This text also convinces readers how race is an issue of gentrification. The author's statements on the issue show that gentrification is influenced primarily by race and income. The writer also wrote the text to show how the media can be influential in discouraging poor communities of color by criticizing opinions on gentrification in those areas. There are some persuasive appeals made by the author in the text. The first is Ethos, he is a credible source in his claims recounting his own experience as a paramedic and how his patient influenced his criticism of how the media portrays the "hood" as atrocious and unnecessary in the community. The author also attempts to convince his readers through his emotions, including concrete evidence and statements to support his appeals. The second persuasive appeal used is pathos when explaining how these communities deal with moving from one place to another and being invaded by their residences and businesses. The third persuasive appeal he presents is logos, with which he describes in the first person the situation of the people affected by this problem to show the reader that it is a mistake.