Kwame Kilpatrick

being built across the nation and while the rest of the nation was expanding, Detroit was shrinking because of people leaving with the roadways that they'd built. Coleman A. Young was the diverse figure as he won the election in 1973 and went on to being the mayor for the next twenty years. The promise of easing the tension between the police and black residents but as many saw him as a hero, others didn't seem to think the same thing. Young breezed to second, third, and fourth terms without making the expected bridge-building racial appeals. While he was credited with revitalizing the waterfront, the rest of downtown was often compared to a war zone, with neighborhoods crumbling, businesses boarded up and poverty remaining high. Kwame M. Kilpatrick is a different story, he led Detroit from 2001-2008 and was nicknamed the "hip-hop mayor" when first elected at 31, his larger-than-life persona, flashy suits, and the diamond stud in his ear. He brought new attractions to the city's riverfront and much-needed business investment downtown, but he also increased the city's debt obligations to fill budget gaps. After a series of scandals he resigned in 2008 and pleaded guilty later that year to obstruction of justice charges, served four months in jail and was ordered to pay a million dollars to the city. He was held behind bars two years later for hiding assets from the court, and in October, he was sentenced to 28 years in prison after he was found guilty of racketeering, fraud,…

In the 2013 mayoral election for Detroit, MI, the citizens experienced in a close race {55%-45%} the victorious win of Michael E. Duggan over Benny N. Napoleon, to become the first white mayor to lead the city in four decades. The great city of Detroit has for long experienced much calamity that has in a sense permeated throughout every vein in Detroit, and is responsible for its decrepit semblance. Mayor Michael Edward Duggan has brought to the city an energy that has been much needed and…

Ghana was a very great country in 1957 when our first president was still alive . mr. nkrumah traveled to the united states of america when he was 24 to study and observe the american society. Nkrumah had many great plans to help make ghana a great nation. he was the person that gave our nation independence day and made ghana free forever. Nkrumah was one of the big six who fought to gain ghana independence in 1957. The names of the big six was j.b danquah, nkrumah, ebenezer ako adjei,edward…

Before understanding the idea of cosmopolitanism, one most know the origin of the word. To be able to know the origin, one would firstly have to understand the root words when attached they would make up the word cosmopolitanism, the word cosmopolitanism comes from the Greek word kosmos which means “citizen of the world” The world, the other root word attached to cosmopolitanism is Polites which means “Pertaining to administration”. (Dictionary.com). Cosmopolitanism alone has some serious…

Dr John Frederick Joseph Cade Cade was born on January 18th 1912 in Murtoa, in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia. John Cade’s father, David served as the physician for the town of Murtoa, but on returning from his service in WWI, he sold his practice and assumed a position in the Mental Hygiene Department. Over the following years David Cade was assigned the role of medical superintendent at a number of Victorian mental hospitals, including Sunbury, Mont Park and Beechworth. John…

While many yearn for this change there are those who detest the very concept. These people believe that their identity and culture comes under threat if globalization is involved. This debate occupies the minds of many as the research the change that globalization brings to the continent of Africa and other nations. What we do know for sure is that globalization is brought about by the political views and economic standpoint of a nation, which many can argue is because of the western world’s…

In Beside Oneself: On the Limits of Sexual Autonomy, Judith Butler talks about the correct path to attain human rights in connection to autonomy and community. Butlers struggle finding the right balance between the two in order to achieve success in the political arena connects greatly with the ideas of Appiah in Race, Culture, Identity: Misunderstood Connections, and my own personal experiences with the law. Throughout Butler’s essay, she struggles with the concept of balancing autonomy and…

Violating an Ambiguous Confidence? An Ethical Dilemma In a September 7, 2016 publication of “The Ethicist” in The New York Times Magazine, Kwame Anthony Appiah responds to an ethical dilemma posed by a widow. The widow states that her husband of fifteen years had passed away. It had been a second marriage for both her and her husband. Upon his death, she found many journals he had kept over the years before they had met, which he seemed to have stopped writing shortly after their marriage. He…

father to their children. When they initially started dating, she mentioned her concerns to him. She thought that things would change. However, they are now seven years into the marriage, and she is bored to death. The woman states that she and her husband have a great time together. However, he sometimes has a temper, and calls her out of her name. According to the article, the woman no longer trust him, feels that he doesn’t have her best interest at heart, and she doesn’t imagine or entertain…

In Kwame Appiah's “Making Conversation,” he writes about Cosmopolitanism an idea based on an international understanding of cultures. It is the concept that everyone should be able to accept and recognize that cultures differ from their own. Whereas Brian Christian writes about the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how they compare to humans in “Authenticating”. There is no common agreement on whether Artificial Intelligence can be considered as sentient beings, or if they would even fit…