In her argument, Sheryll first came up with her agenda of creating “a politics of fairness,” then she helped the readers deeply understand the issue surrounding race, the problem of affirmative action, and how she determined to accomplish her demand. Throughout, the author’s expertise is coherent and persuasive because of the way she builds her credibility by providing individual facts and performing her educational background, along with her convincing logical arguments including the use of statistics, and because of her strong-willed tone.
From the beginning to the end of Sheryll’s piece, she uses a lot of her personal experiences or stories in order to guide the readers to the main point of her argument. For example, the story of the sister of a professional black woman, who told the author, shows how the unfairness exists in education, even between people from