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Negros are being misused
Blacks are often shameful or isolated.
New ideas are needed
Freedom and reunion:
America’s problem with race is similar to a man suffering from a headache that keeps coming back. He takes medication to manage the pain. He must first determine the root cause of his headache and then treat it. He will continue to suffer from the headache and take the medication America needs. This problem has plagued America since its inception. Ethnic discrimination has many negative consequences. Americans often think of their country and themselves as a symbol or democracy. America has never been able or willing to give up on its promises of freedom, happiness, and life.
All citizens are entitled to full citizenship America needs to live up to its promises. It seems that when the topic of race comes up, most people accept a definition of it that is very vague except when it involves mankind, or the human race. Is it possible for some people of a different race than Homosapiens to be human? If we look at our language, it seems that we believe so. Although science, both natural as social, says that we all are one blood, the American public has never been able, in its entirety, to accept this fact. Color is another term that is often used to refer to race. Block and white are the two most common colors in the west, and especially in America. These colors can be used to divide large sections of society. One color is privileged while the other is not. This phenomenon means that American society cannot rationally deal with the problem of race. America hasn’t tackled the problem. It is allowing ignorance and confusion to continue to exist in many forms. People who think they are better than black people are hate groups. Club membership is a way for them to propagate their superiority myth. The ‘Ku Klux klan’ is one of America’s oldest clubs. The ‘Aryan Nations, Skinheads …… and other organizations have similar beliefs. Blacks have always been considered inferior races throughout America’s history. In America’s early history, most Americans treated African-Americans as slaves and separated themselves from them. This resulted in a lot hardship for blacks and segregation from whites. For black people, it was enough. They became paralyzed over the topic of slavery and abuse. Since 1619, Africans have been forced to do these things for 246 decades. This historic moment is crucial. Black intellectuals at the end of the nineteenth century encouraged this idea. “The need for new ideas, new aims for an era” America is able to see the good in Africa and believe that America’s problems aren’t so serious. They have seen upward mobility, both educationally and economically. The United States has a thriving, albeit fragile, black middle class. Most important, African Americans are now better educated than ever before 1968. These significant improvements in education have led to a significant increase in the number of college and high school graduates. Obama’s election victory on November 4th 2008 proved that America was at risk of becoming a nation of race. Obama wasn’t the first black candidate for president in American history. He was not the first black presidential candidate in America’s post-civil rights period. Obama was the first American-African president in the USA. This dream is one that blacks have tried to realize throughout American history. The following pages will present a different view of America’s problems than the one that is commonly used when discussing race. The past and the present should be considered together to better understand the legacy of this problem. This essay will examine the history and fate of racism in America, as well as the impact on black Americans throughout America’s history. It will be divided into four stages.
Negros are being misused
Black’s Shame and Isolation
New ideas are needed
Freedom and reconciliation.
I also see the traces that my idea is in the movie pursuit of happiness’. These 4 stages are also matched with this movie. Negros are being abused The legacy of slavery still has an impact on American society today. America has been divided since slavery. Because of the low value given to human beings, division was inevitable. The group identity of those considered valuable in society granted them privileges. Others, such as slaves or poor workers, were not valued at all. In society, slavery continued to have a negative effect on African Americans. Slavery, like a vulture eating at the heart of the republic, was there until this very day. A terrible chasm in darkness and despair stretched behind us for more than two centuries. Up until this moment the American slave was bound in chains and forced to sow his fettered arms up high. Then, as the gift of freedom came in vain, the American colored people lived in the shadows and did not have a future. Slavery was not viewed as a person, but rather as a commodity to be sold, bought, and exploited. For years, the white race treated blacks differently and they were never treated with respect as humankind. They should be treated as animals and work in farms and fields at the beginning. They were just a tool that white people used to make more money. Black people were finally granted citizenship rights in the hopeless, but brief, period immediately following the civil War. The defeated confederates were regrouped by the Ku Klux Clan and Knights of the white camelia, who regained control of the workforce. This was not through their own ownership, but rather by controlling their lives and using violence, terror, and suppression of vote. The movie’s main character, Chris Gardner, is a black man who takes part in company classes. His instructor makes him do things for him. You can see in these scenes how Gardner is being abused by his instructor. He tells him to complete certain tasks. Many blacks feel ashamed and isolated. Tourgee’s 1888 article about blacks confronted with a slavery past was a reminder of