Nikki Giovanni, in her revealing essay titled "Campus Racism 101" informs black students on how to survive college and also remarks on the unnecessary racism that take place in colleges. Giovanni uses lists (got to class, meet your professors...), question and answers (What's it like to grow up in a ghetto?), and visual imagery (It shows a young man ... "Maybe I'll start a band") to lead her black readers into a predominantly white college because the benefits of education outweigh the negative side effects of racism. Nikki Giovanni, with her clear precise lists, makes it very clear that black people should get an education even if they have to endure the hardships of racism. Giovanni is directly addressing a younger population by informing them how to achieve success at college, but indirectly she is writing to a wider whiter audience by bringing forth the issue of racism.
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