What is the author's claim in "blaxicans

Richard Rodriguez “Blaxicans and Other Reinvented Americans” Rodriguez makes the point that ethnicity has nothing to do with race. He says that a person can choose their ethinicty based on the way the want to act and on the things they like and value. ... It is a term used by Americans used to describe someone.

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i have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

i do not think they will sing to me

both the address and the poster use diction to convey their message. diction is defined as a style of writing or speaking based on the types of words chosen in order to send a message. parallelism is when a similar sentence structure is used for several sentences on a text; roosevelt's address doesn't follow that. repetition has to do with repeating a word or sentence in order to emphasize and idea, however neither the poster nor the address use repetion. finally, the address doesn't use images to convey a message.