No Church In The Wild Analysis

“Edge of a Revolution’s” music video takes place in a private school classroom. The students filter into the classroom as a film called “Obey” and “Revolution” appears on a projector screen. Images of war, money, Wall Street, revolts, words like obey, follow, and buy flash across the screen. The film silently sends subliminal messages to the students, telling them how to live their lives, what to believe, and what to think. As the students watch the film, stoned, mesmerized expressions mask their faces. Once they begin to realize what messages they are receiving, outrage fills their faces and they begin throwing chairs and desks. In the verses of the song, Nickelback’s biting words express the injustice that ordinary people live with on a daily basis. The

Furthermore while watching this video, I was really shocked to see how the police force was mostly non-whites because I think when people think of an officer violating someone’s rights they mostly think of a white officer. In this case it is Latino officers who are from Newark. In the video you see them mostly stopping and frisking black people.You would think that growing up in Newark and knowing what or economy was like and how non-whites are always targeted, you would think the Latinos would have a little more respect towards people of color. But, that is not the case in this documentary and that just goes to prove former attorney, Song Richardson, right when she spoke in my Criminology class about stereotype

With the release of their newest CD, Watch the Throne, many of Jay-Z and Kanye West’s most exclusive tracks have come under scrutiny. One particular song containing debatable yet obvious theological symbolism is “No Church in the Wild.” Citing and exclaiming their religious and social beliefs, as well as their activities in today’s society in this new song, Kanye West and Shawn Carter (Jay-Z) show deep symbolism of today’s culture, the influence of Plato and Socrates on them, as well as their controversial lifestyles. Also, containing a featured chorus by Frank Ocean and a bridge by The-Dream, these parts

The two groups in this photograph are clearly seen as Black Lives Matter protestors and the Police force. Although they have many differences, you can tell both groups are equally afraid of what the other might do. The hierarchy of police over the public is in turmoil, and this picture clearly shows this. This photo is symbolic because it appears to turn the power balance upside down, where the girl appears to have power over the police, despite her willingness for arrest for protesting. Continuing this idea with Jeffrey Cohen’s “Monster Culture”, he explains in one of his many theses that a monster will try to convince us to question our culture, and our traditional beliefs. In reference to this photo, a ‘monster’ attempts to skew the idea that the purpose of the police is to serve and protect. That monster can be identified as popular media. The photographer who took this photo is indirectly demonizing police officers by making them seem powerful in their numbers. The woman appears to have power over the officers through her very upright posture, and height. However, outside of the power struggle between them, an unseen force is right in the middle of both the woman and the police, showing a clear divide and symbolizing that media is in the center of this issue: The camera. Although it may seem like a stretch, there is more truth to

This is proof that there is racial discrimination in law enforcement that affects police brutality. This also reinforces the culture of people of color being less human than white people, which takes its roots all the way back to slavery in America. When slavery was still prevalent in the United States, white people believed that black people(slaves), did not feel pain like they felt pain. After slavery was abolished, black people were still strongly regarded as inferior to white people and white people still saw them as wild creatures rather than human beings. White people saw themselves superior to every other race of people, so it was common for them to mistreat other races that weren’t white. This mindset is not as strong as it was in the past but, it is still strong enough to affect the choices police officers make during interactions with people of color. As a result of discrimination at the police level, many people have turned to court system’s to reach justice.

It should be known, beforehand, that the Kerner Commission's Report doesn’t direct the blame towards white people specifically; instead, the riots were usually caused by symbols that represent white people, including media portrayal on its content and the police. According to that report, it says, “to some Negroes, the police have come to symbolize white power, white racism and white repression” (Kerner). Ironic as it seems, even law enforcement was identified as racially intimidating figures themselves. If there was clear, concrete evidence on why the riots happened, then it should be a simple problem to solve, and the issue shouldn’t linger for the future. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the case; according to the report, they claimed that “[the

Race riots are one of the major news items we hear about via the media when a social crisis occurs. The riots in Baltimore, however, were not so much about race, but more about economic and social class separations. The riots began as a peaceful protest amongst the citizens of Baltimore over the death of one of their own, Freddie Gray. Gray was a young, African-American, from a financially lower class area of Baltimore. Unfortunately, he died while in custody of the Baltimore Police. While this is a tragic loss, he was unlawfully detained by the police (Sarlin, 2015) during this ordeal. On the surface, the riots may appear as a cut-and-dry race provoked, once they are looked into further, that is not necessarily the case.

