Who's Crazy Here Anyway Documentary Analysis

In the article ‘Who’s Crazy Here, Anyway?’, Rosenhan’s reason for research was because Rosenhan doubted whether the characteristics that lead to psychological diagnoses reside in the patients themselves or in the situations and contexts in which the observers find the patients. The hypothesis generated by Rosenhan was, that the staff will recognize the sanity of the patients, question their diagnosis and follow to release them. The objective was to observe whether personal or environmental factors dictate mental health diagnosis and professional treatment. Rosenhan recruited eight subjects which consisted of three women and five men, one graduate student, three psychologists, one pediatrician, one psychiatrist, one painter, and one homemaker.

The Black Panther Party had a great deal of negative outlooks portrayed on them by not everyone, but more than half of the society. Without a doubt, the Black Panther Party addressed multiple situations with violent acts that implemented negativity towards them. The late Martin Luther King believed that he could obtain equality without having to use violence as a lament, instead the Black Panther’s believed that King’s non-violence movement had failed, and that violence was necessary to get through to the people who saw black communities and minority groups as insignificant. Although, the Black Panther Party only granted membership to African Americans, they weren’t anti-white, the Black Panther Party considered themselves

During the Reconstruction Era, African Americans got more opportunities which led to their growth. Some of these opportunities were education and many different work choices that wouldn't have happened without Reconstruction. In the history alive article it explained how after the Civil War, people built schools and colleges for black children across the south increasing their education greatly. Also, the reading ability rate of African-Americans went from 5% during slavery to more than 50% after slavery. Because of their ability to go to school, African Americans learned how to read and other educational experiences which made them have the same rights as white people providing for growth. After the Civil War, between 1865 to 1903 22,000 more black people than before owned business’. This led to success of African Americans in financial ways gaining more money. After reconstruction a lot of African-Americans started their own business leading to the success rates of African Americans going up greatly. Furthermore, 1/5 of the new office holders in the south were actually African Americans after reconstruction and they were all smart they were all smart, hard-working, focused, and ambitious. This was huge for the black community because they had never had black government politicians before. This made it so the government in the south was less white supremacy and more equality, bringing in new opinions from African American

This sparked a flame in the African American community showing that change was going to come. Events like this and the killing of Emmett Till sparked a flame in the African American community this being most formally know as the Civil Right Movement. Also a couple years after the immigration quota Cramer to an end with LBJ’s great society. But in the realms of consumerism this time period saw many revolutions. The television made it very easy for people to receive information the television was considered to be a luxury by 1955 almost every home in America had a television set. This led to an increase in TV stations the number of stations on air went from 16 in 1948 to 254 in 1954. Any type of content was able to be consumed at anytime. There also the the credit card this was a leading factor of the consumerism. Now things could be bought at anytime then payed away to be paid later. Thus Americans were able to by lavish things in which they really couldn’t afford.

I got a clearer view of what it was like to actually be an African American during 1930's and go through the criminal justice system. I found it amazing how far our criminal justice system has came and also disheartening to see that in some aspects the criminal justice system is still the same almost 100 years later. African Americans are still convicted at a higher rate then their white counterparts, African Americans still receive longer sentences for the same crimes their white counterparts commit. At the same time the criminal justice has changed the standards for selecting judges and for selecting juries which is very important in criminal cases such as the Scottsboro Trials. I also observed that very much like back then and today lawyers will take on high profile cases simply for personal benefit not because they believe in the person or the issue at hand. I was shocked to realize that I grew up 30 minutes away from where these trials took place in the city of huntsville. I believe that we as a country are far from having a perfect criminal justice system but our criminal justice system continues to improve. The only obstacle in the course of progression is

This showed that segregation was slowly fading. One of the most important systems in society is the education system. So when this changed so did many other things. African Americans were given more opportunities for jobs and careers. This gave them the chance to become just as important or “big” as white people. “Negroes do not wish to be branded as inferiors by being segregated, and they want to walk the earth as human beings with dignity” (The Atlantic). The process of integration has started to bring equality and is closer to making it so that the black man is not looked down upon by the white

