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Yesterday Target, one of the world’s largest retailers, announced they will be removing gender based signs throughout their store. This does not include signs regarding clothing but ones in reference to toys, bedding, and things of that nature for young kids. The idea behind this movement is to try and get rid of stereotyping things based on gender for young children. Target wants to lead a movement to show that children should not grow up in a home where they do not want to play with certain toys or watch certain television shows as they are meant for the opposite sex.

The author of the article is able to engage her readers about the topic by using many real life examples as well as referencing movements on twitter that she believes could have influenced Target’s decision. The author is also able to establish logos throughout the article as she references many other authors and gender equality activists to show how valid her argument truly is. I believe this movement by target will only help America achieve gender equality and hopefully it will influence other retailers to do the same.

This past weekend in Memphis a police officer was shot to death after pulling over a person for a traffic violation. The officer was shot and killed while walking to the suspects car and the suspect fled the scene but is believed to have been found today. This shooting comes very recently after a multitude of other recent traffic stops in which cops have been accused of using excessive force. These incidents include when a police officer shot and killed Samuel DuBose on July 19 which reignited the chant across the country that “Black  Lives Matter.” This shooting also comes at a time when there has been an increase in recent gun violence and talks of how to handle gun control laws.

The author of this article is able to take an unbiased stance on the shooting, but comes to the conclusion that all lives matter and we must take some sort of action to prevent these now common acts from occurring. The author is able to relate to his audience through the use of many quotes as well as relating this shooting to similar recent shootings. The author is also able to relate to the audience by establishing ethos when he includes quotes form the Memphis police chief and police director. All in all this is a very sad incident and we can only hope the proper steps are taken to make sure shootings like this do not continue to occur.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/02/us/memphis-officer-killed-traffic-stop/index.html