The constitution was written to assure that the people are practicing their bill of rights, religion, and to declaration of independency, however it was not complete because it did not provide the Americans with equal chances to pursue happiness. In Racial Formation in the United States, Michael Omi and Howard Winant elaborate on the concept of race, how it evolved, how it changed from science to politics, and how it became a way in which people use to judge others. President Barak Obama also discussed the concept of race during his campaign, in his speech “A More Perfect Union”. He emphasizes that all the citizens in the United States are considered Americans and therefore it is crucial to transcend about the anger, resulted from racism, and
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Obama supports many of Omi and Winant ideas in his speech. He challenges the views of the American identity, solve the confusion of his racially mixed identity, and ease the tension between the white and the black race. Obama agrees with Omi and Winant that the United States is far away from racial democracy and in order to achieve racial democracy, he has to challenge the ideas of white Americans and black Americans and unite them.
Racial dictatorship has identified the American identity as white and that a black person is not an American, therefore he must challenge people’s views of the American identity, in order to become a president. Omi and Winant suggest that a major consequence of racial dictatorship is how the people view the American identity. Due to racial dictatorship, people “defined “American” identity as white” and this concept wasn’t only applied in social life, but it also “took shape in both law and custom, in public institutions and in forms of cultural representations” (Omi and Winant 66). …show more content…
After discussing the consequences of racial dictatorship in the United States, Omi and Winant argue that “The transition from a racial dictatorship to a racial democracy has been a slow painful, painful, and contentious one; it remains far from complete” (66). Omi and Winant argue that this transition has started already, but it was never finished because the ideas of racial dictatorship were the norm and they remained like this for so long and the transition to racial democracy will require a strong reason to make people change their definition of race. Obama’s speech gives people the reason to change their attitudes towards racial formation. He wants to unite the people because “We cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together, unless we perfect our union…we all want to move in the same direction — toward a better future for our children and our grandchildren” (Obama 2). Obama suggests that the desire for a better future will encourage people to end the views of racial dictatorship. Even though race has become an important issue. There are much more problems than race, but racism became the biggest problem. Obama represents the transition that Omi and Winant discussed by uniting people and shaping a new definition of race. Omi and Winant believe that the transition from racial dictatorship to racial democracy is far from complete;
Obama supports many of Omi and Winant ideas in his speech. He challenges the views of the American identity, solve the confusion of his racially mixed identity, and ease the tension between the white and the black race. Obama agrees with Omi and Winant that the United States is far away from racial democracy and in order to achieve racial democracy, he has to challenge the ideas of white Americans and black Americans and unite them.
Racial dictatorship has identified the American identity as white and that a black person is not an American, therefore he must challenge people’s views of the American identity, in order to become a president. Omi and Winant suggest that a major consequence of racial dictatorship is how the people view the American identity. Due to racial dictatorship, people “defined “American” identity as white” and this concept wasn’t only applied in social life, but it also “took shape in both law and custom, in public institutions and in forms of cultural representations” (Omi and Winant 66). …show more content…
After discussing the consequences of racial dictatorship in the United States, Omi and Winant argue that “The transition from a racial dictatorship to a racial democracy has been a slow painful, painful, and contentious one; it remains far from complete” (66). Omi and Winant argue that this transition has started already, but it was never finished because the ideas of racial dictatorship were the norm and they remained like this for so long and the transition to racial democracy will require a strong reason to make people change their definition of race. Obama’s speech gives people the reason to change their attitudes towards racial formation. He wants to unite the people because “We cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together, unless we perfect our union…we all want to move in the same direction — toward a better future for our children and our grandchildren” (Obama 2). Obama suggests that the desire for a better future will encourage people to end the views of racial dictatorship. Even though race has become an important issue. There are much more problems than race, but racism became the biggest problem. Obama represents the transition that Omi and Winant discussed by uniting people and shaping a new definition of race. Omi and Winant believe that the transition from racial dictatorship to racial democracy is far from complete;