Annotated Bibliography 2)Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, n.d. Web. 17 Oct. 2016 The main argument of this article is over the controversy over Donald Trump not having/ not finding the time to speak about the serious and ever growing issue of civil rights. Now if he can't find the time to go to a NAACP convention how can he find time to be president or the other arguments being can he be our president or does he just not care. This article goes over Donald Trump's bold strategy to not attend/refuse to go to the the convention and how the NAACP and America took this. Mr. Trump has declined our invitation," Cornell Brooks, head of the NAACP, said on CNN. "You can’t run for president and not talk about the nation's civil rights agenda. …show more content…
“Today, with a black man in the White House, you could argue, and some people have, that the NAACP has become a relic of a less enlightened past; an anachronism in the era of Oprah, Barack Obama and a thriving black middle class.” We have achieved so much from what we started at yes we have gone very far but there is still work to be done to get full equality for all races, sexes, religion, etc. This was not the best site to find real and great information, this was the only one who talked about the NAACP and how they feel it is irrelevant. This is also a dot com site and the general look of the site is boring and sloppy. This fits i to my article because it shows how the NAACP is still relevant in today's time, they might not be doing as much as they did when they first started off but it just shows how hard they've worked and that what they're doing is still important for the civil rights …show more content…
Hillary calls the conference to talk about how we need to make sure our law enforcement is doing their job, and doing it correctly and that we also need to respect them to keep peace on the streets. The naacp not only fights for black lives they fight for all lives including blue lives if they are pure at soul. “Hillary Clinton told black leaders in Cincinnati on Monday that the country had “difficult, painful, essential work” ahead in rebuilding trust between African-Americans and police officers.” If we gain the respect between the two, black lives, blue lives we can insure the safety of both live preserving the saying all lives matter pushing the NAACP ahead. “She also urged more respect for police officers in the aftermath of the shooting in Baton Rouge and the ambush in Dallas that killed five officers.” If we respect the badge more the tension between black lives and blue lives with ease with love and respect doing this will save lives in the future. This is a very credible site, all of their information they put out must be 100% accurate because so many people read their papers that they can't afford to ruin their
One of the criticisms of this ordeal is that the BLM never put forth the notion that all lives don’t matter. Obviously, all lives matter. But, I think saying all lives matter in response is ignoring the fact that blacks have been disproportionally mistreated, profiled, and arrested more often than whites. I like how Michelle Alexander described the war on drugs as redesigning the racial caste system.
The All Lives Matter supporters believe that black people who were killed recently showed violence against the policemen and they were not innocents. The president of Amherst College Republicans Robert Lucido responses, “First, the Black Lives Matter group was originally titled ‘F--- the Police.’ The organizers of the Awareness week claimed that every 28 hours a black man is killed by a law enforcement officer, but they never mentioned that a law enforcement officer is killed every 48 hours in the line of duty. The organizers may have thought it clever, but such a title is utterly shameful” (Lucido). The author uses ethos by showing facts in his response that illustrates the opposite of what Black Lives Matter group claimed; however, these
Kellogg, Charles Flint. NAACP: A History of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1967.
All hail to the to the NAACP- making sure equality is enforced, and social injustice does not prevail. “Founded in 1909 in New York, by a group of black and white citizens in order to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of minority group citizens of the United States and eliminate racial prejudice. The NAACP seeks to remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic process.” (www.NAACP.org)
Chief Bernard Parks, has announce that it was time to move beyond the Cristopher Commission Report (Riccardi & Ravin, 2000). Bernard argue that nearly 80 percent of the recommendation had been completely implemented by the LAPD. However, recent studies have concluded that there is still a long way to go in order for the Police Department to reach its goal. Reports indicate that managers have failed to correct the behavior of officers involved in multiple misconduct complaints (Riccardi & Ravin, 2000). Officers who abuse of their powers have received minimum training, counseling or sanctions by their managers to help them reduce their bad behavior. Furthermore, the no tolerance on race has been implemented and caused the Police Department to become more diverse. Twenty five years ago the department was sixty one percent Whites, no a day’s Whites only account for thirty three percent of the officers. Diversity has grown in the department, but it seems that not much has changed since the Rodney King incident. According to Gerber and Winton (2015), African Americans represent nine percent of the population but account for thirty one percent of the use of force cases and nineteen percent of the deadly shooting by the police. On the other hand, the LAPD has almost met the objective of creating a community-based policing. The LAPD has created programs such as the Community Police Problem Solving
He mentions the very recent violence that occurred in Selma, Alabama; where African Americans were attacked by police while preparing to march to Montgomery to protest voting rights discrimination. Without mentioning this violent event that occurred a week prior, there would not be much timeliness to his argument, and it wouldn’t have been as effective. The timeliness of his argument gave the speech a lot more meaning, and it heightened the emotions of many who heard the address. He is appealing to the emotions of many American people, both Congressmen and ordinary citizens, to encourage them to support his cause. He reminds us of all of the Americans around the world that are risking their lives for our freedom. He refers to them as “guardians of our liberty.” He also address the problem as the whole nation should be concerned not just the north, the south, or the African American
Now that we have a black president, some people tend to believe that we can now move forward and forget about the past. Yes, we made ...
