Rape In Oklahoma

“Feminism has not prepared them for this,” states Camille Paglia in her essay “Rape: A Bigger Danger than Feminists Know.” The “them” in Paglia’s statement is referring to women, and she is discussing the topic of date rape. Susan Jacoby, on the other hand, writes in her article “Common Decency,” that feminism is not responsible for the rising cases of date rape, but that it is the men who are at fault. Paglia’s argument is insightful and accurate, but Jacoby’s writing is flawed and not well-researched. Paglia includes all rhetorical appeals and persuasive techniques, while Jacoby lacks in some departments of persuasiveness and fills the gap with logical fallacies. Comparing both of these papers will help the reader see why

The events of the massacre were long omitted from local and state histories: The Tulsa race riot of 1921 was rarely mentioned in history books, classrooms or even in private. Blacks and whites alike grew into middle age unaware of what had taken place. With the number of survivors declining, in 1996, the state legislature commissioned a report to establish the historical record of the events, and acknowledge the victims and damages to the black community. Released in 2001, the report included the commission 's recommendations for some compensatory actions, most of which were not implemented by the state and city governments. The state passed legislation to

Another brutal race riot was the Tulsa Race riot of 1921. On May 30, 1921, Dick Rowland, a 19-year old african-american shoe shiner, entered an elevator with Sarah Page, a 17-year-old white elevator operator. Rowland accidentally stepped on her foot or grabbed her to catch himself from falling. After screaming, police were called to arrest Rowland. He managed to flee but was arrested the next day. Newspaper articles and widespread rumors caused people to form a lynch mob. The court case  was held the next day on May 31, 1921. While Rowland was being tried, many white supremacists surrounded the courthouse waiting to lynch him. At around 10pm, shots were fired, which started the beginning of the riot. African-Americans, some veterans of WWI,

The black community in Tulsa felt that they were the victims to oppression, violence, and humiliation by the white community. This sentiment is proven through the actions of the Tulsa police force; supported the burning and targeting of black lives, and property. Dick Rowland an African American was arrested on false accusations of assaulting a white women, it began to circulate that he may be killed; armed blacks arrived to the courthouse to protect him but the police refused their request. Similarly whites were beginning to assemble to the courthouse, which escalated tensions cemented the theory of Rowland being killed by whites. Gun fire was exchanged and as a result violence erupted between whites and blacks. Instead of the police quelling the violence; they contributed by deputizing white civilians, providing weapons, doing little action to disperse the white mob (Chris Messer). These white mobs conflicted havoc throughout Greenwood, they burned houses, and they looted which terrified the black community. Through these acts of violence, the black community felt anger, sorrow, helplessness, and humiliation. “Otis found his home destroyed, the vegetable garden covered with ash, his mother and grandmother heartbroken…Otis wanted nothing more to do with this city… (James S Hirsch).” Blacks also felt they were the victims

From the KKK and lynchings to public persecution, the 1920’s equaled hell for African Americans. Even though many African Americans moved North after World War I, 85% still resided in the Southern former slave states (Kyvig 19). African Americans still had few rights and racism was at a high. Members of the KKK resorted to lynchings; “lynching of blacks more than a hundred times a year between 1885 and 1900, and between fifty and seventy-five times a year from then until 1920” (Kyvig 169-170) to get their opinions of blacks across. They were also pitted against the government with laws; police forces took the side of racism by arresting African Americans for doing no wrong and letting whites get away with crimes against them.

Known around the nation as the Negro Wall Street, the community of Greenwood was the wealthiest black community at that time. African Americans moved to the Greenwood area of Tulsa to take advantage of the opportunities that were available to them.

One police chief was fired for neglecting his duty and was taken on trial and found guilty yet he never served any time in prison. Dick Rowland remained safe throughout the entire riot and when it was over he was transported out of the town and any charges that had been pressed against him were dropped and of course he never again returned. Not one charged was filed against the white attackers and sadly all of the proceedings against the insurance companies were looked passed and nothing got done. An attempt to rebuild the city was made but of course whites were not going to let that occur. This riot had even further increased tensions between the whites and black there in Tulsa and the whites wanted nothing more than to be completely segregated from the black people, those of which remained in the city. W. Tate Brady, the founder of Tulsa, OK and KKK member, joined the Tulsa Real Estate Exchange and devised a plan to relocate the blacks of Tulsa further northeast. They also developed new building codes for Greenwood which made it virtually impossible to rebuild because it was so expensive. Luckily these building codes and plans were deemed unconstitutional and were not implemented, but not so luckily the people of Greenwood would receive no compensation, reconstructive ordinances or help in rebuilding their once “Black Wall