the horrors of the past. Anger or painful memories do not equal shame. Ex-slaves may have felt shame or simply a passive disposition that didn’t allow them to look backwards. It is hard to tell. One can find expressions that are laced with interracial contempt and conservative nostalgia in ex-slave memory. Sarah Debro, an ex-house servant in North Carolina, said that at ninety years old she realized that my family doesn’t want me talking about slavery. However, freedom is good for most of the people of color. But there are still some people who should be considered slaves. Debro seemed to have never abandoned her senses about class distinction as a hard matron to her mistress. “I never forgot their slavery days, and Miss Polly and her white starched toppers”‘ You can see Mr. Gardner, an isolated father, in scenes where he spends a night with the son in a subway bathroom. The need for new ideas. Black intellectuals of late nineteenth-century differed strongly over the historical mindedness of their people. Alexander Crummel was one of the most respected black intellectuals. The commencement addressed ‘the need for new idea and new aspirations for a different era’. Because they had such a novel idea, they sought to secure their right. As blacks, we now have the same rights and privileges as whites. At that crucial time in history, Africa-Americans did something that was remarkable: they forgot their past and created a new vision for a new age. Martin Luther King, then a young minister, was the leader of the civil Rights Movement. His strategy for peaceful protest was non-violent. Inspired by his tactics, thousands joined the struggle. In 1963, over 250.000 people peacefully marched on Washington to support jobs, freedom, civil rights, and the new bill that had been stalled by Congress. Martin Luther King spoke his most famous address, “I have an idea” at the largest demonstration of human rights ever held. Demonstrators and protesters carried newfound confidence, dignity, and displayed signs. 1968 saw the assassination of Martin Luther King. King’s assassination sparked many black rebellions and made him a martyr for his cause. Johnson was a full supporter of the Civil Rights Act’s passage in 1965. These acts provided basic civil rights to blacks. One of the scenes in the movie is when Mr. Gardner passes by a large building and sees a man driving a luxury car. He suddenly asks the man in white how he could become wealthy like him. He is now able to see the future from a different perspective as he is a member the American-African People of America. Freedom and Reunion:In 1964, pressure from Martin Luther King, Jr.Fannie Lou Hamer, and thousands of activists combined with the political will of Kennedy and ministrations to push for critical legislation.’The civil rights of 1964 forbade discrimination on basis of sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing)’.Bundles4)Black power meant two things: the end of shame and humiliation, and black community control. Blacks are now proud to be African and should be proud of that African heritage. Black power advocates started to adopt a style of African dress instead of hair straighteners and skin lighteners. Affirmative Action was founded on the American civil right legislation of 1960s. Programs that created more opportunities for many black workers and students. Participation in the American electoral process decreased black dependence on legal tactics. Obama’s election marked the beginning of a new era free from racial divisions and controversies. You can see the difference between the scene in which Mr. Gardner meets with white company heads and the scene in which he passes all his exams. It is clear that he was dressed poorly in that scene. In the last act, however Mr. Gardner appears in the conference with a very nice suit. The heads of the company have changed their minds about Gardner and now consider him a family member. This company. America must recognize that biases and discrimination have been woven into American life since its inception. This is the major obstacle to addressing the problem of race. The phenomenon affected all Americans. Thomas Jefferson, our founding father, played a trick with us by writing in the Declaration of Independence “All men were created equal.” Individually, equality is not possible for human beings. The word equal is one that allows for the powers that be to value each individual the same or equally, not that each individual is given the same values as in ‘Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’.Unfortunately, all Americans have not been treated equally or fairly, and that has been at the center of America’s social problems. America faces two options: stay in the race box and continue to deal with the divisions and segregation it has created. America operates within the race system, so everything is either black and white. As I said, white can be normal or privileged. The race box portrays the African American as an image that is normal and privileged. Because African Americans are often portrayed in negative stereotypes throughout their American experiences, it is extremely difficult for European Americans not to see them as normal. They became ashamed and isolated as a result. Many blacks believed slavery was a painful part of American history. The new era was needed by blacks in an important part of America’s history. They began to fight for equality, forgetting their dark past. They participated in many demonstrations led by Martin Luther King. They finally got what they wanted. Civil rights were achieved in 1964. This was the goal. The long struggle between 1900-1999 was the reason for these changes. African Americans expected more rights in 21 century America, which was the first century of American history without slavery. Barack Obama was the most popular African American presidential candidate in 2008. Obama’s candidacy was the best hope for cultural, political, economic and state renewal, according to African Americans.