Through the rise of groups such as the Black Panther Party, violence became increasingly prevalent. “The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense calls upon the American people in general and the black people in particular to take careful note of the racist California Legislature which is now considering legislation aimed at keeping the black people disarmed and powerless at the very same time that racist police agencies throughout the country are intensifying the terror, brutality, murder, and repression of black people (Document F).” As a result of the lack of movement on the bill previously proposed my Kennedy to remove segregation, many African-Americans began to give up on this method of peaceful protest. “All of these efforts have been answered by more repression, deceit, and hypocrisy (Document F).” This is because as it appeared to them, it was not working and had no effect on the government. Instead, they discovered a much more direct approach which, was assured to catch the eye of the government. This method was violence. “The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense believes that the time has come for the black people to arm themselves against this terror before it is too late (Document F).” Through violent “black power” groups such as the Black Panthers, the previously peaceful Civil Rights movement began to take on a new

Who would know that a ragtag group of a bunch of blacks would turn out to be the most influential black rights movement? A group so controversial that there are many perspectives of how the general public views them. The Black Panther Party strikes up an immense amount of controversy despite their inactivity of almost 35 years. From the law enforcement’s perspective, The Black Panther Party were viewed as radical criminals who randomly murdered innocent police officers. Though from the standpoint of many blacks of the time, they were viewed as heroes and martyrs, those who died and cared for their community. As James McBride vibrantly describes in his memoir, The Color of Water, his relationship toward The Black Panther Party was

America has a long history of oppression, discrimination and injustices towards African Americans, however the 1960s has brought important political and social changes. People who have not lived through this decade of change can gather some information of this time through historical documents such as letters and films that portray true events. An example of a film that is based on a true story is “Mississipi Burning” and a powerful historical document is “A Letter from Burmingham Jail” by Dr. Martin Luther king. Each of these materials describes/portrays some of the issues African-American faced during the 1960s, specifically in the south. After analyzing these materials, we are able to understand some of what African-Americans endured during the 1960s.

Imagine it is the 1960’s: conflict in Vietnam had sparked widespread protest at American college campuses, people all over the country were reading the The Feminine Mystique and fighting for increased equality among the sexes, and the Civil Rights Movement was at its peak. African Americans throughout America were uniting for the common cause of equality, however differing ideology and beliefs regarding how equality could be achieved divided them. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X rose as prominent leaders in the fight against racial inequality, the latter typically credited with the development of more violent methodology which excluded white involvement and conceived the movement of “Black Power.” The Black Panthers, members of a political party formed by college students Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in 1966, are typically associated with the idea of black power and the legacy of Malcolm X despite the fact that he had died a year prior to the party’s founding. While the idea of black power is easily and mis-conceivably associated with the idea of black supremacy and violence, The Black Panther Party primarily sought a spot for African Americans next to that of whites, not above. The Black Panther Party, despite its violent appearance and legacy, made a positive influence on American history through its platform based on equality, human rights, and patriotism.

The post-war era marked a period of no energy against the second-class citizenship. According to African Americans in many part of the nation said they were being treated badly and no one could change that. One day they had to change their mind about nothings going to change and that day was the day the Montgomery bus boycott started.

The Reconstruction Era through World War I provided the push African Americans needed for the Civil rights movement. The Reconstruction Era was the one period that represented the turning point for the African Americans. The Reconstruction Era was a success for the most part. The Reconstruction Era rightfully restored the nation as a unified whole. For one all of the states were finally acknowledging the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments. So it follows, the Reconstruction Era to World War I, then last but not least the Civil Rights Movement.

After the civil war and the period of reconstruction during the 20th century, many economic, social and political conditions changed for African Americans. This new freedom and opportunities given to them were not dramatically a big change. Even though the civil war had ended African Americans still faced discrimination and didn’t get as promised. One social change that came out of the civil war and reconstruction was segregation between the two races it was the process of separating the black people from the white. As shown in document 6, we see the public drinking fountain in North Carolina are kept separate from the white.

The country has gone through many changes within that period. The question is: has the country changed for the better or worse? The answer is no. Hate crimes against minorities are still as prevalent today as they were back in the 1960s. They have just taken on different. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. clashed heads when it came to what they advocated, although they ultimately were headed toward the same goal. They just had different ways of fighting for that goal. Ultimately, as much as the debate exists for which method of rallying is better, violence or nonviolence, no one will ever know the answers. Through general observations of the world through the media, African Americans have a long way to go before they achieve the same goal the Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. fought

In the 1960s, the Civil rights movement faced many challenges, a lack of media was one of them. The media managed to cover a lot of the events that happened during the movement. However, the media coverage still failed to bring the right amount of attention to the issue at hand. T.V. shows and advertisements did not change or show any support. Even though a change was taking place, the messages were not being shown to the American public. With that being said, the black power movement had a saying for this “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”.