Angels in America

In John Tierney's writing piece the message he is trying to get across is human equality. He uses statistics to further prove his point that Mexican Americans make less money in the workplace than other workers. Most jobs they are given are also less than satisfactory. Tierney's style of writing is written to speak to a couple different audiences. The first audience he is writing to are the immigrant workers who are being paid less than minimum wage and are given jobs that most Americans wouldn't want to do. The other audience is the wealthy, and more specifically, the republicans in office. He pleads to them to understand most immigrant workers are not here in America for evil reasons. Most of them wish to work hard to give their family's a second chance. His tone throughout his article is both somber and stern. He is both showing us the sorrows of the immigrant workers and also how strongly he feels about this topic. 

 In "Our Brave New World of Immigration" the main topic that is covered is immigration. The author is a noted conservative who is writing to show the harm in allowing illegal immigrants to enter the country undocumented. He uses qualitative information to state most of his claims. At the end of the essay he uses quantitative information to support his claims. He wants more enforcement on illegal immigration in the U.S. and for the U.S. to be less complacent.

Exploring Narrower Topics

Broad Topic:

Police tactics

What’s involved?

Hiring process

Training requirements

Ongoing training after hired

Department standard operating procedures

Narrower Topic:

Use of Force

Police Brutality 

Who’s involved?

Police/Deputies/Troopers

Chain of Command

Media outlets

Social Media

Victims/Perpetrators

Government officials

Narrower Topic:

The link between police recording devices and police brutality

What do I Know about the topic?

There is a lot of controversial police tactics that many people disagree with

A lot of police/sheriff departments have implemented audio and video recording devices on Police/Deputies

There are many groups that believe police using force when it is not warranted

Ideas:

Is there a link between police brutality and lack of recording devices?

Is there a certain type of recording device that won’t interfere with police/deputies while they work?

Is there even a serious problem of police brutality and tactics today?

Question:

If police brutality is a prevalent problem in today’s society, will the use of recording devices yield such violent behavior?