The Stain Of Racism In Prisons Summary

In the article called, “The Stain of Racism in New York’s Prisons” it talks about how the blacks and latinos have a higher rate in being in prison, and the whites have a lower rate. They are basically comparing the black and latinos with the whites. I believe this article is fallacy because the author’s claims are weak and doesn’t support the evidence. The evidence that the author uses does not have credible resources. Most of the resources he has used are not cited in this article. I also believe that the article is racial and bias because they are both compared by their race.
In this article it contains rhetoric because the author tries to convince the reader. Like the example this shows logos, “In most prisons blacks and latinos were disciplined at higher rates than whites in some cases twice as often.” (The Editorial Board) The author is trying to be logic about the situation and saying how he has evidence that their is more blacks and latinos in prison then their is white, but where did the reader get the information? Because it wasn’t cited where he got that from. Another example that shows rhetoric is ethos, “Over all, black inmates were 30 percent more likely to get

disciplinary ticket than white inmates and were 65 percent more likely to be sent to solitary confinement” (The Editorial Board) I believe that the author is trying to make a point using percentages so you can see the that black inmates have to go to a solitary confinement than white inmates, but where did he get the percentages? How do you know he’s right? Well he doesn’t really say in this article because the author believes that the he can be credible by using these percentages that were shown in the text. The last example that shows rhetoric device is pathos, When they go to solitary confinement the long term effects them and they are significant because inmates stop to participate in education and therapeutic programs. It makes minority men receive less parole and most likely to spend more years in prison. (The Editorial Board) Author is trying to get the reader to make you feel bad for them because they stop going to programs and so they have to be in prison longer. Overall, rhetoric device is Ethos, Logos and Pathos those are the devices that help persuade the reader with credibility, emotion, and logic about the article and convince you to believe what they want you to believe.
This article is also connotation because it says, “It has long been known that black inmates assigned to prisons in the overwhelmingly white northern parts of New York were subject to racial threats and abuse from virtually the moment they stepped through the door” (The Editorial Board) It tries to explain how the black inmates were bad so they had to move them to northern part of New York and the New York prisons have been racial bias against minority.

Overall, the article called, “The Stain of Racism in New York’s Prisons” is fallacy, bias, and racial because the author was trying to convince us that there is a lot of racial in New York prisons and that the blacks and latinos were being compared of which race is in prison more. Which all races shouldn’t be judged on even if it’s true or

not.