All of this was started without the use of social media, as for it was not around during this time period. The author included this in order to prove his reasoning and to have the audience emotionally connect with it. Since racism is still an issue in America, by starting off with a known protest helped to have readers be able to emotionally connect with it. This helps to grab the reader’s attention so that they would continue reading. Also, many Americans know about this protest, so they are able to understand this history.…
Revisionist History: Generous Orthodoxy In order to revise, one must sacrifice something for the community as a whole and willing to compromise for change. In Malcolm Gladwell's series Revisionist History in the episode “Generous Orthodoxy”, Gladwell revises the true motives of the Mennonite church community and Princeton University’s community. Gladwell effectively presents how communities vaguely represent the diversity. Gladwell interviewed church minister Chester Wanger who lost his ministry licence after he officiated the marriage of his gay son.…
Protests Resume After 80 arrests in St. Louis Unrest The protesting has been going on for a while so there isn’t a distinct date. This event is happening in St. Louis. It is a result of an officer that killed a black suspect.…
In the article, What my Bike Has Taught Me About White Privilege, the author explains how them changing their primary transportation method from a car to a bike has taught them a lesson about being privileged in America. Personally, I agree with everything that the author states and mentions within the article. A few main points I would like to highlight are privilege in general, the explanation of white privilege, and I would like to include my own experience viewing white privilege. Like the article mentions, the topic of white privilege is hard for a lot of people to talk about, and it is guaranteed to get some people into a heated argument.…
The event that was impacted was an NBA basketball game between the Sacramento Kings and the Atlanta Hawks. The large group of protesters came from the community of all races interlocked…
Assata an autobiography tells the story of Assata Shakur and in doing so shows the many facets of white supremacy within the American culture. White supremacy is not just the Ku Klux Klan spewing rhetoric of being a superior race and all other races being inferior, it more than this because it can affect how one views his or herself within a certain society. Also, Assata Shakur tells what happed in her trial and she recalls her childhood through her college years to show the extent of white supremacy as she removes the veil and sees how things are stacked against her and her fellow brother and sisters. The book starts with a very explicit scene of what occurred on May 2, 1973 on the New Jersey Turnpike.…
According to the source "A Tale of Segregation: Fetching Water" William and his father had to wait to get their water because they were the only African Americans, and the rest were white giving the whites more power than them during that time. According to the article it states, "They wouldn't let my father leave. They said "You're going to stay here and until all the good have gotten their water, and when everyone is gone, then you can do what you want." This evidence shows that they had to wait because the whites forced william and his father to stay and wait until all the whites finished getting their water. That concluding why William and his father had to wait to get their water, because the white men decided to hold them back, since African Americans had very little rights during that time.…
One group that I would definitely and without a doubt have a problem protecting their right is the white supremacy group. This group believes that they are superior to all other races and cultures. The white supremacy group promotes oppression and racism. They do not respect people that are not of fair skin color, blue eyes and blonde hair. Their ideology preaches that everyone outside of their group are second class citizens and does not deserve the same rights.…
In the article “The Good, Racist People,” Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses an event which resulted in Forest Whitaker being accused of shoplifting. What could possibly be a reason to assume Whitaker, a famous actor, had committed shoplifting? From Coates’ point of view, many others want to believe that this encounter was a misunderstanding that had nothing to do with race. Whitaker was accused of shoplifting and then was frisked, based only on his appearance. Coates then goes on to claim that the owner’s apology argued that the incident was a “‘sincere mistake’ and how the worker was a ‘decent man’ who was ‘just doing his job’ ”.…
I. Summary It starts off in 1960, when a Mexican movement is created in response to anger and frustration. In California and Texas they urged better human treatment in the fields and in New Mexico fought to reclaim once owned land. They soon realized that without political power they would remain second class citizens. So they began a Mexican American Civil Rights Movement.…
Hyeon Chung 10/24/17 SSCI 350 Personal Analysis of “In the White Man’s Image” The film “In the White Man’s Image” illustrates how white Americans wanted to civilize Native Americans. Anglo Americans, settlers who colonized United States, encroached on the land and culture of Native Americans. At that time, any hostile or violent behavior toward Whites’ intention was punished severely. Moreover, Whites believed that Native Americans needed to conform to the white way of civilization in order to live in America and thought that the way of life of Native Americans as immoral.…
Tim Wise’s chapter “White Like Me: Race and Identity Through Majority Eyes” summarizes how race today is conceptualized. He tells a story about how he was actively receiving the perks of being white and collaborating with the system of white supremacy, even if he did not want to. He then speaks about privilege and how it has been the thing that has helped through school, getting a job, at parties and during activism. “Donald Trump and the Fall of Whiteness” starts off talking about how white supremacy is coming to an end. Which is good because this is what has caused a divide in racial differences and the cause of discrimination.…
Very little has reformed from the earlier few decades when reexamining the 1992 election race for the presidency. Sulking tempers, outbursts, and verbal abuse may have reached all-time highs between candidates; however, the promises made and ideas imposed by each elective have not budged an inch. Per the National Bureau of Economic Research, ethnic diversity seems to be the major determinant for rioting in L.A., while little evidence points to poverty in the community as a large cause. (Glaeser 1) Media coverage of the riots would provide ample election exposure for the running nominees. It was this very same ethnic diversity that brings about the Black Lives Matter(BLM) activist movement in 2013, in response to the acquittal of George…
Martin Luther King Jr. was inspired by Gandhi and Henry David Thoreau. they all fought with no violence. they tried to make peace with the white people, who they thought were racist. they sent them to jail for speaking their minds it was tuft for black people back then. nothing was right for us back then but these three guys help us out trying to give us rights to.…
When being oppressed, it can be difficult to know when one’s values have been strained. This can cause a snowball effect of individuals being taken advantage of and not realizing it. If a government is in power and the people do not realize the harmful effects of an oppressing government, it causes the people to become hurt, physical, financial and mental. At that point, before it becomes too far out of hand; the government needs to be challenged to change for the better. If one's rights are in danger, then they must oppose their government.…