Charlottesville

be applied to the current events happening to people of all races. I especially gained a more thoughtful view of the recent events in Charlottesville, North Carolina. Ceremony has given me a deeper understanding of racial tension and has helped me to open my eyes to the racism minorities experience on a constant basis. The broad historical context of Charlottesville and white supremacy goes back quite a ways. White supremacy has ideological foundations that go back to 17th-century…

and when expressed in negative ways such as rallies, adds a terrible connotation to certain cities. While there have been many positives to free speech, a variety of different families have had loved ones taken away from them in its name. In Charlottesville, Virginia during the “Unite the Right” in August of 2017, “one counter-protester, 32-year-old Heather Heyer, is killed and at least 19 other people were sent to the hospital” after a car rammed into a crowd of counter protesters.…

This article first explains the history of slavery that a hundred or more years ago people then were fighting against having blacks as a slave and as time went on slavery was abolished. Then in Charlottesville a protest of white racist walked the streets to chant about white supremacy over the black people, how the whites were the superior race and how they wanted to take back their land. The news was gathered simply by watching the mayhem that took place and wrote as why these racist started it…

Topic-Outdated Political Undertones in Large Groups Seal, Dean. “Governor Calls Signer's Request for Special Session of General Assembly 'Redundant'.” The Daily Progress, 18 Aug. 2017, After the protests against the removal of the confederate statues in Charlottesville, Mayor Mike Signer issued an emergency meeting to make a final decision whether or not to proceed with the removal, despite the unanimous agreement in favor of the removal earlier this year. Although the conclusion of the meeting…

The Obscure Segregation in Charlottesville Public Schools It has been 51 years since the Civil Rights Act ended the state and local laws requiring the segregation of whites from colored students in public schools, but a new form of segregation is alive in Charlottesville today. With the ever widening diversity in our country, it is hard to believe that a separatist mentality can still exist, after all we’ve had our first African American elected President of the United States. However, it…

Donald Trump’s, our 45th president, speech on Charlottesville was meant to temporarily heal, almost like an Advil. Donald begins with explaining his appearance, what the current situation is, he begins trying to make the situation positive when it was not. Furthermore, President Trump had failed to speak more on the state of the country on that sad day, which lead to him receiving criticism. There are many ways on how a person should react to certain things within the country, some would say…

author argues about the tragedy brought by violent protests that caused death and injuries to society. The author goes on to say that non-violent protesters even support violence after the tragic event from Charlottesville. In this article, Trump stated the problem that risen in Charlottesville was to blame on both white supremacists and non-violence protesters because he didn’t want white supremacists who started violently to take all the blame. Lastly, Singer claims that non-violent won’t…

Charlottesville: A Durkheimian Perspective Introduction Emile Durkheim plays a pivotal role in the field of sociology. His innovative research paved the way to new theories that help us explain and understand the way society works. Durkheim is responsible for numerous contributions to the field of sociology, but is often known for his theories on collective conscience, solidarity, and anomie. Collective Conscience Collective conscience denotes the interest of the collective level of…

Napolitano's article, "Why hate speech is always protected" was written on August 16, 2017. Napolitano is an American columnist and senior judicial analyst for Foxnews. The article was published in Foxnews, one of the leading news network in America. Because Napolitano includes his own opinion over the issue, this article would be categorized as an editorial. The intended audience for this piece would have to be Law professors, and Republicans who subscribe to Foxnews, as well as any upcoming…

Clinging to lost causes can be cute, but also pathetic. We saw this in Charlottesville. Marchers at the Charlottesville rally paraded around with Confederate flags and Nazi flags. In a chilling NBC News interview, a rabbi described how the marchers reminded him of Nazi marches under Hitler. Nazism lost, as did the Confederacy. Why do people who see themselves as strong and proud cling to the symbols of these lost causes? Lost Cause of Nazism Just a few months ago, my father-in-law and I…