community by heart” Malcolm X, proposed a speech "The Ballot or the Bullet", and he argues that we must understand politics of our community and that we must know what politics is supposed to produce. He described how African Americans were being used and should fight for their civil rights. The reason he tries very hard in his speech is because he believes that this is the solution to ending the discrimination against African Americans. He says in this speech that most of the African American communities do not understand on how to vote for the right candidate and because of this they are getting miss treated from people they are voting to put in office. Malcom begins …show more content…
He relates to the audience "we all have the same problem. They don’t hang you because you’re a Baptist; they hang you 'cause you’re black. They don’t attack me because I’m a Muslim; they attack me ‘cause I’m black. They attack all of us for the same reason" (Malcolm x) He makes himself seem to the audience that he knows the information or has a personal connection to what he is talking about. "I'm still a Muslim. That is, my religion is still Islam. I’m a Muslim minister, and I don’t believe on fighting any one front, but on all fronts. In fact, I'm a black National Freedom fighter." (Malcolm X) He explains that no matter what he believes in for his religion, it should be all in his personal life. It shouldn’t matter what you believe in nor should it matter for what others believe in also. The problem is that the white politician comes into black community only during the election season. Black communities have no money because it all goes to the government which results them with no choice but to vote for the white representative. They can solve this in very small ways, as if they open small businesses in the black economy. When Malcolm says “The economic philosophy of Black Nationalism only means that we should own and operate and control the economy of our community” he builds his credibility by showing that he knows all his info and that …show more content…
"This is our contribution, our blood. Not only did we give of our free labor, we gave of our blood." (Malcolm x). He means that everybody has to fight for themselves and each other because everyone deserves to be treated equally. "I'm speaking as a victim of this American system. And I see America in the eyes of the victim. I don’t see any American dream; I see an American Nightmare." (Malcolm X) He puts himself on the same boat as everyone else to show that everybody should all be the same. Malcolm says “you’re the one who has that power”, he persuades his audience that they have the power to choose their political leaders. Malcolm uses logos "When you spend a dollar out of the community in which you live, the community in which you spend your money becomes richer and richer: the community which you spend your money will get poorer and poorer. (Malcolm X), this statement is a logical example. He talks about how even who the black community has voted for, they are still against them. He uses logic when said that there are 20 million black people in America In his article "The Ballot or the Bullet" Malcolm X tries to tell the community about how we all must understand the politics of our community and that we must know what politics is supposed to produce. He described how African Americans were being used and should fight for their civil