The Black Panther Party Fights for Equality
The Black Panther Party was born to elevate the political, social, and economic status of Blacks. The means the Party advocated in their attempt to advance equality were highly unconventional and radical for the time, such as social programs for under privileged communities and armed resistance as a means of self preservation. The Party made numerous contributions to Black’s situation as well as their esteem, but fell victim to the ‘system’ which finds it nearly impossible to allow Blacks entry into the dominant culture. Thus, the rise and fall of a group of Black radicals, as presented by Elaine Brown in A Taste of Power, can be seen to represent the overall plight of the American Black: a system which finds it impossible to give Blacks equality.
Nearly all of the problems the Black Panther Party attacked are the direct descendants of the system which enslaved Blacks for hundreds of years. Although they were given freedom roughly one hundred years before the arrival of the Party, Blacks remain victims of White racism in much the same way. They are still the target of White violence, regulated to indecent housing, remain highly uneducated and hold the lowest position of the economic ladder. The continuance of these problems has had a nearly catastrophic effect on Blacks and Black families. Brown remembers that she “had heard of Black men-men who were loving fathers and caring husbands and strong protectors.. but had not known any” until she was grown (105). The problems which disproportionatly affect Blacks were combatted by the Party in ways the White system had not. The Party “organized rallies around police brutality against Blacks, made speeches and circulated leaflets about every social and political issue affecting Black and poor people, locally, nationally, and internationally, organized support among Whites, opened a free clinic, started a busing-to prisons program which provided transport and expenses to Black families” (181). The Party’s goals were to strengthen Black communities through organization and education.
The dominant culture perceived the Black Panther Party to be a threat, prevented their success whenever possible, and greatly contributed to their ultimate demise. In 1968 FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover proclaimed: “The Black Panther Party is the single greatest threat to the internal security of the United States” (156). The Party’s founder, Huey Newton, came to represent “the symbol of change for Americans, (by) questioning everything scared to the American way of life” (237).
Dexter, while he could’ve gone to a state university, went away to “. . . an older more famous university in the East, where he was bothered by his scanty funds.” After college he made an investment in a laundry business eventually growing it and becoming very wealthy. He returned to the golf course to play with the rich old men he once was a caddy for. Once he and Judy connected he tried and tried to be with her, to settle down with her, but he was never successful. Like Dexter, Jay Gatsby wanted nothing more than to marry Daisy. After he met Daisy and spent one night with her, he immediately fell in love. He spent the entire rest of his life trying to be good enough for her, right up to the moment he died. In the movie it says everything he ever did, was all for her. He threw all of those marvelous, large, extravagant parties, simply hoping that one day she would walk in. He bought that house directly across the bay hoping he would reconnect with her. He made up a fake identity for himself, got involved with horrible people doing illegal things, to earn enough money to be worth something to Daisy. It was all for Daisy, just like most of what Dexter did was all for
The concepts of Reform and Revolution are nearly polarizing by their very nature, with one seeking to modify, and the other seeking to destroy and rebuild. If an organized Black movement was to find itself in an opportunistic position -whatever that may be- with which to attempt a radical movement (in either case; reform or revolution, the resulting movement would need to be large and radical if it would hope to accomplish its goals before the opportunity for change ceases to present itself) it would only serve to befall their efforts if they found themselves in a splintered state of conflicting ideologies. But, in either case, be it reform or revolution, a reconfiguring of the thought processes behind how one looks at the nature of American politics is undoubtedly necessary in order to look into the potential for future Black liberation.
The qualities that make these two characters compelling is the fact that they are doomed to fail. Their obsession with the past causes them to neglect the present, and ultimately pursue goals that are unattainable. Gatsby does not want Daisy to just love him again. He needs her to erase all affections she had for Tom, which Daisy is unable to do. Gatsby “asks to much” because he needs Daisy to be the same as she was when they first met. Dexter and Gatsby want return to a time when they were of lower class and wealth to rekindle a romance with a love interest who moved on. It is this hopeless romanticism that makes their characters compelling and allows for emotional investment.
