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Billy Ray Court's IF OUR BODIES COULD RUST, WE WOULD BE FALLING APART is based on the incident of Barbara Kentner demise in 2017. She was hit by a trailer hitch which was thrown from a car. The news was published in CBC NEWS as well. And according to your question, compare and contrast between these two writings is needed.

The basic similarity between both the writings is that they focuses on the violent attack on Barbara Kentner. Both the writings provide informations about the attack, her family's condition and the attacker. CBC NEWS's article has more details though.

The moto of CBC NEWS is to inform its people about Barbara's incident. It does not delve deep into the matter. It explains the attacker's statement and the police's reaction. On the other hand Billy Ray Belcourt's moto is to aware his readers and make a protest through the power of his pen. He not only satirizes the attacker's statement of OH, I GOT ONE, he explains the line in detail . He explains what the speaker's intention is behind quoting this and also why its dangerous. The poet also criticizes the police. In CBC NEWS however this perspective is missing.

We all know there is a basic difference between creative writing and news paper content writing right? News paper writing s have their own rule. CBC NEWS article falls under the second category. It is flat, mechanical,informative and focuses on the particular incident of Barbara. Though Billy Ray Belcourt writes the poem in a different manner( almost like an article), but there is creativity involved. The poet again and again uses the line OH, I GOT ONE to imply the fact that racism has its route in the mind of people. It is a discease.that's why instead of perceiving so many instances we don't speak much. The line is symbolic of our polluted psychology. I think he uses the tone of the article to mock the north,east,west and South who all are unable to remove racism from their minds. The poet does not talk about Barbara only. He makes barbara the symbol of the oppressed.He attacks racism as a whole. And the attack as a result of states' negligence towards the matter.