The Racism Of The Millennials Summary
The Racism of Millennials “America should be shaken to its very core by what happened in Charleston,” claims Karen Attiah in her article Charleston, Dylann Roof and the Racism of the Millennials (Attiah). Attiah makes the essential point that racism remains prevalent in millennials and it will only continue to negatively impact society. She states millennials are just as racist as previous generations. Although she presents statistics and strong vocabulary to argue using logos and pathos as her persuasive modes, and she is a successful editor, which contributes to her ethos, she was unable to present her points effectively.
One area that Attiah was not effective was in her efforts to use logos. Logos is defined as an appeal to logic in attempts to convince an audience (Bernake). Logos can be a useful tool for writers who have an abundant supply of logic or reason to use as …show more content…
She presents statistics that did not prove her point, uses language that would deter her audiences from being engaged in her article, and cannot be considered an expert in this field due to her inexperience in writing on matters such as this. Racism as a whole has definitely decreased over the years. African Americans today are getting chances that would have never even been thought possible years ago. The colorblindness technique which is treating people equally regardless of race (Williams), has had a positive effect on the American people. A solution which was not used by previous generations which has made the difference. Attiah wrote about the act of one man who was clearly an exception that she was able to point out through the fact that he had “early-20th-century symbols of apartheid and racist colonial regimes in Africa on his Facebook page”(Attiah). He of course cannot be the only one but, is definitely a minority when it comes to extreme racism of that
One area that Attiah was not effective was in her efforts to use logos. Logos is defined as an appeal to logic in attempts to convince an audience (Bernake). Logos can be a useful tool for writers who have an abundant supply of logic or reason to use as …show more content…
She presents statistics that did not prove her point, uses language that would deter her audiences from being engaged in her article, and cannot be considered an expert in this field due to her inexperience in writing on matters such as this. Racism as a whole has definitely decreased over the years. African Americans today are getting chances that would have never even been thought possible years ago. The colorblindness technique which is treating people equally regardless of race (Williams), has had a positive effect on the American people. A solution which was not used by previous generations which has made the difference. Attiah wrote about the act of one man who was clearly an exception that she was able to point out through the fact that he had “early-20th-century symbols of apartheid and racist colonial regimes in Africa on his Facebook page”(Attiah). He of course cannot be the only one but, is definitely a minority when it comes to extreme racism of that