Kyndal Hundley
Barbara Hauke
English 102
02 Dec. 2014

Black Is Where It’s At Intrigued by Chrysler Summer’s passage “America's Complicated Relationship With Black Culture,” a recent tweet has raised a controversial topic. The tweet reads, “It’s too bad our society does not like black people as it much as it loves black culture.” Summer brings awareness to the fact that we consistently turn to the black culture for what’s considered “hip.” Even in “white, suburban” high schools, Summer includes, the black culture is the mimicking outline of the trends we see. The author seemingly suggests the black culture symbolizes youth. Wrapping up, Summer finalizes by concluding a genius remark; “America has found a way to honor a culture while mistreating its people.” Throughout the text, the author uses many approaches to gain the readers’ attention. Fortunately the topic itself was fascinating enough to grasp attention, while unfortunately the author is unsuccessful at introducing the topic well. While reading, my mind often wandered. Reading the text more than once was essential in order to fully grasp the message the author was trying to send. Summer uses excellent ethos by using examples from different eras--- all the way from Elvis to Justin Bieber. Any audience is able to relate to that. Pathos and Logos is absent in the text. Also, the tone of the text is exceptionally mono-tone. Possibly the reason it’s difficult to stay focused while reading this passage is due to the fact there’s never change in the authors voice. The text could have been portrayed much better. Before the topic was brought to my attention, I never considered it much. In fact, I didn’t consider it at all. It’s become so common that I didn’t notice it happening in society every day. Regardless of how we treat blacks and how we stereotype blacks, we use them and their culture to