Many Americans believed in progress toward better race relations after the civil rights movement of the 1950's and 1960's. They saw a future where African Americans and other minorities would emerge from poverty to become fully integrated in American life. In 'Our Children Are Our Future--They're Bigots,' Richard Cohen is apparently writing to parents, the group of people he defines as between the ages of thirty and forty-nine. Cohen uses ethos, logos, and pathos to appeal specifically to this audience.
The audience that Cohen is addressing are those people that grew up during the civ…
