Now, Mr. Lincoln?

"Help Them Help Themselves"

Like rhetoric in the campaign ads and newscast scripts, the rhetoric used to describe Sheldon’s position calls on white sympathy and reinforces the idea of a “pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps” American Dream. The article emphasizes the idea that the recipient of the "Now, Mr. Lincoln?" money must prove himself worthy of the grant.

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