In the article “A Love Letter to Black Feminism” the author Treva B. Lindsey provides a healthy well written article about black feminism. With all the police brutality, riots occurring, and killing, black lives seems to be the centered of attention when violence is taken action. In most cases black lives are appointed to be monsters, dangerous and violent, when you cannot stereotype all black people from just one person actions. Taking the action of a black feminism and or feminism in general is being able to identify your ability and power as a women and how far it can take you a side from men.  Making it a point to justify black feminist tradition; the Logos appeal was used in her article to build her argument was by the violence taking place among the black community women and girls stating “The rapidly growing number of Black women and girls, victims of anti-Black state violence in the twenty-first century, illuminates a new chapter in racial terror and subjugation. The stories of Bland, Champan, Kimberlee Randle King, Aiyana Jones, India Clarke, Pearlie Golden, Penny Proud, Tanisha Anderson, Mya Hall, Yvette Smith, Lamia Beard, Miriam Carey, Ty Underwood, Shantel Davis, and too many more victims of fatal anti-Black state violence mark this moment and demand that we #SayHerName.” (Lindsey) By the author providing the person name that the violence has occurred too and with, gives more quality of facts to her article that can be proven. She furthermore goes into description of her article behind stating the victimized people and families by stating “At the core of the intellectual tradition founded and sustained by Black feminist, womanist, and gender progressive scholars is both the documenting of Black women's stories and the sharpening of theoretical and praxes-based tools derived from the lived experiences of Black women.” (Lindsey) As she makes her statement it allows to push her argument by identifying the generation aspect and the issue that she want to get across to her readers. The pathos appeal was provided by stating “We invoked the names and stories of Black trans* women being killed at an alarming rate in 2015 and looked towards the work of Black trans* and gender non-conforming scholars, artists, and activists inheriting the incomparable legacy of warrior sistas like Marsha P. Johnson.7 We attempted to find words to capture our pain over the kidnapping of the 276 girls in the village of Chibok in Nigeria (214 of them now impregnated via rape by their captors), the still missing Relisha Rudd of Washington, DC, and the 60,000+ Black women missing in the United States alone. These are the terrorizing conditions under which we must write and create in an effort to uphold the justice-centered imperative at the core of Black feminist thought.” (Lindsey) The emotional effect of her article was capturing the pain that these families and women has went through and still are going through as the battle of black feminist still goes noticeable. She also uncovers the hidden pain that black feminist goes through. The ethos appeal of her writing was by her mentioning other journalists and citing their viewpoint and intake of Black feminism through-out her article. As her article speak on the topic of Black feminist and the nature of black lives. It is aware that history on these same topics are not being addressed correctly to stop them from reoccurring because as we can see it is happening all over again to occurring situations now. All the reoccurring issues that is happening now is more of a cultural issue to black women as black women are merely affected by.

                In conclusion, she has written an outstanding article that will enthuse her readers by using good usage of the ethos, logos, and pathos appeal. I agree to her statement “What I can confess is that the roll call lengthens every day. Breaths of fresh air surround those working towards a Black feminist future. The vast range of scholarship humbles me. It is my sincerest hope that our special issue serves as but one entry point into the discussion of Black feminist futures.” (Lindsey) acknowledge black feminism and the action of black feminist as the direction of black lives matter. And without direction and knowledge of these issue these situations will not go unnoticed. And the combination of these appeals usages in her article is what keeps her article together.

Lindsey, Treva B. "A Love Letter To Black Feminism." Black Scholar 45.4 (2015): 1-6. Academic Search Premier. Web. 7 Mar. 2016.

Morales, Leslie. “Black Feminism.” Online video clip. FLM 300: Documentary Film. YouTube, 4 May 2014. Web. 7 March 2016.

Bumford, Kelly. “Feminism Montage.” Photograph. Flickr.  14 June 2008. Web. 7 March 2016.

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