The Effects Of Racial Discrimination On Brazil s...

Writer’s Statement In my writing, I wanted to portray the negative effects of racial discrimination while also criticizing Brazil’s situation by disproving the idea that it is a ‘racial democracy’. Furthermore, through the use of Brazil, I also wanted to bring awareness to the inequality that is present not only in Brazil, but also in the entire world, potentially even making a call for action. To do this, I decided to focus mainly on using statistics to clearly demonstrate this inequality, appealing to mode of persuasion/rhetorical appeal: logos. I tried to accomplish this through the heavy use of statistics because I felt that the effective use of statistics would make my claims somewhat undeniable and very obvious/straightforward. Moreover, I appealed to the audience’s logic and reasoning through the use of a very â€Å"straightforward† structure/approach - one without many distractions or ideas that disrupt the flow of the text - that had smooth transitions, allowi ng my readier to understand the relationship between the different pieces of information and analysis. This way, I also wanted to allow my reader to have a clear understanding overall of the text, and I tried to accomplish this by making my structure very clear, having a clear introduction, proposition, two reasons, and conclusion. In addition to appealing to the rhetorical appeal logos, I also tried to build credibility and trust with the reader, hence using the rhetorical appeal ethos. To do this, I tried to