The great minds of PBS documentary workers made the film Divided States of America and published it on TV for viewers to watch January 16 and 17 in 2017. This documentary covers a drastic period of time in America, from the rise of Obama to the rise of Trump. It gives very detailed information about Obama’s time in office and what went his way, and what didn’t go his way. The events Obama faces in this documentary are breathtaking, frankly I barely even knew of any the events that he had to face and the mountains he had to climb to remain president of our country for eight strong years. I agree with practically everything Obama had put into effect or resolved, especially being the first African American president of the United States. Obama
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What was becoming an uproar in America was innocent people being shot. But not just an ordinary person, african american. When Obama was put into office, african americans all over America thought they had their savior for these terrible incidents and it would all change. Then a shooting of an innocent teenager named Trayvon Martin happened. He was walking along a sidewalk when a neighborhood watchman shot the innocent kid and killed him instantly. It took the nation by storm and african americans that were relying on Obama to help them were waiting for their thought to be hero to make the decisions they thought to be coming. They were wrong when Obama couldn’t do much about the situation. He had to side with the law enforcement as he had no choice, but as an african american himself couldn’t act like the incident wasn’t a hate crime. If he sided with a certain side he could easily get into trouble with the wrong group of people. So when faced with the incident from a question by the press, he stayed neutral and didn’t side with either law enforcement or the african american people that were wanting his help. Why didn’t Obama send the neighborhood watchman to jail for murder? Why didn’t he state that it was just an act of self defense for the watchman? He couldn’t as the President of the United States. A few months later another incident took the nation by storm called the Ferguson shooting that took place in Missouri. The 18 year-old kid named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in the streets of Ferguson. Obama didn’t speak about the problem until nearly a month later in a press conference was faced with the question on where he stands on the incident and what he thinks of it all. Obama again couldn’t side with either the black community or law enforcement. So again he stayed neutral on the situation saying that it was just a misunderstood action taken by the police officer.
What was becoming an uproar in America was innocent people being shot. But not just an ordinary person, african american. When Obama was put into office, african americans all over America thought they had their savior for these terrible incidents and it would all change. Then a shooting of an innocent teenager named Trayvon Martin happened. He was walking along a sidewalk when a neighborhood watchman shot the innocent kid and killed him instantly. It took the nation by storm and african americans that were relying on Obama to help them were waiting for their thought to be hero to make the decisions they thought to be coming. They were wrong when Obama couldn’t do much about the situation. He had to side with the law enforcement as he had no choice, but as an african american himself couldn’t act like the incident wasn’t a hate crime. If he sided with a certain side he could easily get into trouble with the wrong group of people. So when faced with the incident from a question by the press, he stayed neutral and didn’t side with either law enforcement or the african american people that were wanting his help. Why didn’t Obama send the neighborhood watchman to jail for murder? Why didn’t he state that it was just an act of self defense for the watchman? He couldn’t as the President of the United States. A few months later another incident took the nation by storm called the Ferguson shooting that took place in Missouri. The 18 year-old kid named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in the streets of Ferguson. Obama didn’t speak about the problem until nearly a month later in a press conference was faced with the question on where he stands on the incident and what he thinks of it all. Obama again couldn’t side with either the black community or law enforcement. So again he stayed neutral on the situation saying that it was just a misunderstood action taken by the police officer.