Philosophy Final
How does Gordon Marino answer the question in his title “What’s the Use of Regret?” http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/opinion/whats-the-use-of-regret.html Do you agree? Why or why not? In the article “What’s the Use of Regret?” Gordon Marino depicts where regret originates and its uses. Marino starts off by narrating an instance where he met a former Vietnam draftee, the man told him he used to gamble and in one occasion while consuming alcohol he gambled a Vietnamese kid and the kid won, he gave the kid his full paycheck as his prize to later point an M16 at the kid to get his money back. The man is very regretful of the situation and now doesn’t drink but, wishes he can meet the kid, apologize, and see the man the kid …show more content…
And, this definitely should be the case considering our nation has continuously fought for liberty, yet, we constantly see that many of us have limitations to our freedom. Lebron states that he isn’t sure how many days are left in his life, not due to him having a terminal illness, suicidal thoughts, or even living in a dangerous neighborhood, but, rather because he is black and lives in America. He questions in his article “Does America have a plan for my life?” America is a nation that stands for freedom, yet, as Lebron shows blacks don’t know when their life may come to an end. Such as the case with a father of four, Terence Crutcher, leaving his class in Tulsa Community College he experienced car troubles where later police officers arrived and he was shot to death. Mr. Crutcher was unarmed and was not a source of intimate danger, yet, he was shot and killed by Officer Betty Shelby, who is suppose to be protecting citizens and executing their …show more content…
“Fugitive Slave Mentality” uses the Trayvon Martin case which reinforces Lebrons thought that America really does not have a plan for black Americans. Trayvon Martin was a teenager fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer, Gooding-Williams states that “it is hard to resist that race matters here, for who believes that, had an adult African American male killed a white teenager under similar circumstances, the police would have taken him at his word and declined to arrest him?” (Gooding-Williams, Pg. 3). “Walking While Black in the “White Gaze”” by George Yancy also addresses these same problems and proclaims that blacks should not feel threatened or as a threat, and that no one should have to hear “Click, click, click, click” when walking past a
How does Gordon Marino answer the question in his title “What’s the Use of Regret?” http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/opinion/whats-the-use-of-regret.html Do you agree? Why or why not? In the article “What’s the Use of Regret?” Gordon Marino depicts where regret originates and its uses. Marino starts off by narrating an instance where he met a former Vietnam draftee, the man told him he used to gamble and in one occasion while consuming alcohol he gambled a Vietnamese kid and the kid won, he gave the kid his full paycheck as his prize to later point an M16 at the kid to get his money back. The man is very regretful of the situation and now doesn’t drink but, wishes he can meet the kid, apologize, and see the man the kid …show more content…
And, this definitely should be the case considering our nation has continuously fought for liberty, yet, we constantly see that many of us have limitations to our freedom. Lebron states that he isn’t sure how many days are left in his life, not due to him having a terminal illness, suicidal thoughts, or even living in a dangerous neighborhood, but, rather because he is black and lives in America. He questions in his article “Does America have a plan for my life?” America is a nation that stands for freedom, yet, as Lebron shows blacks don’t know when their life may come to an end. Such as the case with a father of four, Terence Crutcher, leaving his class in Tulsa Community College he experienced car troubles where later police officers arrived and he was shot to death. Mr. Crutcher was unarmed and was not a source of intimate danger, yet, he was shot and killed by Officer Betty Shelby, who is suppose to be protecting citizens and executing their …show more content…
“Fugitive Slave Mentality” uses the Trayvon Martin case which reinforces Lebrons thought that America really does not have a plan for black Americans. Trayvon Martin was a teenager fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer, Gooding-Williams states that “it is hard to resist that race matters here, for who believes that, had an adult African American male killed a white teenager under similar circumstances, the police would have taken him at his word and declined to arrest him?” (Gooding-Williams, Pg. 3). “Walking While Black in the “White Gaze”” by George Yancy also addresses these same problems and proclaims that blacks should not feel threatened or as a threat, and that no one should have to hear “Click, click, click, click” when walking past a