From the transition of Logos appeals to Ethos elements, Rankine has well-prepared her readers to accept her suggestion, which is racism cause a serious physical harm to human body. Besides that, she also invites readers to cross-examine the symptoms and treatment of the physical traumna together along the chapters. Accordingly, Rankine portrays the evolution of African Americans’ lower class racism, how the disease mutates to harm and becomes stable at a certain degree in the chapter three, four, five and six. She addresses these:
“And when the woman with multiple degrees says, I didn’t know black women could get cancer (45). The sigh is the pathway to breath; it allows breathing (60). Appetite won’t attach you to anything no matter how depleted
“And when the woman with multiple degrees says, I didn’t know black women could get cancer (45). The sigh is the pathway to breath; it allows breathing (60). Appetite won’t attach you to anything no matter how depleted