Rape has always been a problem, specifically in colleges across the US. There is also large amounts of misinformation and ideas surrounding rape. Author Jon Krakauer, who did not know much on the topic of rape before his time spent in Missoula; uncovered proof of the true seriousness of this problem. His nonfiction book set in Missoula Montana, tells the hard story of the awful experiences rape victims are forced to go through in this college town in order for justice. He uses investigative narrative to lay out a story that both informative and sensitive towards the victims. Even though he is only focusing on a few victims placed in one college town it is obvious these issues have a much larger

An estimated three hundred black men, women, and children were killed and thousands of people were injured. Half of the thirty-five square blocks of Greenwood, both businesses and neighborhoods, were destroyed by white people and almost ten thousand African Americans, All the black were left homeless no where to stay besides the streets. But the African Americans businessmen and the people that lived there decided to rebuild their community and use their own resources and people across the United State sent help. By the summer of 1922 more the eighty businesses were back on schedule. However the survivors never forget what happened to their home once. They still share their story with

In 1906, a man by the name of O.W. Gurley moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma and purchased 40 acres of land. He would only sell parts of his land to other African Americans. Which eventually became the Black Wall Street. The Black Wall Street Also known as “The Greenwood District” was created by/for African Americans, because the caucasians did not welcome them into their businesses or even be in the presents of them, so they built everything they needed around them to have a successful life. Within the community a single dollar would circulate 36 to 100 times, sometimes taking a year before it leaves the community. Also, within this community the average income for a family was well over what the minimum wage is today.

In 1901 an Article about the reconstruction of state I the south contributed to the rise of Jim Crow laws and white supremacy. There was also an increase of segregation which was enforced by Woodrow Wilson and his administration, during his presidency he allowed federal departments to be segregated. Lewis states that “Segregation became the operative method of dealing with Black workers” (273). Wilson created an “ Anti-Black Legislation”(Lewis 273), the policies that his administration created were devastating for almost 100,000 blacks across the nation. Before Wilsons administration Blacks believed that with skills and education they would be able to advance, now blacks could not even receive jobs as clerks or assistants and when they applied to jobs they were forced to send in pictures. The enforcement of segregation and Jim Crow laws and the showing of Birth of a Nation at the White House allowed for the Ku Klux Klan to gain power and violent attacks against black and other “un-Americans” (Lewis 312) became

Date rape is a form of acquaintance rape. The definition of date rape and acquaintance rape two phrases are often used interchangeably, but date rape specifically refers to a rape in which there has been some sort of romantic or potentially sexual relationship between the two parties involved. It’s a massive issue and is getting worse day by day, despite the continuous effort of law enforcement as well as many aware-raising organizations. Date rape is a grossly widespread issue among the United States and needs to be looked at closely and taken more seriously in order to get a handle on the constantly rising statistics, the mental and physical dangers of the victims, and the large amount of illegal pharmacies that are online supplying the very people who commit these heinous crimes.

The Idaho Statute 18-6101 relates to all information about the definition of rape in Idaho in the state. The definition includes ten circumstances that are included, but not limited to, proving a person guilty of rape. Subsections one and two turn the focus to the age of which sex can be technically rape. Most Idahoans are aware of this definition and know it as the Romeo and Juliet Law. The original bill has changed quite a few times, but mostly only making minimal changes to words. The main hullabaloo on this statute is whether the age of consent should be lowered in Idaho, or to keep it the same.

On November 16, 1907, Oklahoma received its statehood with much rejoicing from whites and blacks alike.7 However, blacks soon realized that Oklahoma statehood may not be ideal. Within a month, Oklahoma’s first senate bill had been approved which stated that “every railway company, urban or suburban car company, street car or interurban car or railway company . . . shall provide separate coaches or compartments as hereinafter provided for the accommodation of the white and n**** races, which separate coaches or cars shall be equal in all points of comfort and convenience.”8 While blacks were outraged at the news, they continued to dwell and work in Oklahoma despite the segregation law.

Most people would agree that as you grow up you learn by seeing, feeling ,touching , smelling, and hearing . Albert Bandura supports this by a theory he created called the Social Learning Theory (McLeod, 2011). Social Learning Theory is a theory that explains that behavior is learned by your social environment, interactions and observations of others. With this theory I would say it supports opinion in which I would say that rape is not something somebody just decides one day to do. I believe that rape is learned throughout time. There are many social and even media factors that sometimes may come off with the intention that rape is acceptable. In some media factors they may even perceive that being forcibly raped is pleasurable. Movies tend to do it often and sometimes movies don 't realize that what people see on television can sometimes influence people to see these acts as a norm. For instance the fact that a college kid is in a frat and he 's in a party there is a good percentage that he would reenact what television had stereotype frats boys to do. Television would label the frat boys as potential rapist and the human mind would consider that when you take on that role as a frat boy. One of the biggest media factors all the way from television to the internet that for so many years that perceive rape as acceptable is pornography.