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Race And Wealth In Starbucks, By Richard Gill

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Because …Starbucks… surrounds such a controversial topic of privilege in relation to race and wealth, there are subtle hints of argumentation spread throughout the book. Gill applies ethos by sharing small personal stories and providing how they relate to the main story. Once Gill looses his job, he looses this wealthy aura and he becomes invisible to those with this aura. Gill tells stories of his children and his problems as a child and how he would succeed at his old job. These stories make the reader feel as though they know Gill personally and they feel sympathetic towards him. The reader trusts Gill and does not take offense when he expresses his previous and current opinion toward controversial topics such as wealth and race. All of
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