The Editorial, “The Stain of Racism in New York Prisons” by The Editorial Board is about racial bias against minority inmates and also a Parole Board that is not organized. The rhetoric, connotation and bias found in this editorial make it a lot of stronger. Although the bias makes the argument slightly weaker, the use of connotation and rhetoric really strengthens the argument.
The article “The Stain of Racism in New York Prisons” contains a lot of rhetoric. This article contains mostly logos and little to no ethos and pathos. The author’s use of logos makes the argument in the editorial a lot stronger. For example, “Over all, black inmates were 30 percent more likely to get a disciplinary ticket than white inmates and were 65 percent more …show more content…
This makes the article slightly Stronger because it helps the reader understand the situation emotionally. For example, “New Yorkers are grimly familiar with state prison horror stories featuring guards who beat and torture inmates,” (The Editorial Board). In this example, the author uses words like “horror”, “beat”, and “torture” to help the readers really understand how bad the situations in the prisons are for minority inmates and possibly form an emotional connection. This makes the argument stronger because readers are more likely to sympathize with the inmates and agree with the argument that there is a lot of racial bias against minority inmates. Another example of connotation is, “The overwhelmingly white Parole Board is chronically understaffed — it now has 13 members instead of 19 — which means that it goes about its business in a hurried, almost haphazard way,” (The Editorial Board). In this example, the author uses connotation to help the reader understand that the Parole Board was not run well. The use of connotative words like “overwhelmingly” and “haphazard” emphasize on the fact that the Parole did not have a voice for the minorities and also that the lack of people makes it very …show more content…
The use of bias makes this argument a little bit weaker. Throughout this editorial, the reader can clearly tell that the author has a bias towards minority inmates. Although he uses a lot of logos, he also uses a lot of connotative words that indicate a strong bias. The author of this article also is not credible enough to talk about this topic because he did not work at the Parole board or in a New York Prison. In this editorial, there is no evidence for the other side of the argument. The reader never gets to look at things from the other perspective. The author could've made this argument stronger by giving the counterclaim but rebuttaling it. For example, “The discriminatory treatment was often most pronounced in cases where prison guards could charge an inmate with breaking a rule — like disobeying an order — without having to produce physical evidence,” (The Editorial Board). This argument would have been stronger if he had mentioned what rules they broke and why the prison guards punished
The article “The Stain of Racism in New York Prisons” contains a lot of rhetoric. This article contains mostly logos and little to no ethos and pathos. The author’s use of logos makes the argument in the editorial a lot stronger. For example, “Over all, black inmates were 30 percent more likely to get a disciplinary ticket than white inmates and were 65 percent more …show more content…
This makes the article slightly Stronger because it helps the reader understand the situation emotionally. For example, “New Yorkers are grimly familiar with state prison horror stories featuring guards who beat and torture inmates,” (The Editorial Board). In this example, the author uses words like “horror”, “beat”, and “torture” to help the readers really understand how bad the situations in the prisons are for minority inmates and possibly form an emotional connection. This makes the argument stronger because readers are more likely to sympathize with the inmates and agree with the argument that there is a lot of racial bias against minority inmates. Another example of connotation is, “The overwhelmingly white Parole Board is chronically understaffed — it now has 13 members instead of 19 — which means that it goes about its business in a hurried, almost haphazard way,” (The Editorial Board). In this example, the author uses connotation to help the reader understand that the Parole Board was not run well. The use of connotative words like “overwhelmingly” and “haphazard” emphasize on the fact that the Parole did not have a voice for the minorities and also that the lack of people makes it very …show more content…
The use of bias makes this argument a little bit weaker. Throughout this editorial, the reader can clearly tell that the author has a bias towards minority inmates. Although he uses a lot of logos, he also uses a lot of connotative words that indicate a strong bias. The author of this article also is not credible enough to talk about this topic because he did not work at the Parole board or in a New York Prison. In this editorial, there is no evidence for the other side of the argument. The reader never gets to look at things from the other perspective. The author could've made this argument stronger by giving the counterclaim but rebuttaling it. For example, “The discriminatory treatment was often most pronounced in cases where prison guards could charge an inmate with breaking a rule — like disobeying an order — without having to produce physical evidence,” (The Editorial Board). This argument would have been stronger if he had mentioned what rules they broke and why the prison guards punished