Examples Of Racial Inequality In America

Racial Inequality in America: A Disease Dr. King is Determined was Cure Waiting, something Dr. King thought African Americans around the country had done long enough. King wrote a flawless letter called “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” concerning the racial inequalities in America. King did this by emotionally connecting the reader in a real way by using pathos, showing his credibility, authority, and respect for others repeatedly throughout the letter by using ethos, demonstrating how his argument is logical, and how racial inequality affects African Americans as a whole and as individuals using inductive reasoning, and lastly, he addressed the opposing side throughout his letter with the absence of fallacies. Within a Birmingham jail, King wrote a letter that forever changed America. First off, King used pathos in a way that touched the lives of people from all over America. Pathos is used in arguments to connect to the reader emotionally. King proclaimed, “Our hopes had been blasted, and the shadow of deep disappointment settled upon us” (2). This statement destroyed the concrete coverings of individuals’ hearts throughout America by using pathos to …show more content…
Ethos is used in arguments to express the writer’s credibility to the reader. King stated, “I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in every southern state, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. We have some eighty-five affiliated organizations across the South, and one of them is the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights” (1). King displayed his authority by claiming his presidency in a large organization with locations all across the South. By using ethos, King showed his position in this organization that he described to be, “In every southern state” (1) to promote his credibility for the rest of the