Scott Fitzgerald mentions the following quote “Over on a dark peninsula a piano was playing the songs of last summer and of summers before that songs from “Chin-Chin” and “The Count of Luxemburg” and “The Chocolate Soldier” and because the sound of a piano over a stretch of water had always seemed beautiful to Dexter he lay perfectly quiet and listened” (F. Scott Fitzgerald 191). Another example, in the story “The Great Gatsby” author F. Scott Fitzgerald mentions the following quote “”I know what we’ll do.” said Gatsby, “we’ll have Klipspringer play the piano” (F. Scott Fitzgerald 94). These two quotes are great examples because both Dexter and Gatsby enjoy listening to music but Gatsby he hires a musician and plays for him every time there is a party going on at his house. The theme to me in these two stories are having to do with the American Dream. For the story “Winter Dreams” it is refer to the American Dream that Dexter comes to embody, but success brings a high cost, and social mobility restricts Dexter’s capacity for happiness, and for the story “The Great Gatsby” the American dream was originally about discovery, individualism, and the pursuit of happiness. The Protagonist in these two stories are Dexter Green and Jay Gatsby because they both are the main characters and they play an important role in the story. As for Dexter
In the examination of the roots of the Party she emphasizes the importance that the Southern migrants had on the future movement; though they did not play as large a role in the Party as the youth did, the ideals and social structures of the old generation greatly inspired the Party and its rise to prominence. Murch uses this to approach why the Party was successful in maintaining itself on the local level but often failed on the national level. One can not argue that the Black Panther Party wasn’t a socially driven movement but Murch argues that the movement itself was driven by the social structures of the Bay Area African American community. Murch approaches the success of the Black Panther Party at an angle that examines how the Party’s positions and it’s course was driven by the public it was centered within. Murch details that the African American community of Oakland was deeply rooted in family values as well as social organizations, such as churches. The Black Panther Party’s initial success came about without having to address these roots but, as the Party expanded and wished to move ahead, the Party’s shifts in policy can be directly attributed to the wishes and needs of the community. Murch profiles the Oakland Community School and the People’s Free Food Program, which were social institutions created by the Black Panther Party to address the needs
The Party’s fight for redistribution of wealth and the establishment of social, political and social equality across gender and color barriers made it one of the first organizations in U.S. history to militantly struggle for working class liberation and ethnic minorities (Baggins, Brian). The Black Panther Party set up a ten-point program much like Malcolm X’s Nation of Islam that called for American society to realize political, economic and social equal opportunity based on the principles of socialism, all of which was summarized by the final point: "We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice and peace" (Newton, Huey P). The Black Panther Party wanted to achieve these goals through militant force. In the words of Che Guevara, “Words are beautiful, but action is supre...
Organized in the 1960s at the height of the American Civil Rights Movement, the Black Panther Party emerged as a revolutionist group pioneering a strategy of militancy. The Party’s aims were to eliminate the discrimination challenging African-Americans in America since the time of slavery, and to protect their communities from police brutality. Inspired by contemporary radical leaders such as Malcolm X, the party recognized that in order to restructure American society so that civil equality was obtainable by all people, a much stronger opposition was necessary. Party members felt the passive resistance adopted by their predecessors fighting for equality proved futile, and therefore the Party endorsed new tactics of self-defense and violent resistance to secure their political and social rights as American citizens. However, the promotion and employment of open violence fueled the government with legitimate reason to battle for the Party’s eradication. Regardless of its success in instituting innovative community reforms in African-American neighborhoods, during its short existence the Black Panther Party was never able to achieve its fundamental goal of eliminating racial discrimination and ensuring civil equality for all when battling against an America averse to change.
The topic of the book is how black America is on the wrong path and how it needs to be fixed. One of the problems that are stated in the book is the cultural of blackness treats victimhood not as a problem to be solved but an identity to be nurtured. Separatism is also a problem that encourages black Americans to see black people as superior, which the rules other Americans are expected to follow are suspended out of a belief that victimhood lets them be exempt from them. The author sought to accomplish getting black America back on track. He suggests that it will require some profound adjustments in black identity.
Suicide was Hedda's final attempt at regaining her control. She destroyed her and Tesman's child, just as she had done with Mrs. Elvsted and Lövborg's “child;” if she did not love the unborn child, no one else was going to be able to. But foremost, she wanted to be able to escape male dominion, most notably that of Brack's. She did not relish the idea of having to cater to his needs and abhorred the idea of having an affair because, if someone found out, it would cause a scandal. In Hedda's eyes, the only way out of this dire situation was to commit suicide. But her death was not going to be hideous like Lövborg's was; hers was going to be beautiful.
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale established the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in Oakland California, during October of 1966. Newton and Seale who preached for a “revolutionary war”, fighting for the rights and equality of African-Americans, were also eager to speak out for all oppressed minority groups. The Black Panther Party had four goals: equality in education, employment, housing, and civil rights. In an effort to expand this idea and materialize ...
Two of Fitzgerald’s works, Winter Dreams and The Great Gatsby, have very similar plots. Both features poor young men trying reach wealth. Both protagonist have a women of their dreams in mind. And both men are devastated in the end. However there are some things that make the stories differ. Wether it is in a shape of a narrator or the way the story is written, they do have differences.
Firstly, Hedda is shown as a very uncaring person towards the people around her. She shows that with many different actions such as when she burns the manuscript she acts as if she hasn’t done anything wrong. Tesman says “Burn’t! Burn’t Eilert’s manuscript!” Hedda says “Don’t scream so. The servant might hear you” Tesman says “Burnt! Why, good God-! No, no, no!
Hedda Gabler is a text in which a very domineering society drives a woman to her suicidal death. Many argue that Hedda’s death is an act of courage, as rebellion against the rules of the society, however other believe that Hedda’s actions show cowardice, as she is unable to cope with the harsh reality of the her situation. Hedda's singular goal throughout the play has been to prove that she is still in possession of free will. Hedda shows many examples of both courage and cowardice throughout the play, differing to the character she is with.
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