Forms of Ethos

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Forms of Ethos Using Diane Cole’s Essay When surrounded in a public area, one of the immediate things one may notice is the different form of ethnicities, and different personalities that surrounds him or her. When engaging in conversations with new individuals, comments can sometimes be made that hurt individuals, depending on their personality and how they feel about that topic. They see it is a form of “attacking” a certain religion they feel strong about, or even a gender. In Diane Cole’s essay “Don’t Just Stand There,” she describes ways in which an individual can prevent an individual from ever saying another racial comment again, and many forms of ethos to support herself (Cole 266-270). Firstly, she describes how attacking an individual back with words after a hurtful comment can provide immediate satisfaction however, won’t help the situation (Cole 267). Secondly, Cole shows how saying how one may have felt after the comments made, will allow the other individual to feel bad (Cole 267). Lastly, Cole demonstrates how to raise the issue of concern appropriately on a one on one basis, or a group (Cole 269). In all three scenarios, Cole uses examples to communicate to readers both her opinion on how to react to a hurtful remark, as well as support from other credible sources to persuade the reader. Firstly, after a hurtful slur has been made to an individual, an immediate response would be to comment back. This however, in Diane Cole’s essay, is proven to only be a short term healing mechanism. Cole uses a quote of Michael McQuillan stating “that can give you momentary satisfaction, but you will also feel as if you’ve lowered yourself to that other person’s level” (Cole 267). Here, Cole uses Michael McQuillan, an individual she previously introduced as the advisor for racial and ethnic affairs for the Brooklyn borough office (Cole 267). This conveys the
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