This letter addressed the criticism he received while peacefully protesting. It was also a response to the injustices he witnessed and experienced while visiting the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Birmingham branch. He explains how he and the SCLC organized their plans of nonviolent action for change in not only the segregated schools in Alabama, but for the discriminated people of America. Dr. King declares, “Justice too long delayed is justice denied” (344). He states that African American people have waited more than 340 years for constitutional and God-given rights (King 344). His pleas for recognition of the mass injustices and his assemblies of nonviolent actions caused a wave of changes to occur across the country. His teachings and actions paved the way for African Americans and other minorities to be given the opportunity to exceed expectations and not to be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. One such person became our 44th President.
Racism is a common and ancient social problem in the U.S.. African Americans spend many years on solving the problem. From the Emancipation Proclamation to the Civil Rights Movements, they consistently fought against racism and gradually gained the justice and rights. During that time, many famous people were born, such as Martin Luther King. Because of their efforts, nowadays, even the president of the US, Barack Obama, has African American blood. However, racism becomes a headline in the news again recently. In the past few months, protests have happened in many big cities like New York and Washington. African Americans went on the street protesting against the discipline of the police department. They claimed that they
Although, their organization was not around for too long, they made many changes, if it were not for the Black Panthers determination and will to uplift their community, life for blacks would not be the same. Works Cited 1) Robertson, Naomi. The "Black Panther Party (Overview). " The American Mosaic: The African American Experience. ABC-CLIO, 2014.
Inequality in the United States was present for a very long time. It wasn’t until essentially the 1960’s when blacks finally had all of their humane rights. It took many courageous and very charismatic leaders to achieve all the things colored people grasped during this time. In my essay today I will be talking about some of these extremely memorable and honorable events and people that transpired and why they are so significant.
... The "unprecedented access to higher education and employment" (African American np) that African Americans have been party to since the Civil Rights Movement speaks strongly to the opportunities for change that this country affords its citizens. However, the value of the struggle cannot be lost on us. We must recognize that such fundamental change does not manifest itself overnight: it is achievable only where a lasting commitment to it is available. Change is not beyond us. Action, however, is its necessary predecessor.
Officers are trained and taught different polices that require them not to be biased towards any gender or race. Such officers include Sunil Dutta, if you don’t want to get shot, tasted pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton or thrown to the ground, just do what I tell you.” (Dutta) uses policies to their advantage. Lack of African-American officers, mainly in communities with citizens of color, can lead to an inquiry that there is a bias in law enforcement agencies and their policies. With recent events in the news displaying the misconduct of officers in an African-American communities like, in July of 2014, where the death of Eric Garner because of “chokehold” by a police officer hit home for many African-Americans and made them question the legislative decisions on policies causing a distrust and lack of confidence within the police departments, shying away citizens from
The movement BlackLivesMatter have outed hundreds unlawful officers and victims that never got the justice needed. The same characteristics (color and style) that emulates strong, noble people can backfire. Black people in this country who actively resist dehumanization makes a call to action and a response to anti-Black racism in our current society. (Cullors, 2015) The growth of the movement has moved country-wide, first starting in the south; the south had always had history of racism and anti-black impulses. This movement is continuing to carry up north and west, and is projected that any officer can be the next one to unlawfully kill another black individual. These immoral police officers are no different from the rest of the police force, their uniforms are no different color or style they do not have different titles, there is no distinction between the these two types of officers. African Americans are persuaded to be more cautious and angry towards police officers; anyone with a cop uniform can be considered a threat to their life. Innocent cops were murdered in retaliation to the unfair judicial systems that are not punishing these cops. Once a police-like uniform is worn it not only once symbolizes honor and power, but t too many communities
...ey for African-Americans. 12 Million Black Voices could not have depicted it better. Their unhappiness, shown on their faces in the photo, their weariness, fear, hopes, and highlights talked of in the text worked together to give us a look into the African-American life then. Today, our lives are better. African-Americans’ lives are better. We have more opportunity and more equality. What we do not have, we fight for. Yet we still see the traces of the past sufferings of our people’s lives today. We still see those traces of racism they were subjected to being repeated in our kin’s lives. And so the struggle continues, but with time it gets better. And this is the new hope. That one day racism will not exist and that no other will suffer like they did.