Racial Profiling in New York Prisons
In this short essay, I will talk about how rhetoric, connotation and denotation are used, as well as a few fallacies committed in, “The Stain of Racism in New York’s Prisons,” by the Editorial board at The New York Times. “The Stain of Racism in New York’s Prisons,” discusses the author’s opinion how Black and Latino men are discriminated against in the prisons of New York. They provide lots of evidence to support their opinion on the discrimination of Black and Latino men in those prisons, however, why did the author write this editorial the way they did? What was the purpose of the connotation, denotation, rhetoric, and even fallacies committed in this article? How would they pursue the reader? How strong is the author’s argument based on bias? In this essay, I will provide the best examples to prove how this article uses emotion, evidence, and credibility to pursue the audience.
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Cuomo as who is to blame for these events, “These are welcome sentiments. But Mr.Cuomo will need to put his political capital on the line if he intends to dismantle what is clearly entrenched, institutional discrimination.” He states how Gov. Cuomo has to take a risk that will affect his status in order for it to stop. And this leaves the audience questioning Mr. Cuomo’s authenticity. He also uses connotation. The word “clearly” makes the audience feel like the need to see what’s so clear about this claim. He also commits the personal attack fallacy again, showing his disliking for Governor Cuomo even more.
The author states evidence backing up his first statement, “...a depth of racial bias against minority inmates in New York state prisons that should be the subject of a federal investigation.” He supported this claim with logos, and a logical explanation without much connotation, “Since 2006, white inmates serving two to four years for one count of third degree burglary were released
In this short essay, I will talk about how rhetoric, connotation and denotation are used, as well as a few fallacies committed in, “The Stain of Racism in New York’s Prisons,” by the Editorial board at The New York Times. “The Stain of Racism in New York’s Prisons,” discusses the author’s opinion how Black and Latino men are discriminated against in the prisons of New York. They provide lots of evidence to support their opinion on the discrimination of Black and Latino men in those prisons, however, why did the author write this editorial the way they did? What was the purpose of the connotation, denotation, rhetoric, and even fallacies committed in this article? How would they pursue the reader? How strong is the author’s argument based on bias? In this essay, I will provide the best examples to prove how this article uses emotion, evidence, and credibility to pursue the audience.
First of all, …show more content…
Cuomo as who is to blame for these events, “These are welcome sentiments. But Mr.Cuomo will need to put his political capital on the line if he intends to dismantle what is clearly entrenched, institutional discrimination.” He states how Gov. Cuomo has to take a risk that will affect his status in order for it to stop. And this leaves the audience questioning Mr. Cuomo’s authenticity. He also uses connotation. The word “clearly” makes the audience feel like the need to see what’s so clear about this claim. He also commits the personal attack fallacy again, showing his disliking for Governor Cuomo even more.
The author states evidence backing up his first statement, “...a depth of racial bias against minority inmates in New York state prisons that should be the subject of a federal investigation.” He supported this claim with logos, and a logical explanation without much connotation, “Since 2006, white inmates serving two to four years for one count of third degree burglary were released