Charles Murray a controversial speaker was invited by the student American Enterprise Institute Club to speak at Middlebury College. He was considered a controversial speaker mainly because of his book The Bell Curve, about IQ. He came to the college to talk about his new book but protesters turned their backs and started chanting. They called him things like racist, sexist, and anti-gay. The students didn't want to hear his hate speech. When the lecture hall got to deranged Allison Stanger, a professor, took Murray to another room for a live interview. Once the students found the room they were in, they pulled fire alarms and pounded on the windows. On his way back to the car both Murray and Stanger were assaulted by students and outside troublemakers. Murray stated that it was his worst experience ever. …show more content…
His book The Bell Curve has been interpreted in many ways, all have lead to offensive stereotypes. This wasn't the book he was discussing but he still experienced backlash because of it. The book Murray came to talk about was Coming Apart: The State of White America, which is about poor and working-class whites and how they have turned away from traditions. He was described many times as a white supremacist, this is why he was such a controversial speaker. There will be a disciplinary action of some sort taken against the protesters. Many students have argued that their rights are being shut down and this wakes the situation even more difficult for the college. This could've been stopped if Murray didn't attend this interview. Once it was announced that he was going to be speaking there, a lot of phone calls were made about how wrong and inappropriate that is. There were threats being made and “Some conservatives want to proselytize without pushback. They want to exact judgment without being judged” (Glaude,2017). I think that he should've of expected this kind of
It has been made clear through police investigations, that this killing spree was premeditated and carefully planned out by Marc Lepine long before it was carried out. He had purchased a lightweight rifle from a store and claimed that it was for hunting purposes (Maser, 1987). It was the last day of the fall semester and most students were looking forward to the Christmas break, unsuspecting of what was about to transpire. Marc walked into the school and sat near the registry office for a while before moving on to a classroom on the second floor. He walked in and divided the students according to their gender, then ordered the men to leave the room. Most students thought it was a prank initially, until he fired his gun and repeated his order in a more authoritative manner. He proceeded to shoot the women left behind as he declared his hatred for feminists, despite protests from the students (Maser,...
Before this semester, I had not even heard of the Chappaquiddick speech. Every year of school, my history classes covered colonial times and moved up through the 1950's and very early 1960's, at which point most of the students (and teachers, for that matter) were too worried about summer vacation to really care much about what was being taught. I first viewed the speech in my Persuasion class, as an example of pentadic ratios. My professor prefaced the speech with only a brief explanation of the events leading up to it, and was careful to keep his language neutral and unbiased, so that we could develop our own opinions. Throughout the entire eleven minutes, I was mostly skeptical of his language. I couldn't be sure, however, if this was because I live in a world of doublespeak, where even the “good” politicians aren't to be trusted. I found myself wondering if people bought into the speech, or if even at the time, people had this much skepticism regarding their leaders. One...
On May 4th 1970, when rallies surfaced again in the commons area, tear gas was used to disperse the crowd. The conflict between students and the National Guard had begun to expand, and the cursing and rock throwing were increasing the tension in the air. The Guard ordered the students to retreat and as the crowds began to break up, it appeared the Guard was also retreating. Then shots were heard. The Guard for reasons unknown had to turn back and open fire at a crowd of students. Within thirteen seconds, four students were dead and nine wounded. One student who was killed was Allison Krause, who had been the only one of the four killed that was actually involved in the demonstrations.
Jeff Chang, a music critic and journalist, addresses racial unrest on college campuses across the country in the essay “What A Time To Be Alive” in his most recent book We Gon’ Be Alright. Chang starts off the essay with the University of Missouri situation between former President Tim Wolfe, and graduate student Jonathan Butler, as a specific example of racial protests on college campuses. To continue he begins to address the public’s reactions to these protests as some said students were a threat to free speech. In the important study Chang adds a historical reference talking about the end of the apartheid in South Africa. The apartheid was a policy of segregation on grounds of race during the years of 1948-1991. “Roelf Meyer served as the National Party’s vice minister of police from 1985-1988. His job was to stop demonstrations in Black townships by any means. Throughout his work he began to
College is full of new experiences, new people, and new communities, and many universities encourage the exchange of new ideas and diversity among students. This year, the University of Chicago sent out a letter to all of its incoming freshmen informing them that in keeping with their beliefs of freedom of expression and healthy discussion and debate, the school would not provide “safe spaces” or “trigger warnings”. Senior Sophie Downes found this letter to be misleading in many ways, including in the definitions of safe spaces and trigger warnings, as well as the issues it was addressing. Downes claims that the letter was misrepresenting the school, but also was using the letter as a sort
Everyone that has been through the American school system within the past 20 years knows exactly who Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is, and exactly what he did to help shape the United States to what it is today. In the beginning of the book, Martin Luther King Jr. Apostle of Militant Nonviolence, by James A. Colaiaco, he states that “this book is not a biography of King, [but] a study of King’s contribution to the black freedom struggle through an analysis and assessment of his nonviolent protest campaigns” (2). Colaiaco discusses the successful protests, rallies, and marches that King put together. . Many students generally only learn of Dr. King’s success, and rarely ever of his failures, but Colaiaco shows of the failures of Dr. King once he started moving farther North.
