Rhetorical Analysis Essay On Wes Morris

Wesley Morris feels that Colin Kaepernick is protesting a different type of patriotism. Wesley Morris states " When a black American protests the demoalizing practices of American government, there is always a white person eager to unfurl the welcome mat to Africa. This is where racism and patriotism tend to point: toward the exits. For some, we learn, being American is conditional oh behaving like a grateful guest: You belong here because we tolerate your presence. We don't yet appear to have settled the matter of citizenship - not even for our president, another black man backhandedly accused of harboring terrorist sympathies." In paragraph 5 this quote demonstrates that Wesley Morris is irritated because African Americans tend to cause a

commotion when they do things that white people aren’t a fan of and Wesley Morris is tired of that unnecessary drama people create. “Support can take the form of dissent just as readily as cheerleading - each is a way of suggesting what kind of nation America is to become, and patriots have lived and died on all sides of the argument.” In paragraph 8