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Enacting Racism: Clarence Thomas, George Bush, and the Construction of Social Reality (open access)

Enacting Racism: Clarence Thomas, George Bush, and the Construction of Social Reality

This study analyzes the confirmation hearings discourse of Clarence Thomas and George Bush. Language constructs social reality. The United States has a history of racism and this history manifests itself in our language. The discourse of Clarence Thomas and George Bush created a social reality that equated opposition to Thomas' confirmation with racism using rhetorical strategies that included metaphor and narrative construction.
Date: May 1995
Creator: Ramsey, Evelyn Michele Eaton
System: The UNT Digital Library
Purification Rhetoric: A Generic Analysis of Draft Card, Flag, and Cross Burning Cases (open access)

Purification Rhetoric: A Generic Analysis of Draft Card, Flag, and Cross Burning Cases

This thesis assesses three United States Supreme Court opinions, engaging in an inductive approach to generic criticism, in an attempt to discover whether or not there are similarities and/or differences in these decisions. This study focuses on draft card, flag, and cross burning cases argued before the Court in order to discover the potential genre's characteristics.
Date: May 1995
Creator: Pollard, Donald Kent
System: The UNT Digital Library