Harris defines countering as the challenging of another piece in order to bring new revelations to your own written work. This writing tool can be a great way to expand on ideas, but Harris a makes a point that countering should be done in a civil way. It should not be done just to bring down the point that the other writer is trying to make. Countering should be done in order to bring to light what wasn’t brought to light before. Although countering might seem negative, it should be done in a positive way. He noted three different methods that enable positive countering: arguing the other side, uncovering values and dissenting. Arguing the other side is supporting the concept that the countered writer is dismissing. Uncovering values consists of analyzing the unanalyzed: filling the holes the writer leaves. Dissenting is showing the limits of an agreed upon idea in the discussion: calling what is deemed right as wrong.
Nicholas Payton utilizes countering very much and very affectively. One great example is a post in which he interviews a renowned bassist, Christian Mcbride. Christian Mcbride claims that the term “jazz” is just a term and therefore does not have to be abandoned. “It’s just a phrase that’s been created for identification,“ he says. Nicholas does not agree. Nicholas brings up the point that words are very important and have a lot of power. Therefore, the term jazz should be changed because it holds racist implications. Nicholas mostly utilizes “uncovering values” in order to make his point. For example, Christian Mcbride says that the name that people give Black people changes every generation so there is no use in trying to give power to one word. Nicholas sees this point and argues that words like the n-word are incredibly powerful and should be changed because they are outdated and offensive. By bringing the n-word up, Payton analyzes further what Mcbride wrote off as just a word. YEAH!
here's some of Nicholas Payton's musac: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnTHyPFg-eg
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