Shaun King is an American journalist, pastor, and activist around his community in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been a columnist for the Daily News Journal for about three years now and is continuing to further his career through outreach and mentoring. He is the author of “ The Power of 100” and bases most of his articles around racial, social, and political issues. His use of colloquial tone, anaphora, and personal experience help to engage and persuade his audience towards his argument in each article. King is almost solely known for his matter-of-factness in his articles. He highlights the most prominent social issues in a fashion that the reader can understand and relate to, fully. In the article “Adopting a Black Child is NOT a Free Pass
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King introduces this strategy in “Our City Must Demand Justice for Karina Vetrano Without Slipping Into Racism”. Here, he expresses, “My wife and I often spoke of Karina and hoped, for her family and for our city, that whoever did this to her would be arrested. As new residents, but particularly as parents of high school aged girls, the thought that someone who did such a thing was roaming the streets was beyond disturbing” (Demand Justice for Karina). Here, King argues that even though what happened to young Karina was extremely tragic, race should not become a factor in bringing her justice. After reading this, his experience could cause the audience to favor his argument, simply because of the commonplace in his experience. Everyone could argue that whoever committed the crime was far less of a good citizen, so including that experience establishes trust within the audience. “Beyond that, though, I've studied case after case after case where initial statements about fatal police shootings, from both officers or witnesses, turned out to be wildly wrong — or even outright fabrications” was an experience that added credibility to King’s argument (Why I Don’t Believe). He is arguing that what is released to the media directly after an incident with police, is almost totally false. Adding this experience, however, allows his audience to trust his judgement
King introduces this strategy in “Our City Must Demand Justice for Karina Vetrano Without Slipping Into Racism”. Here, he expresses, “My wife and I often spoke of Karina and hoped, for her family and for our city, that whoever did this to her would be arrested. As new residents, but particularly as parents of high school aged girls, the thought that someone who did such a thing was roaming the streets was beyond disturbing” (Demand Justice for Karina). Here, King argues that even though what happened to young Karina was extremely tragic, race should not become a factor in bringing her justice. After reading this, his experience could cause the audience to favor his argument, simply because of the commonplace in his experience. Everyone could argue that whoever committed the crime was far less of a good citizen, so including that experience establishes trust within the audience. “Beyond that, though, I've studied case after case after case where initial statements about fatal police shootings, from both officers or witnesses, turned out to be wildly wrong — or even outright fabrications” was an experience that added credibility to King’s argument (Why I Don’t Believe). He is arguing that what is released to the media directly after an incident with police, is almost totally false. Adding this experience, however, allows his audience to trust his judgement