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It can be hard for a latina woman to be taken seriously in an education based profession. Stereotypes and unfair inferences are the cause of such hardships. The ethnic studies professor at Washington State University, Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo is no exception. She faces many obstacles a latin professor likely would face while teaching students about ethnic studies. The majority of professors students encounter are often white males. Lugo-Lugo realizes this and makes countless attempts at showing her colleagues and students that she is at their level. She writes many articles about her area of expertise. What she focuses on is society's views of race, sexuality, gender and culture. In the article “A Prostitute, a Servant, and a Customer Service Representative: a Latina in Academia” the author Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo demonstrates usage of ethos, pathos and logos to persuade her audience to be more culturally …show more content…

Lugo-Lugo often references other people's published work to support her own work. In Lugo-Lugos article she quotes passages from AskMen.com. The quotes are comparing the actress’ Angelina Jolie and Penelope Cruz to one another. Her reasoning behind this decision is that she wants to show her audience how a mainstream website perceives these two women. Angelina is described first and foremost as a humanitarian. With her beauty being a secondary description of her. Angelina Jolie is a white woman which arguably has something to do with this stellar description. On the other hand, Penelope Cruz has an oversexualized description on AskMen.com. Penelope’s previous humanitarian work is overshadowed in this case. Lugo-Lugo argues that because Penelope Cruz is latina, society will label her sexy and be unable to see her other attributes. Angelina does not receive the same treatment because she is white. Lugo-Lugo has well researched credibility for her

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