Backlash

Alabama’s Confederate Flag Controversy The outlining issue here is the Confederate Flag and its perception amongst the Alabama population. Debating on whether the flag should be taken down in respect to citizen who are offended because of its close relation to the history of slavery in America. The opposing side felt that it is a part of southern/the south’s history, pride and should be honored. Also, the opposing side feels that with other issues happening in the community; this debate is not something

The United States has a long, troublesome history with gender inequality. While we are no where close to ending social disparity between the sexes, gender discrimination within the context of the law has diminished considerably. For instance, women are no longer required to have their husband sign a form that allows them to have a credit card, and women are beginning to assume a dominant presence in careers that they legally were not allowed to have in the very recent past. However, at a very basic

generation/peers in the United States to openly disagree with gay rights or gay marriage. If an individual does not agree or support gay rights, they are often face backlash and are scorned at. For example, when American Idol runner-up La’Porsha Renae stated during a press conference that she does not agree with the homosexual lifestyle, she faced immense backlash. She stated, “I am one of the people who don’t really agree with that lifestyle. I wasn’t brought up that way….But I do have a lot of friends and a lot

Throughout the duration of the Civil Rights Movement, blacks and whites demonstrated extreme vigilance and determination in regards to their particular fight. Specifically, the desegregation of schools across the nation brought about much turmoil with an intense white resistance and a persistent black initiative. The massive white resistance to desegregation resulted from the inherent need to protect southern culture and heritage, while also fighting for states rights: a battle that has roots seeded

In the second edition of The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring about Social Change? By Gerald N. Rosenberg (2008) is a revised version of the first novel and includes new chapters and introduces the argument of same –sex marriages. Rosenberg develops his study by analyzing the verdicts of a state court of final authority in Hawaii, Vermont and Massachusetts; these countries ruled that the renunciation of marriage assistance for same-sex couples infringed their individual state constitution. Rosenberg

to fit the norm. To go against the grain, to tell the truth when the truth may be an unpopular opinion, to do this is a sure-fire-way to get a very harsh backlash. Which, when thought about, seems to be rather ironic and hypocritical. When a person sees a wrong and tries to speak out against it and is unable to because of the fear for the backlash that is sure to follow, that is where being PC is harmful. A well known comedian, Jerry Seinfeld has this to say, "I don't play colleges, but I hear a lot

In this essay, I will be looking at the use of language in the two given extracts and discussing how certain choices in language can be used to create a particular and differing perspective on the same event. The above-mentioned extracts come from two separate articles that both center around the sudden disappearance of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl in 2009, which is said to have resulted in the death of a number of innocent soldiers who were searching for him. Although both articles focus on the same

declared “It is a garbage can!...” in response to the suggestion that the United States is a melting pot of a collection of cultures and peoples (Shi and Tindall 882). The rise of white supremacy advocates was not groundless, but rather a form of backlash. The 1920s saw great advancements for African Americans. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was relentless during the 1920s in the fight for equality between races with notable cases such as Guinn v United States

things had to be separate. People lived like this for many years before the “Civil Rights Act” was signed and racial, religion and sex discrimination was outlawed in 1875. (Civil Rights in America PP. 790). Not even a year later “The Supreme Court strikes down the Civil Rights Act of 1875 finding that discrimination by Individuals or private businesses in constitutional” (Brown V. Board). After the Civil Rights act was signed then struck down other laws and plans were made to Desegregate the US

hispanic community during one of his presidential campaign *speeches. When touching the subject of immigration he insulted the Mexican government by declaring that they send their worst to the United States. As a result of his ignorant words, he faced backlash from an outraged public as well as many *corporations that were partnered with him. Many were quick to reprimand the politician asserting that his comments were completely unacceptable and backwards.