English 101 TED Talk Exercise
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English 101 TED Talk Exercise
Speaker: Ilona Szabo de Carvalho
Co-founder and executive director of Igarape Institute, a civil society organization that works on reforming the drug and gun policies in her native Brazil and around the world. Ms. Szabo de Carvalho was the executive coordinator of the Global Commission on Drug Policy between
2011 and 2016. This is a group of former world leaders and scholars who are engaged in trying to reform the War on Drugs through helping interested nations to change their policies. She has also served on boards, written two books, writes for different publications, and helped make a documentary. This TED talk, that she gave in 2014 in her native Brazil, focuses on giving some background on her work and sharing lessons that she learned about organizing citizen action.
After reviewing the TED talk, please answer the following questions:
1.
How does de Carvalho utilize her personal narrative to introduce herself to the audience and segue to explaining the work she does quickly?
Carvalho quickly provides the audience with examples of the work that she has done in order to validate her credibility. 2.
Why and how does she explain what a civil society diplomat is? She explains what a social diplomat is by explaining what they do, she emphasized that they do not move with the interest of a nation but rather with the well-being of the people. Explaining this allowed the audience to understand the authenticity of her presentation.
3.
What rhetorical strategies does she use to bolster her arguments for the need to reform drug policies and gun ownership laws? Please provide 3 examples.
She appeals to the logos of her audience when asking “what’s more important the right to life or the right to have a gun to take life, She appeals to the pasos of her audience by sharing that gun violence disproportionately effect young minority children. She appeals to the ethos of her audience by sharing her background as a civil society diplomat. 4.
What early successes does she point out to support her argument that civil society diplomats are needed and effective?
She shares how she was a part of a campaign that brought guns back, this shows that while she can’t directly change the laws she can influence legislators with actions.
5.
She then segues into sharing the four lessons that she has learned. Why do you think she does this
rather than give her audience detailed information about the two initiatives—drug policy reform and gun control—that she is working on? Lessons on changing the world
She does this to explain how they are constantly working to improving their approach to making a change. 6.
Lesson One: Change and control the narrative
Explain what this means, as illustrated by her example. Why is this an effective communication and advocacy strategy?
Since civil society diplomats have no political power, the majority of their power comes from their influence and their ability advocate. Changing the narrative is the most relevant way they can impact legislators. a.
How does her organization frame the argument for legalizing drugs, and how does she propose that legalization take place to reduce harm? She proposes by legalizing drugs it becomes easier the regulate drugs and allocate resources depending on the seriousness of the drug.
7.
Lesson Two: Never underestimate your opponents
What lesson did she learn about considering objections from the opposition to gun control from the NRA? She learned that even when they were making great progress they will always be other parties with more influence and power that can get involved. a.
How was the NRA able to effectively defeat a referendum on gun control in Brazil? They appealed to the fear off voters, they made gun possession look as a necessary component of life in order to protect yourself.
b.
How does she counter their opposing argument in her talk, while also acknowledging why the NRA’s argument was successful in Brazil? She point out the flaws in there propaganda by using logic, she explains how they barely mention guns
and instead focus on the insecurities and worries of a nation. 8.
How was de Carvalho’s work with the Drug Policy Commission more successful in considering objections? It opened a conversation and allowed a solution to be found that both parties could relate too. 9.
Lesson 3: Use data to drive your argument
Why is it a challenge, according to de Carvalho, to get opponents to consider your arguments?
a.
What unusual incident in Brazil helped her organization to gain support for gun control, and what does that teach about pathos versus logos? 1 of 10 people killed from gun violence is Brazilian, even with this pathos out weighed ethos and logos.
b.
Does this mean logos, or evidenced fact and data, is not important? Please explain. No, it simple means that appealing to emotion is more effective then providing relative factual evidence. 10.
Lesson 4: Don’t be afraid to bring together odd (strange) bedfellows
What lesson did de Carvalho learn about the benefits of including diverse perspectives and points of views in her policy reform initiatives? She learned that it was important to consider others viewpoint to make progress. If she wasn’t open for conversation, she would of never been able to make a big enough impact.
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11.
In her conclusion, de Carvalho returns back to her personal narrative. How does she weave this into her concluding statement, while re-iterating her main argument?
She returns to her point of advocating for change and making the world a better place, she then re-
iterates her main point that everyone can make a change.
12.
Finally, what is one lesson that you have learned from this real-life example of the use of argumentative strategies that will help you write your research paper? I’ve learned that even if your opinion is strong, you need to be able to understand the counterclaim.