Rhetorical Analysis Of Our House Is On Fire

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In Allan Johnson’s speech “Our House is On Fire,” Johnson effectively explains his stance on white privilege and the problem of race allowing his audience to create their own opinions about the topic. Johnson accomplishes this by appealing to emotion and logic and uses connotations to push his message of white privilege to his audience. Johnson’s appeal to emotion allows him to express his stance and connects him with his audience on a passionate level. Johnson uses many recent tragedies, like the storm in New Orleans to appeal. He uses the storm and race together to take a stance against white privilege, he explains that thousands of people are left in deplorable conditions and most of those are color. This tragic disaster is used to create