Taking a stroll down the street, wearing casual clothes such as a pair of jeans matched with a hoodie, and minding one’s own business. Nothing’s out of the ordinary on what is playing out to be just another cloudy night. At least, that's how it was until the rapid pattering of footsteps cutting through the air signaled yet another person fleeing in fear. For Staples, this was his average nighttime stroll. Quick to judge and even quicker to run, people treated him as though he were a hardened criminal patrolling the streets for easy prey, when in reality, he was actually an insomniac who would often take midnight strolls to ease his mind. Similarly, in Key and Peele’s skit, “Hoodie”, the character presented is not too different from Staples…show more content… Later on in his work he also writes “Particularly when I have exchanged business clothes for jeans”. This marks the establishment of his appeals to ethos by letting the reader know that he is not only a working man, but also highly educated. By establishing himself in this way, he lets the reader know that he has no need to rob or steal. Continuing forward, he also takes time to note how violent behavior is encouraged by the ideal image of intimidating, prideful men who are meant to only take and never give. Mentioning in lines such as “I came to doubt… intimidation early on”, he mentions that he has strayed from violence since his childhood ever since seeing these ideal men die from their stubbornness and violent tendencies. He lets the reader know that he would never think of harming someone no matter the situation, adding to his appeal that he is not only an educated worker, but also a highly peaceful one as well. In establishing appeals to ethos, he establishes that there is no logical reasoning, no motivation for him to make use of his large form to intimidate or mug someone. Coupling this with his earlier mentioned appeals to pathos, and he is able to capitalize on his personal examples to form a very strong argument on the issue of inherent racism lurking in America. Just as Staples showed himself as someone with no need violence, Peele chose to also represent himself in the skit as someone who strayed away from such abhorrent actions. However, Peele also did it in a much more subtle, even debatable way. During the skit, he wore a bookbag. Bookbags are most commonly seen being worn by students and the occasional teacher or professor. Taking note of the age of the character portrayed, viewers are able to assume that he is a student somewhere. This accomplishes two points in furthering his