Overview The election of President Barrack Hussein Obama was one of the greatest movements in history for the United States of America. This election brought to America a symbol of change, and with that change came hope. However, were the Americans blinded by their own hopes of this change? The campaign of Obama was so focused on ‘change’, because that is what the people wanted to hear. Many people claim that Barrack Obama is a great president, who is helping the poor, and has made a monumental impact for the black communities. Yet, there seem to be more people who see past the show that Obama presents. Yes, there has been change, but in what forms has it come? When one looks at the political and non-political agenda of this president, a new light is shed. Maybe the change isn’t about being a black president; maybe it is about changing the direction of the United States government. The following paper will touch on the controversies of Obama’s qualifications for office. From here, I will bring to surface many of Obama’s flaws in character, such as dishonesty and hypocrisy. This dishonesty is seen throughout Obama’s terms. It has played a significant role through Obama’s manipulation tactics to misguide America. Then, I will show how Obama is using this manipulation to promote his socialist/anti-colonialism goals for The United States of America. Introduction My name is Asha. I am 6 years old. I go to Senator Obama Primary School in Siaya County, Kenya. My village, Nyang’oma Kogelo, is small, and most of us live in huts. At school Ms. Adoyo teaches my friends and I all about this thing called “hope”. She tells us to keep dreaming and “to have hope, because things will get better”. I don’t know what she means by “better”, t... ... middle of paper ... ...ts/nathanielswebpage/Traits.html • "United States Presidential Eligibility Legislation." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 04 Oct. 2014. Web. 15 Apr. 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_eligibility_legislation • • D'Souza, Dinesh. Obama's America: Unmaking the American Dream. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Pub., 2012. Print. • D'Souza, Dinesh. The Roots of Obama's Rage. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Pub., 2010. Print. • Hewitt, Hugh. The Brief against Obama: The Rise, Fall & Epic Fail of the Hope & Change Presidency. New York: Center Street, 2012. Print. • Klein, Aaron, and Brenda J. Elliott. The Manchurian President. Washington, D.C.: • WND, 2010. Print. • "Hawaiian Kingdom - Blount's Report, July 17, 1893." Hawaiian Kingdom - Blount's Report, July 17, 1893. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 May 2014. http://www.hawaiiankingdom.org/blounts-report.shtml
Stephen Skowronek writes about political time and how one can determine the legacy a president will leave behind at the time their presidency is done. The president has immense powers when he comes to office, but the challenges they each face vary depending on the time they take office. Skowronek analyzes and demonstrates that the most essential factor for a president to attempt to legitimize his actions and orders will be the actions of the president before him. Following the actions of George W. Bush is how we can determine where Barack Obama falls under and follow the chain to the next president. If Hillary Clinton were to win the 2016 election, she would fall under the politics of articulation and Barack Obama would fall under the politics of pre-emption.
Have you ever watched the Presidential Inaugural Address? Well, you should because you can learn what the new president wants to do with the country you are living in. I analyzed Barack Obama and George Washington’s Inaugural Addresses. There were many differences and similarities between Barack Obama and George Washington’s that I will further explain in this essay. One difference was that Obama’s speech was about trust while Washington’s was about the citizens rights for the new nation. One similarity is that both speeches talked about what each person wanted to do as president. Barack Obama and George Washington's Inaugural Addresses made a big impact on the country.
Although an effort is made in connecting with the blacks, the idea behind it is not in understanding the blacks and their culture but rather is an exploitative one. It had an adverse impact on the black community by degrading their esteem and status in the community. For many years, the political process also had been influenced by the same ideas and had ignored the black population in the political process (Belk, 1990). America loves appropriating black culture — even when black people themselves, at times, don’t receive much love from America.
