Some of these groups and people included ‘Malcolm X’, Rosa Parks, and ‘The Black Panthers’. Malcolm X saw King’s campaign as trying to persuade the African American citizens to forget the days of slavery, and forget what the white men had done to their people. His stance was passive/aggressive and wanted equality by any means, including violence. Malcolm X was assassinated by a white supremacist during a speech and died of bullet wounds. Also, ‘The Black Panthers’ were a very violent group and saw King’s campaign as time consuming and feared it being forgotten in the process.
In Martin Luther King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" we learned how Mr. King and his many supporters used the laws and the hatred of others to benefit their cause, a just cause, righting unjust laws without breaking any real laws. In the writing, "On The Duty of Civil Disobedience." by Thoreau, we learned how he felt about the need for a government, such as it was, and how we as law abiding citizens unwittingly become accomplices in the injustices caused by the government. He refers to his night in jail, the reason for it, and how we have an obligation to break unjust laws. The two men have very similar views on the subject of just laws and unjust laws, but each goes about dealing with the problem of injustice differently.
King states, “In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self purification; and direct action.” It was from these words in which SNCC operated in their protest. Which is what Dr. King wanted. He was determined to fight for the just cause of equal rights “ we hold these truths to be self evident: that all man are created equal” only if it be done non violently. Dr King can relate to Owen and his community because the sam fight in which they are fighting Dr King himself is fighting. Thus the reason the letter is was written by him.
The worlds take on wartime violence should be hate, and everyone should want to find a way to stop it. Many people choose to stand by and watch the evidence of violence destroy some people. Many have gotten hurt and many have caused that person to hurt just by talking about something or sharing a picture of something online. Everyone needs to be cautious of what they decide to put online. The things people post can have a durastic affect on someones life.
So many friends and family had been lost, people were angry and wanted someone to blame, so when the time came and the war of terror was announced many civilians were for it. There was not a doubt in their mind that they needed to be protected. Americans first resort was guns, what better way to kill the enemy. They were angry and acceoted the message given to them by the mass
Americans evacuated buildings, shut down airports, and rushed to see their loved ones because they were terrified of what might happen next . After that tragic day, terrorism has become more of an alarming topic than ever before. So many questions arose after the attack on the United States. Why would someone want to commit such a horrible act? Why would a person kill themselves only to kill others?
The KKK were terrifying to many people in the 1920s & 1930s, the Klan were feared for many reasons, some of those were, they campaigned against immigrants such as blacks, Jews, and Catholics. Also the look of the KKK made them feared; they wore white robes and white conical hats which covered their faces. The Klan was also feared for the extrajudicial executions, or also known as lynching, on their victims. The Klan was also extremely powerful as well. They claimed to be a patriotic organisation trying to protect ‘American way of life’ devoted to ‘100% Americansim’.
The public was outraged at the disproportionate charges, calling them racially motivated. At first the issue was kept to the local news in Louisiana but soon spread all over the US and world news, sparking petitions, rallies, and even a legal defense fund. When it comes to the violation of one’s natural rights the public always responds in a feverish and intense manner, both for and against the Jena Six. Even though the charges were reduced to a reasonable level after multiple trials, the occurrence of racism in today’s society caused quite a stir in the American public. There were many calls for a renewed civil rights movement and even talk of border racism in the judicial
In Brent Staples essay entitled Black Men and Public Space, he discusses issues of him being racially profiled on several occasions, and because of this he had been falsely considered a threat on these occasions (Staples). With all the negativity in the media and in movies surrounding racial prejudice and profiling over the years it is only natural to assume that if someone was found to be in the same situations discussed in this essay they would probably react similarly to everyone described by Staples. For some people in Staple’s situation it is possible that they may even get angry and turn violent which would only make the stereotypes true, but for him he chose the alternative, which was to be a little more understanding of the situations by doing things that made these individuals around him feel safe and comfortable, i.e. whistling Beethoven or just giving them a little extra room when on his night walks. This essay also raises a good question, should it be ok for law enforcement or the government to use racial profiling to make arrest or to just simply stop someone because of their race?
This has caused thousands of deaths and has created a grave fear within people. If we look at the objective knowledge, it is said that these terrorists are mainly religious or social extremists who are against society and hence want to attack and destroy it. But as most of the terrorists are Muslims or have Arabic origin, the mindset of the world has changed and now people of this religion are targeted and discriminated against. Here we can see that people have made this judgment on the Islamic community purely based upon subjective knowledge and