1) What perceptions of “others” are reflected attending Miss Columbia’s School House (Document 1)? How does Aguinaldo’s criticism of America’s policies towards the Philippines (Document 2) echo the 1894 political cartoon? What do these two documents suggest about the way America perceived conquered peoples and the likelihood that they would ever be fit for American citizenship and its liberties? Perception can be defined as the way someone views something/someone through their own eyes, it is having an overview of how someone interprets and what it means to them. Miss Columbia’s School House illustrates a woman in a long dress, and her hair is covered with a red hat that looks like a bandana. Miss Columbia is dressed this certain way to clarify …show more content…
What was the goal to reach the point where the United States needed to end so much hate and racism toward each other? The goal was to encompass social movements, end racial segregation and discrimination toward African Americans to keep safe legal recognition and federal protection for the citizens’ rights. The Cold War helped the Civil Rights Movement by growing and becoming greater, meanwhile the United States had to deal with alot pressure from other countries to stop the movement and confront the negativity that they were receiving. Since equal rights were not provided they had to face the criticisms. Communism was spreading quickly and many were against it and some were …show more content…
That had to be done in order to get everyone to come together as one whole as peace and respect. Obama opened this significant speech by including words from the Constitution “We the people, in order to form a more perfect union” (Obama). From these words it means that the union was in critical conditions and there had to be an escape from the misunderstanding that was creating so much chaos. Obama decided to run for president at that time, because he believed that the issues that the country was going through had to solved together (Obama). Solving all the issues together was the goal in order to better the lives of Americans and gave them hope. Race back in the past and in the present is a topic that cannot be ignored and left unfixed. ‘If we simply retreat into our respective corners we will never be able to come together and solve challenges like healthcare, or education or the need to find good jobs for every American” (Obama). If these challenges never came to an end, then what would the American dream be? There were many things to think about to control these unexpected hardships that many people were dealing with. Finding a job was very difficult, many were criticized of their skin color, they were told that they did not have the capacity to handle a job and someone else who is at a different social status
The March of the Flag is a statement given by Albert Beveridge about the power of the US. He uses the power of the US to give the idea that US has its own ideas, and those ideas could be spread globally because US is so powerful. He is really arrogant, and he believes that due to America’s power they can spread ideas to other countries quickly and easily. He uses GOD as merely a symbol of power, a way to show how powerful the country is, and how influential it can become. We discussed the culture spread of the US in class, how it affected other culture, and created culture shocks. The article The Paralyzing Influence of Imperialism, William Jennings Bryan, discusses the US influence, and the influence that can be brought upon the Philippine Islands. He discusses the way, traders, taskmasters, officeholders, and military can control the small group of the Philippine Islands and influence them culturally and
Miller, Stuart C. “Letter from New York-Born Soldier.” Benevolent Assimilation: The American Conquest of the Philippines, 1899-1903. New Haven, CT: Yale University, 1982. 88. Print.
Section I,2. Analyze the consequences of American rule in Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines. Did the citizens prosper? Enjoy freedom? Accept American rule? Comment on the consequences for the United States with regard to the statement made by Eric Foner in the text, “Thus, two principles central to American freedom since the War of Independence – no taxation without representation and government based on the consent of the governed – were abandoned when it came to the nation’s new possessions.
He makes sure his audience connects with him directly by making them feel at his level, and at hiss. This way he connects to the audience, and in exchange, helps his statement of unity. Using various examples of parallelism, anaphora and refrain, Obama brands the theme of equality and togetherness in our country throughout the speech, vital to gaining the respect of his audience. Obama recalls the ‘enduring strength of the constitution’ by delving into the past alluding to America’s allegiance to the Declaration of Independence by quoting “we hold these truths. that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”.
Roy Peter Clark, author of “A More Perfect Union”: Why It Worked, takes a stance on President Barack Obama’s speech while analyzing it. President Barack Obama delivered a speech titled “A More Perfect Union.” His speech focused on the prominent issue of racism in America. In this article, Clark talks about President Obama’s known power and brilliance. Clark makes references and comparisons to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and W.EB. DuBois. “A More Perfect Union” features writing techniques that makes the message more defined and effective. President Obama utilizes four closely related rhetorical strategies. Clark broadly explains the purpose of the rhetorical strategies. Allusion, parallelism, two-ness, and autobiography helped to shape President Obama’s speech that that was meant to create
In the essay by Garry Willis called “Two Speeches Based Upon Race”, he references important beliefs that Lincoln held about the United States while also referencing Obama who had a subtle theme that is also present in some of Martin Luther King Jr’s writings.
