Michelle Obama

In the second presidential debate, both candidates have many topics to talk about with one major argument. Although the some people believe that the characteristics of a person doesn’t matter in order to run the country, throughout the second presidential debate, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump made it clear that good character was important in the role of being the president of the United States. Both of the Candidates used all three main rhetorical strategies-ethos, pathos, and logos…

President Barack Obama, in his eulogy for Reverend Pinckney delivers an emotional speech that left many in tears and inspired, inspired to make change. Obama’s speech was intended towards all citizens of the United States, especially the victimized families and people of South Carolina. During his eulogy, Obama praises the great man that Reverend Pinckney was and also elaborates on the issues that need to be acknowledged in America today, particularly racial bias and injustices (President Obama…

to shape a person and how it will impacted them in the future. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Donald Trump all had different education systems, childhood relationships, and life experiences that would shape, form , and impacted who they would become today. Everyone has a weakness, if it's either the lack of money, cultural disapproval, or simply not having enough support. In the following, you will know what Hillary, Obama, and trump dealt with in their lives. Donald Trump's…

Barack Obama is the current democratic president of the United States today. He was elected the 44th president on November 4, 2008 and won a second term on November 6, 2012. Barack Obama is not only the first African American president, he is also the first president to be born outside of the continental United States (Barack Obama: Life Before the Presidency). He has accomplished a lot throughout his lifetime and still strives to do so at the current age of fifty-four. Barack Obama’s tenure in…

night. I had never seen people my age get involved in politics because usually we consider it as “boring” and we feel like it doesn’t affect us. These student’s reactions, and opinions showed how interested they were in this debate. I remember when Obama…

Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States, and also the first Black American to live in the white house. Being the President you have a lot of influence in politics and in the media. In 2013 there has been a debate about the George Zimmerman’s verdict. Zimmerman had fatally shot a 17-year old Black American boy named Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman’s excuse about the shooting was because he felt threatened by the black teen. Being a black American himself, president Obama had to stand up…

The novel The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander a compelling guide through the American justice system. The novel gives its readers insight that since the Jim Crows and Obamas Presidency the “colorblindness” within the United States has revolutionized the American society in ways unimaginable, especially in the Wars on Drugs. The author takes her readers past times in 1840’s, around the time of the Jim Crows to about modern day dealing with how…

in civil liberties Michelle Alexander. I agree that people who break the law are criminals and should be punished. Yet what I see is an issue of racial injustice being depicted by discriminatory factors including social class. It is preposterous to call the criminal justice system racist in many ways, as if you have this superior entitled opinion. When Barack Obama became the first African american president, it seems safe to say that social justice was restored. But Michelle Alexander argues…

black man for the first time ever, and the forty-fourth. President Barack Obama was elected by 192 more electoral votes than Senator John McCain of Arizona. This is something that many African American never thought would happen in their lifetime. President Obama birth place was in Hawaii, his mother was white and his father is a African American man not of the United States but of Kenya. He his wife first lady Michelle Obama and their two daughters. His call to the political arena is said to…

Accepting the Democratic nomination for presidential candidacy in 2008, Barack Obama expressed how he thought the government should interact with citizens. “…Our government should work for us, not against us. It should help us, not hurt us. It should ensure opportunity not just for those with the most money and influence, but for every American who’s willing to work…” (Schuman 120). In making these remarks, Obama reveals what he wants to achieve for the nation. Obama’s ultimate goal is to try to…