Civil rights of minorities have always been a sensitive subject; the proposed argument in this essay is valid and successfully delivered. "We have no right to sit silently by while the inevitable seeds are sown for a harvest of disaster to our children, black and white."("Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others.") The article " Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and others", clearly displays tragic oppression one race was fighting to overcome. The wants were simple, to have basic civil liberties, the right to good education, and to not be treated as second class citizens because of one's color. The author utilized writing tactics to appeal to the ethics (ethos) and feelings(pathos) of his readers.
The argument starts out appealing to the audience using ethos; De Bois …show more content…
Washington represents in Negro thought the old attitude of adjustment and submission, but adjustment at such a peculiar time as to make his program unique. This is an age of unusual economic development, and Mr. Washington's program naturally takes an economic cast, becoming a gospel of Work and Money to such an extent as apparently almost completely to overshadow the higher aims of life." ("Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others.")
De Bois continues on and questions the ethics of the war, and states it was for nothing if government continues to treat "negros" as second-class citizens. The purpose was not to just free slaves, but to give them citizenship and the right of every other citizen. The right to Vote, retain higher education and all civil rights that are critical to the development of the black people, this is in order to perform civil duties. How does one develop their men by depriving them chances to develop? The treatment is systematically, and ethically unjust.
The argument also appeals to the audience using Pathos by invoking an emotional response. De Bois aimed to highlight that minorities were willing to earn these civil liberties, he spoke with such passion to back his
The argument starts out appealing to the audience using ethos; De Bois …show more content…
Washington represents in Negro thought the old attitude of adjustment and submission, but adjustment at such a peculiar time as to make his program unique. This is an age of unusual economic development, and Mr. Washington's program naturally takes an economic cast, becoming a gospel of Work and Money to such an extent as apparently almost completely to overshadow the higher aims of life." ("Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others.")
De Bois continues on and questions the ethics of the war, and states it was for nothing if government continues to treat "negros" as second-class citizens. The purpose was not to just free slaves, but to give them citizenship and the right of every other citizen. The right to Vote, retain higher education and all civil rights that are critical to the development of the black people, this is in order to perform civil duties. How does one develop their men by depriving them chances to develop? The treatment is systematically, and ethically unjust.
The argument also appeals to the audience using Pathos by invoking an emotional response. De Bois aimed to highlight that minorities were willing to earn these civil liberties, he spoke with such passion to back his