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Even in the not-officially-segregated North, there was often a wide gulf between the color-blindness of the American dream and the racial discrimination in daily life, which, early in their lives, crushed the aspirations and dashed the hopes of promising young black Americans. In this story (published in 1941), celebrated poet, novelist, and playwright Langston Hughes (1902–67) describes such an incident in the life of a talented and proud American high school student, Nancy Lee Johnso
Ethos appeal means that it is appealing to the credibility of the speaker. Anytime that Henry mentions why he is competent enough to speak about what he's speaking about, that's an appeal to ethos. It would be like a doctor mentioning what schools he went to and what degrees he has, before he delivers a speech about some illness or anything similar. You trust him because of his credibility.
