Thirteen Points Of Outrage Summary

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The excitement of college completely overwhelmed me when I arrived on the campus of Morehouse College in the fall of 2013. This, however, quickly dissipated as I became more acclimated and more aware of my surroundings. I began to establish, in my point of view, what Morehouse was—essentially establishing what I thought to be my truths. The opinions (or truths) about Morehouse have been expressed in many forms, ranging from Benjamin Elijah Mays’ “Fourteen Points to the Student Body” to the more recent “Thirteen Points of Outrage” and the response “Thirteen Points of Dissent”. In each of these pieces of writing, the various authors attempt to define and clarify what Morehouse is as an institution, and what it means to be a student here at the college. Thus, the focus of this essay will be a comparative analysis …show more content…

The student express that he essentially does not wish to hear what the deficiencies are of Morehouse College, because it creates a negative outlook on what it means to be a student here at Morehouse. He then goes on to surmise that Morehouse is fine the way that it is and, as a result, many students were quick to dismiss the fallacious rhetoric made by this anonymous student, predominantly due to his lack of evidence and validity in his arguments. However, we recognize that while these points were not delivered in perhaps the most eloquent way possible that the points greatly exemplify what it means to be a “Morehouse man”, in the words of the Benjamin Elijah Mays, of course. President Mays begins his “Fourteen Points to the Student Body” by making the claim that “ Morehouse Men are to think radically.” These thirteen points of outrage are much more than that. The student not only attempts to think radically, but he also establishes a doctrine of truths for those who agree with what he had to

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