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SOAPSTONE

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  • S: Steele, black + middle class, wrangling dual status (economic + racial)
  • O: discussion w/ friend over race + class
  • A: anyone thinking like him about race + economics
  • P: argues of “double bind” of race and class
  • S: anecdote, past familial experiences, history lesson
  • TONE: philosophical, erudite
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focus: tools for writing about sensitive subjects

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  • in writing about sensitive issues, consider adopting a philosophical tone, which keeps it positive
  • use anecdotes to humanize the issues
  • use personal experience
  • be tactful, mature, and positive
  • becoming angry or confrontational can alienate your audience
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step 1

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Steele

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step 2

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alludes

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step 3

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to historical events

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step 4

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to explain how certain ideals became mainstream and “monolithic” within his culture

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note

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  • cataloging
  • employs
  • in order to convey that class values in America lead to happiness
  • varied syntax
  • to argue that the black middle class should be the ideal
  • figurative language
  • metaphors

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