Cesar Chavez, a Hispanic Labor Leader boycotted grapes to fight for the rights of Hispanic Farmers. In his speech “Commonwealth Club Address” he illustrates how the farmers are treated horribly and reflected on his life and how he fought for Hispanics' rights. In his speech, section one is the most moving and memorable. Chavez’s purpose was to make sure that farm workers got their rights and to convince the American Public to boycott not only once, but a second time. Section one of his speech was the most moving and personally convincing in achieving his goal of getting people to boycott grapes. He uses pathos when he writes, “Today, thousands of farm workers live under savage conditions, beneath trees and amid garbage and human excrement…. Vicious rats gnaw at them as they sleep. They walk miles to buy food at inflated prices and they carry …show more content…
No. Can’t Americans treat everyone equally? Sadly, the answer to that question is also, no. Chavez worked so hard to stop racism, but even 45 years later, people are still being murdered in cold blood by Americans. Police, the very people that are supposed to protect you, kill people just because of their race. It’s terrible. Chave’s boycott against grapes worked, and the farm owners backed off. But only for a little bit. That’s the thing with humans. People will only listen for so long, and then they will go right back to how it was before. Another time when Chavez uses pathos (with a few instances of ethos) is when he writes, “Babies born to Migrant workers suffer 25 percent higher infant mortality rates than the rest of the population… Farm workers’ average life expectancy is still 49 years, compared to 73 years for the average American.” As you can see, this evidence thoroughly supports the claim. If babies born to Migrant workers have a 25% higher chance of dying, then isn’t that mistreatment? They grow up in human excrement for god's sake. Farm owners need to stop