Planning a Speech
The questions below will help you plan your speech. You may have already answered some of them in your Student Guide, so refer to it if you wish.
Total score: ____ of 50 points
(Score for Question 1: ___ of 10 points)
- What is the general topic of your speech? How will you focus this topic?
Answer:
The general topic of my speech will be racism. I will focus on the idea of “reverse racism”.
(Score for Question 2: ___ of 10 points)
- What thesis do you intend to develop in your speech? Remember that a thesis should be written in a complete sentence.
Answer:
My intended thesis is the fact that reverse racism implies that one particular race started the conflict of racism as a whole; which, in history, is simply untrue.
(Score for Question 3: ___ of 30 points)
- Write an outline for your speech in the space below. You may use a formal outline or an informal outline. Remember that regardless of the form you use, your outline should be an accurate representation of what you intend to include in your speech. That means you need to include information for the introduction, the points you will cover in the body, and the way you intend to wrap up your speech in the conclusion.
Answer:
Topic: Reverse Racism
Thesis: Reverse Racism implies that one race started the conflict of racism as a whole: which, in history is simply untrue.
Personal Stand Point: As someone of mixed race, Africa-American and White, I have a unique view on racism and the concept of it being “reversed. I have seen both of my parent’s experience racism of all kinds from people of various ethnic backgrounds. Weather the racism be common stereotyping or blatant disrespect.
Common Stand Points Today: White Vs. People of “Colour”
- White- Commonly the white community argues that they experience the same racism that people of various ethic backgrounds do. They consider common stereotypes and backlash from coloured communities from actions made by people of the “white” race to be hurtful and racist.
- Coloured- Many colored communities argue that there is NOT racism towards the white race. They simply believe they have brought hate upon themselves with harmful actions towards coloured communities.
- I plan to find 2-3 credible sources to reference in my speech to represent each racial group on my topic.
Personal analysis: restate my thesis (racism did not stem from one racial group) advocate for both sides and highlight the need to abolish hypocrisy on the topic of racism from both sides.
Conclusion: To abolish racism both sides need to have a self-aware stand point on their ideas of said “racism”. In order to understand that the idea of reverse racism is racist in itself needs to been seen through mutual understanding of the affect that stereotypes and general assumptions are harmful to the unity of two or more cultures.
