Rorabaugh’s book Berkeley at War offers a reasonably objective look at the different components of, what came to be known as, the Movement. Because it is lacking the ideological influence of many books about this time period, it offers a much needed non-bias account. In order to avoid such biases, Rorabaugh utilizes documents from the period such as city records, manuscripts, and periodicals, without the advent of reflective interviews from participants in the festivities. It is a book written by a historian, “not the memoir of an eyewitness.”(XII) Berkeley at War deals with the development of radicalism within the city as well as city politics in general and offers one of the best accounts of the duality between the city and university. It follows the progression from the 1960 SLATE demonstration against the House Committee on Un-American Activities to the rise of the Free Speech Movement to the fall of People’s Park.
Abigail and Stephan Thermstorm are the authors of the article “New Haven’s Racial Test: Merit doesn’t matter for city firefighters.” This article is about a promotional examination giving to firefighters of the New Haven, Conn. The argument is that the test doesn’t prove candidates to be better qualified for the promotion, it only test the ability to read and retain information. It explains the case of Ricci vs DeStefano which asks the question “may a municipal employer disregard the results of a qualifying examination, which was carefully constructed to ensure race - neutrality, on the ground that the results of that examination yielded too many qualified applicants of one race and not enough of the other?” Ricci is the lead plaintiff in
Article One The purpose of the article is to state why Measure Q, a proposition on the November 2004 ballot in the city of Berkeley, is negative and should not be passed. Measure Q it set up to make enforcement of all prostitution laws the lowest priority of Berkeley's police department. Mr. Weitzer claims that there are three main reasons why this law would not solve the social problem of prostitution. First, the author of Measure Q does not provide adequate statistics to support their claims. Furthermore, author of Measure Q tries to validate it by mentioning privacy rights,
This IS reverse discrimination, and it should not <br>be practiced. Race should NOT be considered at all in any admissions <br>program that is federally funded. By trying to right past wrongs on <br>minorities by incurring wrongs on the majority today, it will start a cycle <br>that will, in th e worst case, be never ending. For example, if yesterday <br>a Negro could not get into a college because of discrimination, then today <br>we'll let him in because we want to try to right the wrong of yesterday. <br>But in doing so, we must not admit a white because he is white.
The author seemed more conscious and concerned about the environmental effects of the project as opposed to the culture that it would impose on Torontonians. The author mentioned that relocation is a concern for residents but failed to satiate readers’ concerns. In fact, the Toronto Community Housing alongside the City of Toronto has addressed this issue and created relocation strategies through a community engagement process (Toronto Community Housing, 2007). The author also failed to inform the audience about the ultimate goal of this project. This revitalization project was designed to create a form of social development plan and promote inclusion and address transitional issues in the Regent Park community (Toronto Community Housing, 2007).
Therefore, complaints about such events were reviewed in the same manner as one regarding safety for workers. At this point Sid Blum was the secretary of the Toronto Labour Committee and had quite a different outlook and approach on racial inequality than Kaplansky had. As Dresden’s human rights issues began to escalate it seemed as though Kaplansky allowed Blum to take the reins in regards to spearheading ideas and implementing legislations. Using on-site research Blum realized that the Fair Accommodation Practices Act did little to change the attitudes of the white residents in Dresden because they still felt as though blacks should “know their place” in society. Blum executed many tests on different cafés and restaurants to ensure that all were being served in a ‘fair’ manner.
Dubois believed for some time that blacks and whites could live in the same place but have nothing to do with each other in society (Broderick). He later decided that that would not work out and developed a theory known as the “Conservation of Races” which described a solution for the African-American situation (Moses,2007). This theory was derived from the belief of Booker T. Washington that progress of the Negro race would be a result of people developing skills to better themselves and the support of other races (Wolters). Although Dubois agreed with Washington on the fact that bettering society would have to be a mutual act, he did not admire Washington like Garvey did. He began to move away from the other beliefs of Washington because it was almost like he accepted discrimination and was fighting against Dubois
When we look back at our history, it is easy to assume that because Abe Lincoln ended slavery, that he was a “negro lover.” Also, when we look back at history, we avoid the negatives and focus on the positives. Lincoln was a great president and was successful at ending slavery, but he had some pitfalls as well. Abe Lincoln was anti-slavery and he made that clear, but he was anti-blacks as well. He felt they were not educated enough to have a say in political views which meant they should not be able to vote or have any say in our politics. He felt they should have the same economic status meaning they should have the right to work and make money as well as a living for their family.
Spike Lee's 1989 film “Do the Right Thing” had an interesting path towards realization. The film was released amidst fears that the movie would cause riots across the country, due to Spike Lee's decision to directly confront sensitive issues such as police brutality and racial tension. The movie was released without any outbursts of violence, which led Spike Lee to criticize the white community for not believing that a black audience could watch a fictional film and remain civil. When asked if Mookie did the “right thing” or not, Spike Lee replied that black viewers never ask him this question, only white viewers. Lee also added that white viewers will generally summarize the movie as a tale of the destruction of a local business, while black viewers
Washington and others,” the author tells the reader that Booker T. Washington has fundamentally failed them as a leader. Instead of striking a compromise with white southerner, he should have demanded the equal rights for the Negro people. Dr. Du Bois use of logos shows that his feeling toward the Atlanta Compromise is not personal, but is in the best interest of the Negro race as they move into the 20th century. When making this argument, it works for Dr. Du Bois because he appeals to the logic and emotion of the reader. Dr. Du Bois, although an educated man, never brings of the fact that he was the first black to earn a Ph.