The topic of this paper is The Church Committee. When I first got the topic I was not sure what it was, but after I researched it I was very surprised. The Church Committee Report consists of 14 public reports. They were written in 1976 and 1975 when recommendations for reform were debated in congress and some cases were carried out. The reports contain information on the formation, operation, and the abuse of the US intelligence agencies. The six books covered committee writings on various topic investigated. There are seven volumes which contains public hearings and exhibits.

Within all of this, there is the incident of protestors surrounding Twyla’s car and rocking it. In the story, Twyla suggests that the police do not rush to stop the protestors, “The four policemen who had been drinking Tab in their car finally got the message and strolled over” (211), or to disperse the conflict. It would be easy to assume that the policemen where white. The softness the policemen used to ask the women to move away from the car and return to the sidewalk and made no moves to clear the protest supports a view of white cops, with an unspoken agreement between them and the theme of the protest, asking white protestors to refrain from rocking a black women’s car.

While examining the political policing, and the tactics they used you must think about the effects they have on the public and the way protestors view the police around them. The police have been given the authority to use tactics on normal citizens that are used on terrorist groups, and actual criminals. The police rely on “non-lethal” compliance tools to deal with the public which range from, tear gas, tasers, pepper spray, water cannons, and more. Although they claim these tools are “non-lethal”, they have been known to cause serious injuries and sometimes even death. In the Preemptive Dissent Andrew Meyer or “don’t tase me bro” from Florida University was tased while asking Governor John Kerry a political question that was not very well received by the surrounding police and security. Even after John

The city damage, the third-degree burns, and the seemingly endless rioting is what can describe the 2011 music video “No Church in the Wild” by Kanye West and Jay Z featuring Frank Ocean and The-Dream from the Watch the Throne Album; Romain Gavras (the director) makes a strong argument to the viewers about the basis of the world. The argument that is being strongly presented is that power comes from belief. Romain accomplishes showing this argument through Pathos, Ethos, and Logos in the song’s beat, lyrics, and imagery. In the beginning of the music video, there is a man shown lighting a petrol bomb (a bottle with flammable liquid, and a cloth rag sticking out) and walking to throw it at a police mob with shields, horses and dogs.

Police brutality is an ongoing problem in the United States. Law enforcement agents are there to protect the public for they have the legal right to use physical, and even deadly, force. However, many of these officers abuse of that power. In the past year, there have been more than 900 cases of police abuse. Most of the victims have been innocent, unarmed, and/or of color. Police brutality is becoming more and more of an issue as society keeps growing. This nationwide problem could be solved in many ways, but having peaceful protests and by educating our police officers about racial differences are two good possible solutions.

The article states that white supremacist can be violent when it comes to different diversities come together and join as one, but they don’t want peace and their voice is heard by protesting. The news writer Steven Chapman gather the information from the current events happening in the world with in rallies and protests. This article targets mostly immigrants/ and people of color and minorities. Comparing the two my article, they are both specifying the same people including minorities. Contrasting the two articles one is speaking about one specific event that happen in CharlottesVille and the other speaks about the Latino Generation Art and it’s history. The reason why these articles are wrapped around the word protest is because that is how people get their voice out in the world.

The video starts off with a group of friends riding their bikes and playing in the suburbs. The sun is out and it looks to be about midday. The weather looks to be about eighty degrees with only a few clouds out. This represents the cliché suburban life for these teens. However, the teens start noticing the decay of their suburban life at 1:20. They see smoke from what I assume to be an explosion far away with what looks like an attack helicopter heading towards it. This scene is only for a couple of seconds though, as the teens continue to play afterwards. At 1:53 you see a boy and a girl from the group of friends about to kiss, representing again the suburban life of teens falling in love and having fun without much worry. The video then switches between the teens playing and men with rifles in army uniforms, wearing black masks patrolling

They show things like glass being broken on the ground, an old woman sitting alongside a building, ambulance driving by, buildings in the area, etc. One of the thing that really stood out was the ending of the music video; at the end, they are standing on a street corner when police pull up and arrest them for absolutely no reason at all. This is important because it’s a portrayal of the environment they live in, and how discriminated they are as a community. These exact problems are things that are still relevant in today’s society with police brutality and the black