Protest

began his 200 mile march to protest the British salt act? The British salt acts prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, which was a major problem because salt played an important role in their diet. Along with this Salt Act, citizens were forced to buy vital minerals from the British at a very high price, with heavy taxes added. Civil disobedience is the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest, and it’s important because…

In my opinion, it is never appropriate for an interest group or social movement to engage in violent protest tactics, but, through civil disobedience, is appropriate to engage in illegal behavior to reverse a harmful policy or change public opinion about the status quo. Engaging in violent protest tactics overshadows the message that interest groups or protestors want to project. The Media will focus more on the actual violent actions of these groups, rather than the message they are attempting…

I believe that the main issue of weather it is right for NFL players to kneel during the National Anthem is majorly a racist issue. The proof behind this reasoning is that Collin Kaepernick, San Francisco 49ers quarterback stated that he was , "not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color." Personally I disagree with his opinion. Holding your hand over your heart is a tradition that has been carried on for many years that honors what…

In the United States today there are many hypocrisies. The constitution states rights that the American people have like the right to protest the things. The NFL has recently started to protest racism by not standing for the National Anthem or even coming out of the locker room at all. While they have the right to protest, is protesting the National Anthem and the flag really necessary? The flag stands for the freedoms that the military has fought for. The flag also represents the rights that…

significance of this is that the contrasting genres focus on the differing rhetorical appeals. For instance, “NBA Players Join Anti-Racist Anthem Protests" by Green Left Weekly is categorized as an academic journal and it appeals to the rhetoric of factual evidence. Green Left Weekly expounds upon this idea of utilizing actual dates and examples of when these active protests…

draft system, which would ruin the chances of the young men with scholarships for school. The student activism group at the University of Washington (UW) was from 1948-1970. Throughout the 1950’s, students from a smaller college community began to protest the use of nuclear weapons. But the protesting…

what the government should and should not do in order to combat gentrification, shows the various levels of severity in which people view the problem, even when a group agrees it is a social problem that warrants action. Due to the fact that the protests around gentrification involve protecting a rich culture or history, it is an easy news story for local media. Because the issue of gentrification often involves race and socioeconomic divides, it can make for an even better story. The internet…

officers lives in danger. police have already been affected by the movement as some are scared to defend themselves even when their life 's in danger. They don 't want to be called a murderer and attract attention from all over the country, and have protest or even riots in their city. So instead of making a split second, decision they act differently and can put themselves in danger because of it. But since Ferguson a major thing happened. After so much media attention many blacks thought our…

More than ever since the eighty’s rap has been a controversial subject. Whenever someone says something harsh someone wants to stop them from saying it. There have been concerns with how violent rap music has gotten, but is censorship the way to go about fixing these problems? There are many problems with trying to censor rap music. Violent rap music is usually an expression of the violent events going on everywhere. The difference between violent rap and violent actions is that rap music is…

bound to come fast; in a democratic society. For instance the large protest in Cairo, Egypt, against the Mubarak regime. According to the documentary The Square, Citizens of Egypt revolted for days against the Mubarak regime. After several days had passed, Egyptians heard a message from the government announcing Mubarak’s resignation from political power. This form of appearance by the people is the most powerful way to protest because it has the power to restructure government. It has the…