HISTORY 104-Professor. Liebman
Jihae Chai Frederick Douglass an African American man, who had been freed from slavery, wrote the historical document "The Composite Nation" in 1869. He wrote this document to argue and discuss the situation of inequality such as discrimination against Chinese and African Americans for the citizens of the United States in the 1860s. During the time, the early White settlers were segregated from the minority ethnical groups such as African Americans, Chinese, Italians, and Jews (Roark, 458). In the 1880s, some Chinese offered cheap labor in urban industries such as mining and railroad construction. However, in 1882, the Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act and the United States immigration …show more content…
The author makes an argument and observation here at the same time. The background of this source's argument and observation is that the Chinese and other immigrants were discriminated against throughout the United States back in the 1860s. Evidently, Frederick Douglass claims that " We have for a long time hesitated to adopt and may yet refuse to adopt, and carry out, the only principle which can solve that difficulty and give peace, strength, and security of the Republic, and that is the principle of absolute equality", which he calmly reveals the difficulty that the populations face is discrimination and the lack of security in the United States. He suggests equality to people, which can ultimately make peace in the world. His suggestion sounds right, but does "absolute equality" really make world peace? It is an ideal and dream world that we all wish for, but in real life, the "absolute equality" couldn't be accomplished completely because of the inequality in the amount of power and desire innate within an individual. While the author's tone is calm and logical, yet he is still passionate about equal rights of the oppressed. In the last part of this documentation, he encourages the readers to agree with equality again writing, "Do you ask, if I favor such immigration, I answer, I would. Would you have them naturalized, and have them …show more content…
The author describes, " There are clouds, wind, smoke," which refers to difficulties to sail as to live in this world of segregation, but we can overcome this difficulty as he states, "there will always be, but no genuine thunder." Former U.S. President Obama practiced policies based on the value of diversity and equality like how the author insisted in 1869. However, President Trump is on the opposite side, constantly using negative connotations about immigrants and using defensive immigration policy, which evokes anxiety for many people. This document definitely educates readers with the value of equality and diversity but does not mean that it appeals to everyone. However, just like the author described, "black to white… with intermediate shades which … no man can name a number", eventually, we admit that we are all unique human beings in the spectrum of colors from black to white. His anticipation of the future came true as was written, "Differences both as to race and to religion are evidently more likely to increase than to diminish." The takeaway from this document is that what global citizens really should value is the diversity and the equality, which partly overlap and both can complement each other. Frederick Douglass had to shout out in 1869 to achieve these values. By welcoming
Jihae Chai Frederick Douglass an African American man, who had been freed from slavery, wrote the historical document "The Composite Nation" in 1869. He wrote this document to argue and discuss the situation of inequality such as discrimination against Chinese and African Americans for the citizens of the United States in the 1860s. During the time, the early White settlers were segregated from the minority ethnical groups such as African Americans, Chinese, Italians, and Jews (Roark, 458). In the 1880s, some Chinese offered cheap labor in urban industries such as mining and railroad construction. However, in 1882, the Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act and the United States immigration …show more content…
The author makes an argument and observation here at the same time. The background of this source's argument and observation is that the Chinese and other immigrants were discriminated against throughout the United States back in the 1860s. Evidently, Frederick Douglass claims that " We have for a long time hesitated to adopt and may yet refuse to adopt, and carry out, the only principle which can solve that difficulty and give peace, strength, and security of the Republic, and that is the principle of absolute equality", which he calmly reveals the difficulty that the populations face is discrimination and the lack of security in the United States. He suggests equality to people, which can ultimately make peace in the world. His suggestion sounds right, but does "absolute equality" really make world peace? It is an ideal and dream world that we all wish for, but in real life, the "absolute equality" couldn't be accomplished completely because of the inequality in the amount of power and desire innate within an individual. While the author's tone is calm and logical, yet he is still passionate about equal rights of the oppressed. In the last part of this documentation, he encourages the readers to agree with equality again writing, "Do you ask, if I favor such immigration, I answer, I would. Would you have them naturalized, and have them …show more content…
The author describes, " There are clouds, wind, smoke," which refers to difficulties to sail as to live in this world of segregation, but we can overcome this difficulty as he states, "there will always be, but no genuine thunder." Former U.S. President Obama practiced policies based on the value of diversity and equality like how the author insisted in 1869. However, President Trump is on the opposite side, constantly using negative connotations about immigrants and using defensive immigration policy, which evokes anxiety for many people. This document definitely educates readers with the value of equality and diversity but does not mean that it appeals to everyone. However, just like the author described, "black to white… with intermediate shades which … no man can name a number", eventually, we admit that we are all unique human beings in the spectrum of colors from black to white. His anticipation of the future came true as was written, "Differences both as to race and to religion are evidently more likely to increase than to diminish." The takeaway from this document is that what global citizens really should value is the diversity and the equality, which partly overlap and both can complement each other. Frederick Douglass had to shout out in 1869 to achieve these values. By welcoming