Don't Chicken Out: Food Industry Lives Matter
In today's society there are many people that are very concerned with were there food comes from. However, some do not consider human rights in their investigation of the food they are about to consume. While these "foodies" are too busy looking into the animal rights, the workers are completely passed by. Sally Kohn criticizes these "foodies" for exactly that in her essay, "Do Foodies Care About Workers?" Kohn is able to create an effective argument by combining both logos and pathos without using them in the same paragraph. Sally Kohn begins by introducing the reader to the topic by going over a scene from the sketch comedy "Portlandia." In this scene a couple questions their server at a restaurant about the chicken they are about to eat. They begin with reasonable questions but after time, ask some more unusual questions. For example, "are the hazelnuts the chicken ate organic" (Kohn)? And "How big is the area were the chickens are able to roam free" (Kohn)? Kohn writes that this scene is funny because "it so painfully reflects reality" (Kohn). She is referring to the fact that in both this scene as in the real world no one asks …show more content…
Outside of Kohn's statistics she cites food experts Eric Shclosser and Mark Bittman. Writing that they are "speaking up for food worker justice" (Kohn). Furthermore, Kohn includes information on nonprofit bakery owner, Jessamyn Rodriquez. She writes "customers are compelled by the workers'-rights" (Kohn). Kohn ends her article optimistic hoping those that have spent the time to read it will spend the time to ask how the food workers are treated next time they have a hormone free and organic meal
In today's society there are many people that are very concerned with were there food comes from. However, some do not consider human rights in their investigation of the food they are about to consume. While these "foodies" are too busy looking into the animal rights, the workers are completely passed by. Sally Kohn criticizes these "foodies" for exactly that in her essay, "Do Foodies Care About Workers?" Kohn is able to create an effective argument by combining both logos and pathos without using them in the same paragraph. Sally Kohn begins by introducing the reader to the topic by going over a scene from the sketch comedy "Portlandia." In this scene a couple questions their server at a restaurant about the chicken they are about to eat. They begin with reasonable questions but after time, ask some more unusual questions. For example, "are the hazelnuts the chicken ate organic" (Kohn)? And "How big is the area were the chickens are able to roam free" (Kohn)? Kohn writes that this scene is funny because "it so painfully reflects reality" (Kohn). She is referring to the fact that in both this scene as in the real world no one asks …show more content…
Outside of Kohn's statistics she cites food experts Eric Shclosser and Mark Bittman. Writing that they are "speaking up for food worker justice" (Kohn). Furthermore, Kohn includes information on nonprofit bakery owner, Jessamyn Rodriquez. She writes "customers are compelled by the workers'-rights" (Kohn). Kohn ends her article optimistic hoping those that have spent the time to read it will spend the time to ask how the food workers are treated next time they have a hormone free and organic meal