African Americans were the
spotlight of this text, Alan Taylor uses ethos throughout her article in order
to point out the unethical acts of police brutality. Taylor drops names such as
Martin Luther King and movements that took place in 1964, building up her
credibility for the audience to comprehend what she is trying to get across. I
believe intrinsic ethos was used primarily through the article, persuading the
audience to agree with her posts. For example, in the first post pathos and
ethos play hand in hand, building up emotion for the African American woman and
persuading the audience to believe that police brutality did exist. The ethos
in the article added to the efficacy by presenting a view point of right versus’
wrong without actually saying “hey this image was extremely unjustified and you
should hate police”. By posting the images and leaving credible captions the audience
is able to assume their own conclusion. Lastly, the Atlantic, which is the
website of the post, is known as being a liberal credible source so just by the
place that the article is on provides a strong ethos based relationship between
reader and post.
It is quite clear at this day and age that segregation is ethically immoral, but it was much harder to convince white people of this nearly fifty years ago. The use of images in articles allow for the audience to see in the injustices along with the powerful diction to persuade the audience to see the ethical argument.
ReplyDeleteWhile the source of the article can serve as a form of support for the credibility of the article, some could argue that it also takes away from the ethos of it as well. This is because the website is primarily liberal it adds a political bias to the article which can externally affect how the article is viewed.
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