What Is Race? by Victor M. Fernandez

Fernandez does a superb job using various types of appeals in his essay about race.  His main claim is that people often fail to realize that the term "race" has no real use outside of classifying some predominant physical features in groups of people.  The author uses ethos, appealing to character by validating himself as a nurse, who people generally perceive to be as good and wishing to help people.  He talks about his experiences in the emergency room where he encounters the term "race" regularly.

He is also effective using logos, with solid scientific evidence that concludes there are no real biological differences between the so-called "races" as well as the censuses of other nations like Canada and Jamaica.

Furthermore, those features considered significant for the survival of the species, such as the genetic capacity for intellectual development, have not been found, nor known to occur, more frequently in one population than in any other.

He then ties the scientific facts to the pathos or emotional portion of the argument alluding to feelings of superiority and inferiority pushed on "races".  Fernandez concedes that there are cultural differences between groups but these might be better classified as ethnicities.  All in all, the arguer does an excellent job calling awareness to the potentially harmful and oppressive consequences that come along with thinking in terms of race.

Ok bye.