Analysis of Logos

Throughout his article Albert Bigelow makes his arguments seem like the logical and best approaches to solving the issue of segregation at hand. He presents parallel cases he considered similar to segregation in the United States. By comparing the country’s condition to that of communist countries and the Nazis Bigelow shows that logically, those who opposed Communism and the Holocaust should abhor segregation as well. Bigelow also ends this claim with a rhetorical question, which by default is thought to have an obvious and logical answer. Bigelow also describes the typical work day of African American women implying how the rules of respect due to age were broken because of race. The African American woman (of 60 or so years) was referred to as the Negro "girl” who worked for her much younger White "lady." Most people consider that respecting all people, especially those older than ourselves is crucially important; Because we show this by how we refer to them, the entire situation he presents is meant to seem illogical and wrong. Bigelow makes his arguments convincing by making them appear as the way intelligent and logical individuals would think and act!

Photo Comparison

The first picture displays a trio of freedom riders(a white man, white woman, and black lady), conducting a sit-in at a restaurant in the 1960's. Behind them is a group of white men pouring condiments atop their heads, expressing their disdain for the actions of the group. The freedom riders tested the Jim Crow Laws, as they engaged in activities that went against the status quo. The Jim Crow laws essentially separated whites and blacks. People who fought for equality, as shown in the the first picture as well as the second, fought for the destruction of the laws. In the first picture, it is understood that the black woman is not supposed to be present in the restaurant due to her skin color. Although she, and her fellow freedom riders, received harsh treatment, the freedom riders never retaliated. The people in support of desegregation were willing to sustain the brutality in order to help change segregation throughout the South.

It's the Logical Thing To Do

In this image, Schapiro uses the simplicity of people holding hands to prove his point that its really that easy to just get along. In the image there are seven people captured. Out of the seven four are men, three of which are African American and three are women, two of them being caucasian. The diversity that is in this picture shows different sexes and races getting along by simply holding hands and raising their voices for a common cause. This image shows that it's the logical solution for people to come together. In an image it's hard to pick out the facts and statistics, but the ratio of men to women and African American to caucasian people is used to demonstrate that a variety of people are willing to put their skin color aside and fight for racial equality.