Black Deaths Matter Summary

MotherJones is an online magazine website that features news reporting on politics, the environment, human rights and culture. Motherjones often post articles that are argumentative and are relevant to the general reader. I recently read an article titled “Black Deaths Matter”. I believe that this article should be published on MotherJones because it is a topic that is relevant to what’s going on in the world today. This article is about the lack of good policing in low income neighborhoods and how black families struggle for justice when a family member is murdered. This article is good in the culture category for MotherJones because it is a big issue in African American communities. Police Brutality and Black on Black crime have been tracing

After each story in the article, the authors then relate these stories to statistics and facts. This allows the audience to stay engaged in the article, while also gaining trust and realness from the authors because they back up each of their stories and opinions. The authors give background on the city of Chester. They explain how Chester once prospered from factories, and steel mills, but once the companies started to leave the city became known for its crime and drug trafficking. The authors then explains how “75 percent of Chester’s residents are African American, a third live below the poverty line, and unemployment is at 7.5 percent, nearly 2 point higher than the national average.” The statistics are used to explain why so many crimes take place in this city. Reverend Williams, the Father of a son who was shot and killed explained that, “When brothers and sisters can’t get jobs, or this little guy is trying to take care of his mother, he’s going to find a way.” This means that, that child will commit whatever crime they have to to keep their family alive. There are also many facts and references to other articles and news reporters that have done research on the issue of crimes in low income neighborhoods. These statistics and facts gives the readers a sense of reliable source and allows the readers to gain trust in this article, which also shows the use of

Pathos is shown by giving details on personal stories involving homicides and expressing the problems in low income neighborhoods. Logos is shown by supporting these stories and facts with statistics and quotes from researchers. This allows Ethos to take place because the use of Pathos and Logos allows the author to gain credibility and trustworthiness from the audience. The statistics shown through Logos shows that the Authors have done deep research and are not just speaking on a topic that they have not read enough on. The authors reference many personal stories ,which means they have read many news articles , or have interviewed families in these neighborhoods personally. The authors also use statistics which shows they have done their research. This allows the audience to believe this article is a reliable