If they started to rebel against the discrimination, it would only make the whites more determined to keep them oppressed. He believed that the blacks could work to gain the respect of the whites. Washington also preached that educating the blacks would not only be beneficial to them, but the whites also. They could greatly help the Southern economy and work in the factories. Many people during this time period supported his strategies and saw what he was saying as very influential.
Although they did open the door for many people who could not before grasp opportunities. This is when the abolitionist did feel liberation, because they received some relief on the situations. This achievement also brought them some unforeseen strain because they now had to deal with bringing the problem all the way to complete equality. Abolitionists ended the slavery for slaves but it also made the people who were for having slaves more spiteful because of this fact. The ending of slavery made it hard on the slaves even though they were more accepted because this means that they were introduced into more unforeseen problems such as disparity in wages, education discrimination, discrimination period, and social segregation.
If I use the speech former President Bush gave after the 9/11 attacks as an example, he delivered those speeches due to the fact that there was a situation that required attention, or exigence. The audience Bitzer describes is to be constrained in decision and action whether the audience is yourself or an ideal mind. In this given example the audience was the American citizens, because we were capable of serving as mediators of the change with the discourse functions to produce. Finally, the constraints are what influence the rhetor and they can be brought to bear upon the audience. When an orator enters the situation, their discourse not only harnesses constrains given by the situation, but also provides additional important constraints.
Many examples in the book made me consider perspectives that I had never thought of before. In my opinion, this book definitely stirred up a reassurance of my place in society and what can be done to liberate the oppressed. I believe the voices represented in this book can cause negative reactions from some churches because it goes against what is and has been normal. Churches would not really like to change the view of “white” Christ to be a diverse Christ of another race because it would change certain aspects and power. The church is called to be one diverse body of God, but as churches can remain dominant to one race, it becomes difficult to incorporate diversity into what already is established.
She had help from people in her community to help her keep her lady-like appearance, especially people like the shoemaker Thomas Deaver. He let her take shoes for her children with the promise that she would pay him back. People in his position could have been hoping that the elite whites would rise up again and gain control of society, which in a since they did. In the book "A Year in the South 1865" the author Stephen Ash points out how early in the winter Cornelia was feeling the pressure of her situation, "Cornelia’s own situation as the winter began was undeniably grim, but she did not see it as hopeless. She had her older children to lean on she had her own considerable resources of strength and talent.
This liberty allowed them to turn their thoughts to political causes, not so much their own, but that of African American slaves. As American families prospered many families were now able to hire domestic staff to help around the house and women found they had time on their hands to do other things and involvement in their world was one such desire. Their counterparts, free African American women living in the North, although having freedom, did not have the financial liberty or the social accessibility white women were afforded, but they too sought to aid in the movement to free those still held in slavery. The African-American women also organized movements for the abolishment of slavery; however, they were involved in developing their own skills as well. Their desire for self-improvement was evident in their quest to be educated.
He has written many books and in this on in particular he criticizes the prevalence of Native American and African American studies programs. His complaints about these programs stem from the fact that “people who support these programs assume that by communicating the best aspects of a group they have somehow solved the major problems of that group in its relations with the rest of society.” His essay makes many comments about the evolution of stereotypes and how certain oppressed groups of people are viewed over time. A quote that would be applicable to a gender/popular culture essay can be found on page 733, “The problem of stereotyping is not so much a racial problem as it is a problem of limited knowledge and perspective.” (Applicable to gender stereotypes as
While the end of the Civil War brought an end to the tragic institution of slavery, the hardships the African Americans were bound to endure had only begun. Tera W. Hunter wrote To ‘Joy My Freedom, a novel highlighting the difficulties black women had to face and the way they manipulated these struggles to make them happy and feel proud during the Reconstruction Era. Hunter shows how domestic black workers, mostly in cities like Atlanta, used their “freedom” to gain respect and make a life they could call their own. Working women, along with all freedpeople, established freedom as the idea that one has the liberty to practice their religion freely, get an education, be politically active and overall live a safe and fulfilling life. They pursued this through small and silent revolts
One law is considered just because it favors the human beings personality and elevates him morally, while the other law is considered unjust because it demeans human personality. The reader connects and understands the logic between King's words in his writing because they are reasonable thus, don't understand why racial segregation is being held among the black people if the white people know that such restriction is damaging to the black individuals personalities. Therefore, segregation is considered an unjust law among black individuals throughout
More and more, especially since this movement, churches promote equality. Whether it is equality based on race, gender, sexual orientation, or age, contemporary churches promote equality. During the Civil Rights Movement, many churches did not support the movement because it would mean they are going against their own race to support black people. This is surprising to hear because the contemporary church would support heroic fights, like the fight for civil rights. The contemporary churches promote equality and support their followers, yet during the movement the churches “remained silent” or were “outright opponents” (5).