Leonard Pitts

titled, "Capture this: It's wrong to play Pokémon at Auschwitz" the author, Leonard Pitts addresses what should be an unnecessary global issue that involves people who are playing the mobile game "Pokémon GO" on sacred grounds. Within the piece, he uses tone changes and anecdotes to appeal to ethos, logos and pathos. Pitts’s article consists of anecdotes and various tones to improve the effectiveness of his argument. Pitts strengthens his argument by using distinguishing tones that appeal to…

such derogatory terms. A Twain scholar has found his own, controversial way around it by helping publish a new version of Huck Finn, “edited by Twain scholar ALan Gribben of Auburn University, all 219 occurrences of the so-called N-word will be cut.”(Pitts). Gribben is trying to bring people a version of Huck Finn that cuts out the language that makes it so hard to teach, or to just read. But, some say it’s even more controversial to change an another author’s work. It is now surprise that Huck…

but the thoughts and feelings of an entire nation. Leonard Pitts Jr. and Dave Barry were two such sources. Pitts and Barry both convey the emotions felt after the terror attacks in their essays “Sept. 12, 2001: We’ll go forward from this moment” and “Just for being Americans . . .” through their mournful, angry,…

In the article " Friend-or-foe Mindset pits Gun Lovers against Each Other" Leonard Pitts Jr. talks about how the dangers of guns and the fat cats of big business prevent the safety and security that firearms should provide. In Pitts' article, he elaborates on the power of one man's rights and beliefs can take him down to nothing if he is against the majority. The man that Pitts talks about is a highly renowned gun activist who wrote for a prominent firearm magazine and was so renowned with guns…

example of speaking up against hateful and discriminatory words and actions is shown through the video from the television show “What Would You Do.” This video is supported by the article “You Also Have the Right to Tell a Bigot What You Think” from Leonard Pitts and the acts of kindness and bravery shown in the video are commended in Pitt’s article. From the episode from ABC News called “What Would You Do” . . . A woman named Nohayia Javed helped to conduct the scenario shown in the video…

Social media and the Internet have radically changed the capabilities of the public in media. Everyday citizens now make important contributions to the media agenda through their sightings and public opinions. At the forefront of contributors, citizen journalists stand out as people reporting and gathering evidence without being formally trained in the art of journalism. Citizen journalists create a major amount of stories and evidence that gets broadcast to a wider audience through television…

This has sparked many reactions. Some people have been using the phrase “All Lives Matter” as a counter to the movement. I personally don’t think that is an appropriate response to the situation at hand. There is a very good analogy as to why, as Leonard Pitts Jr. explains. Here’s the gist: Suppose you are going to the doctor with a broken wrist, but he insists on inspecting every single bone because “All Bones Matter”. I don’t think it makes sense that people are saying this, as while all lives…

representation of the time in history. This “timeless tale” should be accurate and should not be changed to be made more “comfortable”. In our culture today we are faced with common racist situation that our often overlooked, such as the music industry. Pitts explains that we can not shield our children from real historical facts because of a term that was commonly used over a century ago. “..It is troubling to think the state of reading comprehension in this country has become this wretched,…

divisive word. The “N-word” should be allowed in a contexts manner in schools, in certain ethnic groups, and in Pop Culture. Students need to be challenged by being able to read literature with words that are historically accurate. According to Leonard Pitts Jr’s article, “Don’t censor Mark Twain’s N-word,” “It is never a good idea to sugarcoat the past” (1). If educators sugar-coat the past, students will casually use the word without knowing the full force that it has on people. According to…

Teen’s death was a tragedy born of hatefulness I was puzzled and saddened by the story of 13-year old Megan Meier that Leonard Pitts wrote in his Sunday commentary in the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. The parents of an ex-girlfriend of Megan, who lived a few doors away, created a MySpace page and kept sending messages to Megan using the name of a fictitious cute boy called Josh Evans. After befriending Megan and calling her pretty, Josh unexpectedly broke up with Megan and kept sending her mean…