Obamas A More Perfect Union establishes ethos by including past events that have affected America, this really presents the audience with a sense of compassion pertaining pathos,ethos, and logical (logos) arguments to persuade the audience. This speech is so moving because race can be such a difficult topic to talk about, especially when you have a whole nation watching you. In this speech Obama addresses the issues of race and addresses the comments that were made by his pastor Reverend Wright. With combining these appeals so well Obama is able to make a fluent and articulative speech that connects the audience and persuades the people to step away from the problems in the present and think about the solutions in the
Perception is the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses. When we meet people for the first time we tend to have mixed emotions about a person both positive and negative. We tend to stereotype people for the way they look, act, and who they hang out with. As people we should think about the way we act and react to people and other things. Put yourself in other people’s shoes and see where they are coming from.
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Perception is the process of understanding what information your senses are receiving in order to gain knowledge on what you are witnessing/seeing. The following quote explains more technically, what perception is; “Perception is the process by which you become aware of objects, events, and especially people through your senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and sound.” (DeVito, J.A., 2015). Some of the ways in which perception is encountered is through the ‘process of perception’, Asch’s ‘configural model and ‘perceptual accentuation’. Each of these forms of perception relate to my own misjudgement of Jake earlier in the year. By further analysing these ideas, I can see how my perception of Jake influenced my view of and thoughts on him. Therefore
Perception (Noun) the way you think or understand something. Perception can be a funny thing astronauts. Why, perception is a nasty thing and it can play some dirty tricks on you. However, do not let perception be a bully to you and ruin your adventure to the planet Nicolas Cage. For example say you have a beautiful purple and gold sweatshirt that you believe brings good luck as you have worn it to the following: your lovely Bat Mitzvah, the time you hit that homerun and won the game, or just even when you found a shiny penny on the ground. This sweater thing being lucky is complete rubbish in fact its confirmation bias. The reason I am warning you on this is if issue you a warning that on Nicolas Cage world their be a large amount of de...
“A More Perfect Union” was delivered by Barack Obama on March 18, 2008. At the time her gave the speech he was senator and running in the president election. Obama responded to his former pastor Jeremiah Wright, and also discussed the issue with race in America. This problem is important to us as a whole, because we went through plenty of racism in the past. He wants the prevent those incidents from according again. He did an excellent job using rhetoric tools to support his beliefs, which led to a successful election.
In the speech “A More Perfect Union” Barack Obama talks about his prospected of a perfect union. The main idea of Barack Obama’s speech is to create a perfect union that suits all kind of people in America nowadays since the Preamble of the Constitution was written two hundred and twenty-nine years ago by white rich men. Who thought they're creating a perfect union of America but they only made it suit the Anglo, but Obama claims that the preamble of the constitution was signed but unfinished work still has to be done. So that all nationalities in are America don’t suffer oppression and injustices. So that America could have a sense of unity between all colors and creeds as well as poor, middle, and upper class to come together and help out
As stated earlier, the court case Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that the community can be separate, but they have to be equal. The problem was that it was not equal, so the court case Brown v. Board of Education overturned Plessy v. Ferguson. Brown v. Board of Education was not enforced. From the governor of Alabama, George Wallace’s inaugural address declared, “...and I say...segregation today...segregation tomorrow...segregation forever.” This demonstrates that the American leaders resisted to integration and so did the white public. Similarly, Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech expressed, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by their character.” King strived for equality, yet he never established full equality. This was an unsuccess because the fact he says, “will one day” exhibits that there is still no equality due to the white public being used to interacting with their own race
Each one of us lives in our own unique world of perception. As individuals, we may experience life in an entirely different way through our senses and life experiences. Therefore, perception can be tricky since it is very personal to each one of us. According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, perception has three meanings; (1) “the way you think about or understand someone or something,” (2) “the ability to understand or notice something easily,” and, (3) “the way that you notice or understand something using one of your senses” (2014, para. 1). C.S. Lewis said, “What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are” (n.d., para. 11). In other words,