Abstract:
This study seeks to show how a member of an empowered group is able to argue
on behalf of a disempowered group. Other theorists in the field of other-directed
protest have claimed that these protestors have a negative effect on the
disempowered group and only serve to raise their own positions. But this thesis
seeks to show that this position is not always accurate. The rhetoric of Galen
Fisher, a protestor of the Japanese internment during World War II, is an example
of a protestor who was largely successful in having a positive effect on the
Japanese and not seeking to raise his own status in society. I found that Fisher's
history with the Japanese, as well as his method of placing praise and blame on
various members of the empowered groups contributed to a successful, if not
immediately effective, other-directed protest.
