On January 21st, 2017, an estimated 4,956, 422
people around the world participated in a march to express their feelings and
concerns about their rights. While the
march was called the Women’s March on Washington, there were 673 other marches
around the world. And while the name may
be misleading they did more than stand up for women’s reproductive rights and
equal pay, they also stood up for rights including those of immigration, LGBTQ,
racial equality, and religion.
The
goals of this march were not radical but instead to get their point
across. In today’s society in order to
do that you must make a big enough statement to get people talking and start a
movement, which is exactly what this march did.
The book talks about rhetoric as convincing someone to think a certain
way or do a certain thing. That being
said, rhetoric was the embodiment of the Women’s March. The point was to express their concerns and
to inform the public on the injustice of inequality in our country. They also strategically planned for it to be the day after newly elected President Trump's inauguration. This was because they wanted to bring the attention of these rights to the new administration who have made comments that threatened many of these rights.
One
way this march used rhetoric on the public was through signs made for the
march. Many participants were not trying
to force the march on the public but more of a way to raise awareness. They did this through witty and funny signs
that took off on social media. For days
after the march social media was covered in pictures of signs that made
statements and caught people’s attention.
These signs were everywhere, and everyone saw them. This made people understand what these people
were actually marching for and convinced America through emotional and meaningful
content that the rights for different groups of people are not equal, meaning
that the march, through rhetoric, did its job.
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