Trayvon Martin Pros And Cons

In the articles Fear of a black president by Ta- Nehisi Coates was about the critique of president Obama’s leadership on matters of race. The critique was on the Obama remarks on the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, which Obama has said “if I have a son, he’d look like Trayvon.” After Obama spoke those words the author said the case of Trayvon Martin passed out of the national- mourning phases into a racialized political fodder. This article upset me because I think Obama should speak freely about race since many white politicians who are proud racist and for segregated can give their opinion without the media hate, but when Obama, do they call him the anti-Christ, racist terms or there are intensely discordant. I think Obama remark

Throughout the matriculation of a black boy 's’ life, there are many, (labeled natural, yet are culturally, socially and institutionally based) factors, that govern the holistic views and beliefs entailed to the child. From that moment on, challenging the social structures that these norms entail suggest a sense of sensitivity, homosexuality or weakness, ultimately emasculating the highly regarded social stigmas attached with being a man. Despite being indoctrinated into the minds of black boys from an early age, there are many long lasting effects of masculinity that are in turn reciprocated in the role of black fathers, husbands, brothers and friends. Black masculinity is the self-deteriorating idealisms that attack the identity and social positions black men ascribe to.

In the essay “Just Walk on By”, by Brent Staples, Staples makes the generalized claim that both caucasians and african americans, including Staples himself, contribute to the stereotyping of black men, as all around shady characters, in their own way, however, not all black men fit the stereotype.

The black men throughout history has always had a negative perceived image of them by those in power. The idea that one’s skin give others pre-deceived notions about them. Stereotypes of black people only illustrates them as negative things in a society. The strong perpetuated stereotypes of black people create a fear based off their image. Staples states his experience “She cast back a worried glance. To her,

Over the years, our generations’ stereotypical views over the issue on young black males being viewed as dangerous has grown significantly. There are different reasons why these stereotypes occur in our society. People feel on edge when running into them in dark passageways, whenever it’s late at night. Also, while they’re sitting at red lights and notice someone walking towards their cars, they instantly initiate down the door locks. People think stereotyping black men this way keeps them safer because they assume the worst. However; other people disagree with instantly judging who they see around them, it hurts more people as well as themselves by viewing black men this way. Brent Staples, the author of “Black Men and Public Spaces,” claims that he’s considered a stereotypical black criminal. In his essay, Staples succeeds because he successfully appeals to people’s emotions, is an expert on human behavior, creates common ground and offers a logical solution.

Obama emphasizes the black community a lot more than any other community, along with, his speech was written after his former Reverend made racist comments. I, probably along with many others, may have taken this speech as a way for him not to look bad in the public eye.

- [ ] Malcolm X ideology as well as his viewpoints have always differed from the viewpoint of majority of people and as well as the more “acceptable” way of thinking in society.

Trayvon Martin was a 17- year- old African America from Miami Gardens Florida. He was born Feb, 26, 1995 in Florida and he died Feb, 26, 2012 in Sanford, Fl. He was 5’11 and he had 3 siblings.

Men of color are disproportionately depicted as being violent, poor, unemployed, and uneducated. They are seen as being likely to steal, and act as “welfare-leeches” (White like Me).

In the 1960s, Black masculinity was reshaped by the newly acquired political power of the Civil Rights era. Notions of the ‘good negro’ (or obedient/deferential negro) were purposefully destroyed and replaced with a more defiant/revolutionary representation. The 1960s-70s played a pivotal role in the creation of this aggressive male identity. Specifically, the combination of the media’s portrayal of the antagonistic Black Power Movement, and record crime rates in African American neighborhoods, created feared images of African American men (Milton).”

On February 26,2012, a 17 year old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed. He was killed at 7:16 PM at the Twin Lakes, in Sanford Florida, while Trayvon Martin was returning from a local store, where he bought an Arizona ice tea, and skittles. A 28 year old hispanic man name George Zimmerman spotted Trayvon Martin, who he thought acted suspiciously. Moments later, there were an altercation between the two individuals, which resulted in Trayon being shot. The most important question is, why was Trayvon Martin killed? This is an unjustified murder. This murder is unjustified because, Trayvon Martin was ttrying to defend himself, Zimmerman was watching the neighbor hood and spotted Trayvon, who he thought arousing suspicion, and Zimmerman thought he had to shoot Trayvon. Zimmerman was false for shooting him.

In the present scenario, the main challenge of our society is the stereotype that exists. One of the common stereotypes is that we deem black men as dangerous. Most people grow up with such a perception and feel it be true. In ‘Just Walk on by: Black Men and Public Space’ Brent Staples describes the way black men are perceived as dangerous individuals to society by his own experiences. He rightly acknowledges the occasional hatred that black men are subjected to in everyday social situations. Staples begins his writing with an anecdote using an ironic tone, describing the concerns successfully with emotional and logical appeals in chronological order. He aims to see the problems from the white American perspective and he makes efforts so as to clear their concerns with ease through the use of diction, ironic tone, ethos & pathos.

Black on white or white on black crime will always happen until black and whites can come together as a whole and not individuals. After slavery there was a group formed name the Ku Klux Klan also know as the “KKK”. The KKK were very known for riding around on horses with whips or guns hanging others particularly blacks and burning down crosses and churches. Around the 1920’s the Ku Klux Klan was ended but the crime between blacks and whites did not. February 2012 a black teenage boy named Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by a white neighborhood watch participant while walking back home from the store carrying a bag of skittles and a sweet tea. Since the Trayvon Martin shooting, multiple white police shooting amongst black victims have been

In his speech, he uses a lot of Logical appeals to get his point across. “We do not need to recite here the history of racial injustice in this country. But we do need to remind ourselves that so of the disparities that exist in the African American community today can be directly traced to inequalities passes on from an earlier generation that suffered under the brutal legacy of slavery and Jim Crow” (Obama 465).“But the anger is real; it is powerful; and to simply wish it away; to condemn it without understanding its roots, only serves to widen the chasm of misunderstanding that exists between the races” (Obama 466). “We would be making the same mistake that Reverend Wright made in his offending sermons about America-to simplify and stereotype

The first time I questioned my own masculinity I was young and naïve; I was not only physically young, but my attitude and thoughts were unpolished as well. Up until this time in my life, I possessed a lot of anger and disdain for many African-American men. At the time I viewed a large portion of African-American men in low regards; I felt as though many of the African-American men I came across were lazy, unaccomplished, selfish, and shameful. I idolized African-American male athletes, music artists, and celebrities, but when it came to the African-American men at my church, the ones who taught in my schools, or even the men in the local police force, I held almost no respect for them. All those years ago, I possessed those sentiments towards