Baldwin starts off his debate with discussing the sharecropper system, and the perceptions of yourself versus the people around you on the basis of skin color. He then talks about the disconnection from history that is taught in schools, and how  everyone, no matter their race, are still similar people with similar flaws. Baldwin ends his argument by reinforcing the ideas of identity, inclusion, and ancestors, saying that African-American participation in American society is crucial for the American Dream to continue existing. Baldwin uses pathos when he likens himself to his ancestors  by using “I” instead of “they. He does this to evoke a sense of emotion and realization in the people, with how he and people like him have helped build the American Dream yet are not accepted into their own society. 

Buckley’s strategies within the debate is to incorporate more humor so that the audience doesn’t have such a string hate toward him, and to make his opponent(Baldwin)seem more radical. He aims to treat Baldwin as a white man, and goes on about how the Irish and British fought for their respective rights as people. He then goes to talking about how to address racial hate: through concern while painting Baldwin as someone who wants to get rid of the foundations of the U.S. Buckley ends his arguments by saying that America’s mobility can greatly help the African-American community gain power. Buckley uses logos when talking about the teaching of Christianity and Dachau. He does this to lead to the idea of–in his opinion–the nonsense of trying to uproot a whole civilization because of what happened in the past, furthering his radical accusation of Baldwin.