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For this portion of the assignment I chose to use Lisa Nakamura’s passages from “Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity on the internet to the information I found on “The Source”. In her writing Nakamura states that “lack of access to the internet- often found along raced, classed, and still, to a narrowing extent, gendered lines- continues to cut particular bodies out of various histories in the making,”( Nakamura, 397). These views seem to be shared by the writers and editors at “The Source”. It has been realized that all types of distributions need to be utilized so that those that are being discriminated against are not left out of the loop. Through the use of their printed publication, website database, television advertising, and event promotion and sponsorship “The Source” is trying to break down this barrier. Through all of these media types AAVE is utilized in an attempt to connect and relate the information in a way that will create interest and concern among its audience. One example of this comes from review of one of the publication’s blog posters who goes by the name of “The Prodigy”. In his article he talks about the recent election of President Obama and states, “YOU DAMN RIGHT, I QUESTION AND CHALLENGE OBAMA. I GOT POST TRAUMATIC SYNDROME FROM THE GENOCIDE, RACISM, POVERTY, TRICKERY AND SLAVERY THAT MY RACE OF PEOPLE HAD TO ENDURE. MY QUESTIONS AND CHALLENGES AREN’T IGNORANCE, IT’S INTELLIGENCE,” (www.thesource.com). He feels this statement is necessary because of many Americans blind embrace of Obama without asking what he truly stands for. In the way that he presents his case he makes a statement that is both thought provoking and persuasive. “The Source” uses articles similar to this one in all of its publications in an attempt to influence its audience no matter how they access the information.