A Review Of The Week : The National Review

America’s history is overrun with oppression and injustice based on race, ethnicity, and other traits that innocent victims have no control over. As a result, the reputation of the United States is forever tainted by it’s dark past, and still practices these surviving habits of hatred. Civil liberty issues faced since the establishment of the country have yet to be resolved because of the ever-present mistreatment, corruption in positions of authority, and the dehumanization of minorities.

The repercussions of September 11, 2001 have been numerous and one thing that certainly cannot be repudiated is that 9/11 resulted in Americans needing a scapegoat. In his book, Scapegoats of September 11th, Michael Welch devotes the first chapter, “Hate Crimes & State Crimes in the War on Terror,” to a discussion of how the September 11th attacks have resulted in stereotyping and the discrimination against a few ethnicities and religions in the United States. In looking at the aftermath of the attacks, Welch also talks about how politicians responded to the attacks and the strategies that they used to advance their political ambitions.

The evening news is ripe with controversial legislation, policy and debate from the lawmakers of the United States. Some of the most interesting headlines in recent history discuss the huge battles on labor laws in Wisconsin and Iowa, the anticipation of a Republican front runner for the upcoming Presidential elections, and discussion of our nation’s ability to understand and predict future happenings in Libya, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Any of these topics could spark a heated conversation in any coffee house or roadside diner in this country but perhaps there is no issue which stays on the forefront, which riles testy tempers, and which needs to be discussed so much as this country’s policies on

The American educational system is a deeply flawed organization that primarily puts a strong emphasis on American exceptionalism. The problem with this type of thinking, is that it washes out the tragedies of history and places an unhealthy amount of importance on American achievement. As a result, people are not grasping the full image of historic events and are skewed in their ways of thinking due to a biased mindset. In the article “American Indian Genocide Museum: The Confederate Flag, Buffalo Soldiers at Wounded Knee and Clarifying History”, by Steve Melendez, a recent controversy is discussed. According to Melendez, in 2011 Jerry Patterson, a Land Commissioner, tried to get both a confederate flag license plate and a Buffalo soldier license plate approved by the DMV commissioners; the confederate flag plate was rejected, and the Buffalo soldier plate was approved (Melendez 1). The significance of this, is that both are symbols of genocide and oppression. However, the Buffalo soldier license plate was approved, because they are not looked at as figures as violence, but instead heroes. This is primarily because most Americans were not properly taught about the Buffalo Soldiers.

Written Assignment Unit #5 3/6/2018 September 11 September 11th 2001 will always be remembered as a tragic day for the American people. It was a day where thousands of people died because others believed that the freedom that Americans had was sinful and wrong in the eyes of their G-d. But the American people would carry on from this tragedy and prosper for many years to come. One of the things we do not associate much with the attacks is sports. Sporting events were in fact affected by the attacks. Personally, it was not in my mind when I watched those towers fall. One of the things we do forget, is that sporting events bring happiness and comfort to a damaged country. Frank Linsky and Lena Williams wrote an article called Many Sporting Events Called off or Postposed which was about all the

Countries across the globe have rich histories full of tradition a glories events. However, these countries always have a darker side to their history, one historians and the public may often cast aside. Being a powerful and extensive nation, the United States conforms to this theory. Many times, things like wars will be glorified in the country even though they brought about tremendous loss of life. Yet there are events worse than wars that many Americans would rather not dwell upon. Two such incidents are the Memphis riots and Sand Creek massacre. These two events illustrate a more sinister past to the United States. As they were both massacres, they have many similarities in what happened yet they remain distinctly unique. Overall, both catastrophes offer a glimpse at the stark reality of how Native Americans and African Americans have been mistreated in the United States and how differently the minorities had come to be treated by the government.

Racism is a controversial point that has been taking place in the United States since early times. This same point was affecting students in the University of Missouri since several months ago. The Missouri University’s president Timothy Wolfe has been accused of not taking action against the persistent racial epithets and actions in the university. After the biased demise of Michael Brown, by a white police officer, an abundant number of students and faculty members were inspired by this incident and held demonstrations and protests against segregation. However, the crucial impact that cause Wolfe’s retirement of his responsibilities as a President of the University was the Football boycott. The country’s most dominant college football league

The election of Donald Trump has emboldened the forces of hate and bigotry in America. White nationalists, Vladimir Putin and ISIS are celebrating Donald Trump’s victory, while innocent, law-abiding Americans are wracked with fear – especially African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Muslim Americans, LBGT Americans and Asian Americans. Watching white nationalists celebrate while innocent Americans cry tears of fear does not feel like

Actions that demonize and criminalize brown people because of their identities, their names, and their faiths; this requires a call to action for all of us; time for a new movement in America that is centered on the desire to reclaim our country. To marginalize one means we marginalize all. While “We Too Sing America” focuses on atrocities leveled on the South Asia, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh immigrants, there are many groups suffer the same mistreatment. Many groups suffer in silence. Many groups’ rights are trampled upon, and repeatedly overlooked and taken advantage of, and through the minimalizing actions of our government, be it law enforcement or the legislative branch.

On August 13, 1955 a man named Lamar Smith was shot in the middle of the day by a white man. Dozens of people watched this murderer gun down Smith, however, the killer was never indicted because every witness claimed that they witnessed him murdering Smith. There are many cases similar to Smith’s situation, in which the murderer gets away with the crime because of their skin color. Throughout the Civil Rights Era, African Americans made the greatest sacrifice, protestors risked their lives trying to achieve equal rights. There are many incidences when white protestors are targeted by hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan. President Lyndon B. Johnson seemed to only use police brutality when it came to silencing the protestors and King during their movement to end oppression towards African Americans and to gain equal rights. Students are only taught so much about the hate crimes that occurred during the Civil Rights Era, this research paper’s purpose is to show readers the hate crimes they were never taught in school.

Devega, Chauncey. "White America’s Racial Amnesia: The Sobering Truth about Our Country’s “race Riots”." Saloncom RSS. 1 May 2015. Web. 2 July 2015.

Often when racial inequality and discrimination is being discussed, we get to think of terms such as “white privilege” and American history with the Civil Rights Act in 1964. But we think of it, mainly as history. And that, according to Tim Wise, an anti-racism activist and American writer, is the biggest self-deception of the modern American world. Throughout an article posted on his own webpage, concerning school shootings, Tim Wise discusses the general American attitude towards this relatively new phenomenon in American society. With the use of especially pathos Wise argues that the most concerning thing about these events is how

The author of this letter was very respectful towards their target audence of the ASU committee and is very effective in their argument and their pursuit to withdraw from future math classes needed for their diploma. The purpose of this letter was to not avoid taking the class or to be lazy in a roundabout way and the author offers several examples of why they believe they won't need it in the long run of their law degree. General followers of education will be able to relate to the sentiments, most of them being involved in classes that won't be at all beneficial to a degree of their choice.

A symbol of the most turbulent times in American history was recently removed from a state capitol and designated for museum status. The symbol invoked deep emotions depending on the interpretation of its meaning. In the book Public Opinion, author Walter Lippmann, explores how symbols are planted by authority figures to corral the public into their camp. In addition, Lippmann addresses how leaders ascend to positions of power through stereotypes and expert status formed from the public’s perceptions fashioned from the picture in their heads. The symbol reinforces the preconceived perceptions to provoke a “yes or no” response.

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