Letter To Charles Boyle Analysis

In Barack Obama’s speech, “A More Perfect Union,” Obama made an effort to educate the American people on the history and importance of race in America. He explained how our nations founding fathers developed our Constitution based on the idea that all men are created equal, without actually practicing this idea themselves. He used the words of the Constitution to discuss the current racial issues and to state his concern of our imperfect nation. This was all in response to the very controversial remarks Barack Obama’s pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright had previously stated, which created much unease among Americans. Obama felt the need to address our nation about this specific problem, since he identifies as a black man himself, and offer a solution to end this built up anger and discrimination between the American people. In his speech, “A More Perfect Union,” Obama is able to clearly convey the specific racial problem at hand that created the exigency for this speech, as well as effectively share his own personal connection with this issue, in order to help fix our country and work together to find a beneficial solution.

In Obama’s speech “A More Perfect Union”, he emphasizes the importance of unity among Americans. He wants people to overlook their ethnic backgrounds and join together as one. This speech brought out many points that Americans should take into consideration. That even though we are all from different backgrounds, we should overlook our differences to make us a stronger nation. Obama’s speech was inspiring in some aspects, but in a way his speech also is controversial.

Obama’s speech on race was a part of his campaign while he was running for the presidential election in 2009. He speaks to the American people with the purpose to gather them and with spirit of fellowship to creates a unity and patriotism. A unity where everyone stands together and in jointly could make the world a better place for everyone, no matter

Obama’s speech demonstrates certain points to engage the audience and to create a connection to emphasize its presence in the speech. One impactful technique he used is his anecdotes to prove his credibility to gain trust within the students. One anecdote that he clearly states is about African Americans are treated different decades ago and how certain races are not able to have the job they wanted, due to their skin tone. Furthermore, he adds his own research on this topic by explaining how “no blacks CEOs of Fortune 500 companies” (Mccaskill). This creates a sense of wisdom and satisfaction because, over time, society changed their views within people of color

In Martin Luther King Jr. 's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" and Barack Obama 's "A More Perfect Union", both leaders discussed many of the same issues. The big theme in both was about race in the United States and becoming a much more unified nation despite our race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, etc. Both of these leaders also touched on the fact that in order to solve the problems in this country, we must be unified and work together. One quote that really stood out to me in "Letter of a Birmingham Jail" was "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere...Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." I really thought that this was a very powerful statement and one that makes absolute sense. Barack Obama also stated something very similar in his "A More Perfect Union" speech stating the following "...I believe deeply that we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together..."

In both the past and modern times, black people in America have been in danger from our society, but not all agree upon the proper response to this danger. It is obvious that black people in America have faced racial discrimination from both authorities and regular people in the past, but this danger continues into the present. Although it is agreed that this danger exists and needs a response, not all black men agree upon the actions that should be taken in this response.

Racism goes a long way down the American history. It came as a result of slavery which began in 1619 when African slaves were brought to Jamestown, Virginia, which was an American colony in the North, to help in producing crops such as tobacco. Slavery was then a common practice in all American colonies through the 17th and 18th centuries, where African slaves helped in building the economic foundations of the now American nation. Slavery was then spread to the South in 1793, with the new invention of the cotton gin. About halfway through the 19th century, there was immense westward expansion in America, together with the spreading abolition movement in the North,

The Chicxulub by T. coraghessan Boyle is a story that takes place in a metropolis and the ending day of the dinosaurs. It talks about how a girl is in an auto accident and her family is shocked and dismayed at the event. While weaved in as a synonym for the story to lean back on is the tale of the Chicxulub the asteroid that ended the reign of the dinosaurs. The main invoking message of the story is that one thing has the power to change everything.

However, in the article Where Do We Go After Ferguson? by Michael Eric Dyson, Professor Dyson 's points on the racial divide in America are valid. In most sense, I believe that blacks are targeted by the system, the government system. Throughout the article, Dyson discussed Barack Obama 's precarious position as a black president. The issues he brought up were Obama has to balance his position on issues equaling to the Ferguson incidents between racial lines. The President Obama tries to narrate his lives compared to black people, nevertheless I fail to detect the validity of that. The problem is that the ordinary black individual possesses his protections against the inhumane

Some people will even talk in a rude manner and threaten to report him. On the opposite note, a black man in the same situation will most probably have one thing going through his mind: "will I get shot tonight”? He can't talk back to the officer or else he will be arrested and anything that the officer wants to do will be done under the excuse of "probable cause". How can it be expected that Barack Obama will end racism? This issue has been present in the judicial system since Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of independence. Now, many white supremacists will claim that this could be avoided if a black person has a good job and makes a decent living. The problem however, is the lack of opportunity. African-Americans do not start the race at the same place as whites but are expected to make it to the finish line first, an almost impossible achievement. When every decade only a handful of black women or men reach success, they are seen as an exception rather than anything else. And while it is true that Obama is the most successful African-American in history, his election serves "not only as a

New laws being passed every day, and outstanding people making a change. Throughout the years, America and its social equality has grown. “One more thing, gentlemen, before I quit. Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal..” (Lee Page 208). This quote states “all men are created equal.” People now go with this quote all the time because they now know how to treat everyone right. From all the laws passed, and the people who decided to stand up for their rights, America and its equality has grown better. “1955: Rosa Parks refuses to surrender her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, 1955.” (Blacks and the Great Depression). Rosa Parks made a huge change in African Americans and their equality that day. Instead of giving up her seat, she stood up for her equality. She stood up for the rights and equality for all African Americans so not only they could sit where they want on a bus, but also be treated like people too. For my specific topic, these statements will state another way we see social equality in present day America. "The handful of people in this town who say fair play is not marked white only" (PDF Chapter 24, page 240). This quote shows that not only white people can be fair, but African Americans can too. White people could easily commit the same crime as Blacks. Now in present day America, people of all different colors/races commit crimes every day. They’re kind every day, and they do so much other than sit around all day. Life in America for Blacks has gotten so much better than what it was in the 1930s. “1964: Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, enforcing the constitutional right to vote.” (Blacks and the Great Depression). It’s good that now not only white people can vote, but everyone can. It definitely made an incredible change in America and the equality for Blacks. Now, African Americans have the right to vote so they have their own

The year was 1972, and I was 14 years old. Boyles Joyland was an establishment noted for having school carnivals as well as operating a year round public fun park. The park consisted of your typical fair rides such as a Merry-go-round, Tilt-a-whirl, Roller coaster, Ferris wheel, Train Ride, Go-Karts, etc. During the summer months Boyles had several Cushman three wheeled ice cream scooters which would vend Ice cream novelties to the public.

The main cause for racism is the human decisions that people make and the historical force of creating an ideology based on past events or a former way of thinking. That is how American slavery began, through a former way of thinking from people who influence you the most when growing up. Edmund Morgan writes in his history of early Virginia “ …let them settle down and plant their corn wherever they chose, and then, just before harvest, fall upon them, killing as many as possible and burning the corn….within 2-3 years of the massacre the English avenged the death day many times over” (13). Not able to enslave the Indians, and not able to live with them, the English decided to exterminate them. This led to countless battles between the Indians

He acknowledges that the resentments of the black and white communities “aren’t always expressed in polite company,” but these resentments are manifested within our society in destructive ways, like racism (Obama, par. 31). The audience feels that he is knowledgeable and credible on the immediate topics affecting our future and our daily lives.

The election of President Obama marks the most noteworthy political accomplishment for African Americans in the United States during the post-civil rights revolution, thus bringing about a change in the country’s social and political landscape that was steeped in racial discrimination since the founding of this great nation. Because social and political conditions are subject to constant change, President Obama’s