Question

read the excerpt from \keynote address\. \tell me,\ he said, \why cant the negro be like you? first, although my skin is colored, it is not black. in this country, the color of my skin does not ignite prejudice that has smoldered for generations. second, although my grandfather came to this country in poverty, he came without shackles. he came as a free man enjoying certain constitutional rights under the american flag. third, my grandfathers family was not shattered as individual members of it were sold as chattel or used as security on loans. and fourth, although others of my ancestry were interned behind barbed wires during world war ii, neither my parents nor i were forced by covenants and circumstances to live in ghettos. how does the author use evidence to support pathos in this excerpt? by emphasizing the fact that even americans living in poverty can enjoy certain constitutional rights by describing his personal experiences with having ancestors who immigrated to the us by detailing what he learned from his grandfather who immigrated to the us and lived in poverty by listing the ways his family was discriminated against in chronological order

Explanation:

Pathos appeals to emotions. The author describes personal - family experiences like grandfather coming as a free man with certain rights, contrasting with the plight of Negroes. This is used to evoke an emotional response.

Answer:

by describing his personal experiences with having ancestors who immigrated to the US