Instead of fighting hate with hate, Robinson was able to gain the respect of his white peers for his calmness and courage. In ending segregation in baseball before any other institution in America, Jackie Robinson demonstrated to American society that African Americans were to be treated with respect and dignity. Robinson was never afraid to speak up against injustices, on one occasion when a service station attendant refused to allow Robinson to use the restroom, Robinson protested by refusing to fill the bus’s 50-gallon tanks at that gas station (cite to pg 47). His protests are a foreshadowing of civil rights movements such as the Montgomery bus boycott.
...After giving the presentation there were many different views coming from the audience which were not expected. The audience did not hold the same views presented to them. The point addressed was about how Will Smith was the buffoon on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. They did not feel Will Smith was acting buffoonish, they thought he just brought comedy to the show. The audience seemed to focus on black people acting white rather than black people acting ignorant. They brought up the character Carlton, and how he acted white. When asked the question how they knew he was acting white they said he went to an all white school and was influenced by the way they acted. The audience also said Will criticized Carlton for acting white. They excused Will's buffoonish actions by saying white people were also made fun of through Carlton's character. This brings up the question how do we know what is characterized as acting "black" or acting "white", and what makes a show a "black" show or a "white" show. Again these questions revert back to the fact television shows have embedded stereotypes in our society. This makes people believe there must be a typical "black" person and "white" person.
...irmative and presented my ideas based on facts and history. I am mainly a logos type of speaker using very little pathos appeal, only using pathos based on the audience I am presenting to. James Farmer used his pathos appeal to win over the crowd based on his experiences and what was happening at the time to blacks.
What he was claiming was that African Americans slaves were born in the United States so they should be entitled to same American values given to the white Americans. He also goes ahead to bash the government for the attitudes towards his people and goes on to explain how he feels they are be exploited. His impact that he intended to have from this speech had been to bring freedom to African American’s by letting proper democratic ideals decide who is entitled to what rights. During the time of the speech he said black American’s should be ashamed to celebrate this holiday due to the misdeeds and unfair enforcement of these laws. His main take away from this was that the slavery going on in America was harmful and illegal because they violated the founding father principle rights. Throughout him speaking he goes on to undercut many powerful institutions in America that are simply letting slavery go on and not doing anything about it (Church). He is a very faithful man and believes looking back at his sentiments will ring home and show that he was inevitably correct in due time. In conclusion this ties to the ideas that African Americans should not have to celebrate this holiday until they feel like they are being equally treated under the same law are the white
He is famous for his renowned systematic study of technique which revolve around the philosophy of nonviolence. Today, he is recognized as on the the most famous leaders of the Civil rights movement. He successfully passed the voting act which helped nearly four million minority voters into the democratic process. This was a major milestone in history, as it was the first time African Americans were running for public office in the South and winning, since the Reconstruction era.
“If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known” (Du Bois). This is a quote from African American rights activists W.E.B. Du Bois. It’s a good example of how he views the situation at this time, and how he works mentally as a rights activist. This was a very dangerous time for the African American population in America. During this time period, there were two very well-known men who protested for rights for the African American community.
Throughout American history, important, credible individuals have given persuasive speeches on various issues to diverse audiences.
His idea of easing tensions with the superior gathered him more publicity, as to DuBois’s plan of protesting. As a result, DuBois’s idea became more prominent as it branches into what we know now as the civil rights movement. Historically, Washington and DuBois has made a name for themselves, through their intentions for the good will of African-Americans, and that is something that will always hold true in these two notorious
speech because it was his book and he knew all the facts. My initial impression of the speaker was