"Storytelling is sometimes a more effective, and more legitimate, means of persuasion than logical arguments."
Oh absolutely, I'd argue that storytelling is the *most* effective means of persuasion. And yes, I definitely use it. The point is, a) I have some knowledge of the subject that I'm writing the story about (Jas knows nothing about…
"Storytelling is sometimes a more effective, and more legitimate, means of persuasion than logical arguments."
Oh absolutely, I'd argue that storytelling is the *most* effective means of persuasion. And yes, I definitely use it. The point is, a) I have some knowledge of the subject that I'm writing the story about (Jas knows nothing about me, so her stories about herself are just projections rather than anything likely to be useful to me) and b) stories are a *supplement* to reasoned arguments. They don't replace them.
My stories that you linked wouldn't have had the impact they did if I simply said "Hey, here's some stuff that happened to me. Be inspired by my wisdom.😅 I'm talking about pain and emotions that I understand well, and then using my story to frame real world events related to those feelings. Feelings that, in various ways, I know lots of black people can relate to.
If Jas had even attempted to do this, we might have had an interesting discussion. But as you can see, when I *tried* to make this happen, when I pressed for the reasoned argument portion of her argument, Jas suddenly had less to say (or rather, continued to say things about herself). Not to mention that I've argued numerous times, including in this conversation, that black people can and do have privileges, and that this should be recognised. Pretending that white privilege is the only game in town is actually highly disempowering in my opinion.
"Storytelling is sometimes a more effective, and more legitimate, means of persuasion than logical arguments."
Oh absolutely, I'd argue that storytelling is the *most* effective means of persuasion. And yes, I definitely use it. The point is, a) I have some knowledge of the subject that I'm writing the story about (Jas knows nothing about me, so her stories about herself are just projections rather than anything likely to be useful to me) and b) stories are a *supplement* to reasoned arguments. They don't replace them.
My stories that you linked wouldn't have had the impact they did if I simply said "Hey, here's some stuff that happened to me. Be inspired by my wisdom.😅 I'm talking about pain and emotions that I understand well, and then using my story to frame real world events related to those feelings. Feelings that, in various ways, I know lots of black people can relate to.
If Jas had even attempted to do this, we might have had an interesting discussion. But as you can see, when I *tried* to make this happen, when I pressed for the reasoned argument portion of her argument, Jas suddenly had less to say (or rather, continued to say things about herself). Not to mention that I've argued numerous times, including in this conversation, that black people can and do have privileges, and that this should be recognised. Pretending that white privilege is the only game in town is actually highly disempowering in my opinion.