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“A whisper of AIDS” Mary Fisher

“A whisper of AIDS” Mary Fisher. Rosie Ortiz. Speaker. Mary Fisher Nationally recognized artist Worked as a television producer and as an assistant to the president of the U.S George H. W. Bush Max and Zack. HIV positive. Occasion. August 19, 1992 Republican National Convention

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“A whisper of AIDS” Mary Fisher

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  1. “A whisper of AIDS” Mary Fisher Rosie Ortiz

  2. Speaker • Mary Fisher • Nationally recognized artist • Worked as a television producer and as an assistant to the president of the U.S • George H. W. Bush • Max and Zack • HIV positive

  3. Occasion • August 19, 1992 • Republican National Convention • Houston, TX • Promoted? – HIV positive • “I would never have asked to be HIV positive, but I believe that in all things there is a purpose; and I stand before you and before the nation gladly” • Event – “two hundred thousand Americans are dead or dying”

  4. Audience Republican National Convention Directed to everyone around the world HIV positive Other HIV positives – Speak up and protect others “Adolescents don’t give each other cancer or heart disease because they believe they are in love, but HIV is different; and we have helped it along. We have killed each other with our ignorance, our prejudice, and our silence” Others – show compassion and grow knowledge about the subject. “But we do the President’s cause no good if we praise the American family but ignore a virus that destroys it”

  5. Purpose • Break silence • Provide people knowledge • Explain that everyone is at risk • “I ask you, here in this great hall, or listening in the quiet of your home, to recognize that AIDS virus is not a political creature. It does not care whether you are Democrat or Republican; it does not ask whether you are black or white, male or female, gay or straight, young or old” • “My call to you, my Party, is to take a public stand, no less compassionate than that of the President and Mrs. Bush” • “Until we genuinely embrace this message, we are a nation at risk” • Let people know that they aren't alone.

  6. Subject • HIV/AIDS • “I asked the Republican Party to lift the shroud of silence which has been draped over the issue of HIV and AIDS” • “Tonight, I represent an AIDS community whose members have been reluctantly drafted from every segment of American society”

  7. Tone • Objective • Acknowledge AIDS • “But we do the President’s cause no good if we praise the American family but ignore a virus that destroys it” • Teach others • “We cannot love justice and ignore prejudice, love our children and fear to teach them” • Speak up • Hope • “You are HIV positive, but dare not say it. You have lost loved ones, but you dare not whisper the word AIDS. You weep silently. You grieve alone. I have a message for you. It is not you who should feel shame. It is we -- we who tolerate ignorance and practice prejudice, we who have taught you to fear.”

  8. Ethos, Pathos and Logos • Ethos • Being who she was provided her enormous credibility • Being HIV positive • She used herself to exemplify to people that even if they thought they were untouchable- that they could never test HIV positive- they were just as vulnerable as she was. • "because I was not hemophiliac, I was not at risk. Because I was not gay, I was not at risk. Because I did not inject drugs, I was not at risk."

  9. Pathos • Emotional imagery • Image of a broken family struggling to stay positive as they dealt with their hopelessly sick children, stating that her own mother "refused to be broken." • Captivated her audience by showing they had common goals, such as to safeguard their children • "I will not hurry to leave you, my children, but when I go, I pray that you will not suffer shame on my account.“ • Leaving children behind is every parent's worst fear, and leaving them behind with the burden of shame makes it that much more painful.

  10. Logos • Statistics • “Two hundred thousand Americans are dead or dying. A million more are infected. Worldwide, forty million, sixty million, or a hundred million infections will be counted in the coming few years” • “The rate of infection is increasing fastest among women and children. Largely unknown a decade ago, AIDS is the third leading killer of young adult Americans today” • Logic • Without awareness we can not move forward • “AIDS virus is not a political creature”

  11. Conclusion • Great speech • Many techniques to convey her speech • Personal experience • “Because I was not hemophiliac, I was not at risk. Because I was not gay, I was not at risk. Because I did not inject drugs, I was not at risk” • Real life situations • What people go through and how they are treated • Appeal to everyone

  12. Thank You • Questions? • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vTKDFcRDLY

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