Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

Hip Hop can be defined as a culture containing the following elements: Bboying/Bgirling, Tagging, DJing, MCing, and Knowledge. Hip Hop also has an influence in other areas such as media and fashion. Hip Hop is not to be confused with rapping, because rapping is a subset of the overall umbrella that is Hip Hop. In today’s society, many people fail to realize that in order to be a true Hip Hop artist they must incorporate more than one element into their career. Bboying/Bgirling, people often…

One of the major ongoing problems in the United States is racism and discrimination. This dates all the way back to when Native Americans or Indians were forced to migrate to other lands by the Europeans. In this society, every minority, mainly African Americans, Native Americans, Islamic and Muslim people, are the target of some type of discrimination and unfairness. Unfortunately, it is only getting worse. Since the time of the Trail of Tears, this type of discrimination has changed. This…

In today’s modern democracy, political parties and interest groups play a huge projecting role in the United States government and it is rising quickly. Political parties and interest groups are organized groups of people who work towards specific goals within the government, promoting politicians and raising money to help accomplish certain needs. While yes, both groups are working towards similar goals they often times serve different purposes within the country’s political system. The real…

understanding that it is our individual freedom and the power to a voice. The political parties in our system are the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, Green and Constitution parties. Our American Democracy today is being affected due to the current campaign environment and is also affecting American Political Parties. Party realignment in the United States is when the balance of power changes extremely between a country’s political parties. Also, change occurs to the groups of…

In one of President Barack Obama’s speech, addressing to the American people, he announced the death of a man who had affected the people of the United States, Osama bin Laden. He speaks of the 11th day in September of 2001, that has become a significant day in the lives of the American people. The loss of life that many families have suffered from, caused by a one man. He addresses the events that occurred on that day and the effect it had on us as a nation. President Obama addresses the…

According to the course syllabus Stasis Theory is “A means of invention that provides rhetors with a set of questions that, when asked systematically, can help them to determine where the disagreement between themselves and the audience begins.” The writer must think critically when it comes to answering the four questions. When a person’ asks a question a response is expected. Sometimes disagreements will arise. In the “Stasis Theory” the questions are answered through systematic investigation…

collective powers, but would limit it to only specifically targeted or threatening people (Wanlund). Obama shows a strong hand when it comes to doing what the American people want. He recently overrode a policy to force records to be released under the Freedom of Information Act (Jost). Obama has also proposed a reform plan that will continually declassify information that he feels is necessary for the public to know (Obama). He wants to emphasize the importance of this agency, while ensuring…

of slavery the major labor force in the south were African Americans and whites took advantage of that. Although black people were free of slavery. In the south they passed what was called Black Codes. They were laws that basically restricted the freedom of many African Americans. Making them work terrible labor jobs with minimal pay. Another big topic that we spoke on during class was the idea of ideology. Ideology is a coherent set of beliefs that brings order to our understanding of how…

To this day, oppression remains a strategic way in manipulating others. Oppression is defined as the exploitation of power over a group or an individual to accomplish domination (Bishop, 2002). There are many factors that can be used to achieve complete control. These factors include but are not limited to: separation, the establishment of a hierarchy, and the incorporation of competition into the society (Bishop, 2002). Additionally, different forms of oppression are evident in society.…

The Forty-fourth the United States presidential election was and will always be an election to remember. African American Senator Democrat Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States on November 4, 2008; after defeating Republican candidate John McCain. Since that day he has impacted the Critical Race Theory in numerous ways. In a country, where minorities were only represented for ten percent of the senate and house of representative, President Obama election was more than…