Since the election of President Barrack Obama in 2008, many people have started to believe that America is beyond racial inequalities - this is not the reality. Rather, we, as a society, chose to see only what we want to see. Discrimination is still rampant in our nation. Michelle Alexander explains that since the Jim Crow laws were abolished, new forms of racial caste systems have taken their place. Our society and criminal justice system claim to be colorblind, but this is not the actuality. Michelle Alexander explains:
From slavery being legal, to its abolishment and the Civil Rights Movement, to where we are now in today’s integrated society, it would seem only obvious that this country has made big steps in the adoption of African Americans into American society. However, writers W.E.B. Du Bois and James Baldwin who have lived and documented in between this timeline of events bringing different perspectives to the surface. Du Bois first introduced an idea that Baldwin would later expand, but both authors’ works provide insight to the underlying problem: even though the law has made African Americans equal, the people still have not.
African Americans have a long history in the Americas. Their experience in United States is however laden with historical records of oppression and segregation. It has been difficult to shed off slavery tags that emanates from their historical entry into the Americas. There are many issues that emerge when considering the experience of African Americans. One of the most important issues that has been extensively studied in regard to African American experience is the issue of leadership and politics. For a long time, African-American leadership has been sidelined until the rise of civil rights movements starting from 1950s. Since then, African Americans have exerted their position in United States leadership culminating in election of current President Barrack Obama, who became the first African-American president of the country. African American leadership and participation in politics and public institution is a case example of resilience in a hostile environment laden with segregation and historical tag of slavery.
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 ...
For many years, American Presidents were viewed as being white and powerful leaders. Why were they only white? Is it because Americans felt Blacks were not smart enough to run a country on their own? African Americans were viewed as less dominate people and have been discriminated because of the color of their skin. In 2008, Barack Obama was elected President of the United States making him the first black president ever. In this paper, I will discuss how Barack makes a change and if America can accept him as our first black president.
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... to existing problems for many minority groups that eventually changed of over time even if those changes may have took a long time. Many individuals whom have passed on, may have wished that they would have witnessed the day when it really doesn’t matter what your race, color or creed is would have love to be here today. However small amounts of discrimination still exist today race, color, gender , national origin, religion, creed, age, marital status, sexual orientation sad to say, but we are not all the way there as yet, everyone is entitled to equal protection under the law. No one ever believed that we would have ever have a black president (Commander and Chief of the US Military) and we have one now President Barrack Obama, Change is always good when it is for the people in regards to Equal rights and Justice for all.
Obama goes on to say “We cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together.” He believes that this is the time to change, and a new generation governed by racial minorities. Obama support these claims by reiterating his own beliefs and those of the American nation. “I would not be running for President...
Darrius Jackson Cavasoa English 101 July 2016 If anyone were to understand what it’s like to go through the difficulties of racial discrimination and the hardships of being colored; it’d be non other than Mr. President Barack Obama himself. Despite being the first African American in history to be elected President of the United States, Obama had his fair share of being discriminated against throughout his long journey to office. On March 18, 2008, Obama delivered the speech “A More Perfect Union” at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In his speech, he responded to the criticisms of his relationship with his Pastor whom was said to have been making inflammatory statements about the U.S government and race relations
It is hard to believe that after electing a minority president, the United States of America can still be seen as a vastly discriminatory society. A question was posed recently after a viewing of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream…” speech of whether his dream has become a reality. After consideration, a majority of the viewers said no. Although many steps have been taken to improve racial equality in America, there is still no way to legislate tolerance. Dr. King’s message of equality for all has been lost in a black and white struggle over the taken meaning of his context. Until our society can allow all people to live in peace we will never truly achieve King’s dream. Case in point, referring to President Obama as our "our First Black President" should not be considered a statement of pride over how far we have come. Placing this racial qualifier, even in a positive light, only serves to point out his minority status, not the fact that he is the President of the United States. According to Dr. King's dream, a man or woman, black or white, would be viewed as President without qualifying their differences from mainstream America.
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Nearly three centuries ago, black men and women from Africa were brought to America and put into slavery. They were treated more cruelly in the United States than in any other country that had practiced slavery. African Americans didn’t gain their freedom until after the Civil War, nearly one-hundred years later. Even though African Americans were freed and the constitution was amended to guarantee racial equality, they were still not treated the same as whites and were thought of as second class citizens. One man had the right idea on how to change America, Martin Luther King Jr. had the best philosophy for advancing civil rights, he preached nonviolence to express the need for change in America and he united both African Americans and whites together to fight for economic and social equality.