...In a country that was dealing with Civil Rights issues at home and was trying to protect the country’s current racial issues, the emergence of the Cold War only brought a host of new problems for the United States as propaganda warfare began with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union began to accentuate the racial issues occurring in the United States between white and African Americans, such as the case of 14-year-old Emmett Till who was brutally murder for flirting with a white woman in a store, emphasizing the negative aspects of having a democracy. During the heat of this crisis, the United States needed a solution to help extinguish the flames of the past, regarding the racial inequality that existed among blacks and whites, and to help ease...
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...traditional Asian American world from which their parents originated are the two worlds that the second-generation Asian Americans bridge. The focus of this paper is on the emergence of the second generation Asian Americans, the tension between the second generation Asian Americans and their first generation parents, ways in which the second generation Asian Americans forged their paths (socially, politically and economically), how the experiences of second-generation Asian Americans were shaped by race and lives of second-generation Asian Americans between 1900-1940s. The emergence of the second generation Asian Americans Individuals born in the US whose either mother or father is not a citizen of the US by birth is considered as a second generation American. That implies that a second generation American is a citizen of the US by birth. A unique ethnic identity, which is not yet American and not quite Asian, is what a second-generation Asian American depicts. By the onset of the 20th century, America hosted 120, 248 foreign-born Asian immigrants, the West Coast being their predominant residence. The figure was more than double by 1930. The increase in the population of second-generation Asian Americans is attributed to the growing presence of their parents, who are the first generation immigrants in America. It was more likely for the immigrants (first generation) to have children than the native-born adults. The tension between the second generation Asian Americans and their...
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...equal citizens of America and politically and legally integrated within the country. War had a monumental impact on the progression in this period, as it provided African-Americans with an opportunity to prove their worthiness of American citizenship, experience life and racial tolerance outside of the America and resulted in gaining mass international exposure. The international opinion that arose from this publicity, the change in white attitudes towards Civil Rights and legality during 1877-1981 all also respectively impacted the advancement, and in some cases, the hindrance, of Civil Rights. America’s declaration of war on Germany in 1917 to ensure political liberty and the...
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...Discuss with reference to Britain and the United States of America. In a decade where the whole world was experiencing revolutions due to social discontent, this increased the desire, of women, in the late 1960’s to ‘confront existing structures of oppression,’ giving the impetus for the emergence of the Women’s Liberation Movement. Caine argues the emergence of the movement bought a ‘new tone,’ when discussing women’s oppression. Rather than focusing directly on women’s suffrage, this was a political movement demanding ‘rapid and radical change,’ in an ever increasing ambience of liberalisation. Upon inception, it is vital to highlight one can account different reasons for the emergence of the movement in Britain and America, as different domestic situations led to different reasons for the emergence of a more radical form of feminism. This essay, together with a multiplicity of historians, will consider the importance of World War II and the Civil Rights Movement, and the impact they had on the emergence of the Women’s Liberation Movement. Linked to this is the ever apparent discrimination women faced and increasing desires to change this, coupled with developments of new opportunities, demonstrated by the aforementioned world events. Additionally, the impact of literature such as Betty Friedan’s, The Feminine Mystique, needs to be considered. Whilst all the factors play an important role in contributing to the emergence, it will be concluded that the increased confidence especially...
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...can be defined as a loosely organized, mostly white student movement that advocated for democracy, civil rights and various types of university reforms and protested against the Vietnam war. A radical leftists political movement was active especially during the 1960s and 70s, composed largely of college students and young intellecuals whose goals included equality, de-escalation of the arms race nonintervention in foreign affairs, and other big changes in the political, economic, social, and educational systems. The 1960s was a time of people around the world struggling for more of a say in the decisions of their society. The emergence of the personal computer in the late 70s and early 80s and the longer gestation of the new forms of people-controlled communication facilitated by the Internet and Usenet in the late 80s and today are the direct descendents of 1960s.The era of the 1960s was a special time in America. Masses of people realized their own potential to affect how the world around them worked. People rose up to protest the ways of society which were out of their control, whether to fight against racial segregation, or to gain more power for students in the university setting. The "Port Huron Statement" created by the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a document which helped set the mood for the decade. The antiwar movement actually consisted of a number of independent interests, often only vaguely allied and contesting each other on many issues...
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...The rise and emergence of rock ‘n’ roll in American society in the 1950s and 1960s partially broke down the color barrier, allowing people to begin looking past the issues of racial inferiority and superiority. This breaking down of the color barrier and easing of racial tension was not complete, however, leading to a heightened need for civil rights and equality. This new music form allowed blacks and whites to work together in a professional setting and intermingle like they never had before, increasing white appreciation and acceptance for blacks. Without rock ‘n’ roll and the social benefits included, the civil rights movement may never have been as powerful as it was. The origins of rock ‘n’ roll had its very roots in the African-American culture. Rhythm and blues, jazz, and gospel music, once confined solely to black culture, now found their way into white society, as “race records” became popular, not just in the black community, but in the white community as well. These “race records” were, at first, aimed only at the African-American audience, and were distributed by door-to-door salesmen and newsboys for “lovers of music everywhere and those who desire to help in the advance of the Race.” Bessie Smith, a black singer in the 1920s, became so popular within the black community, that she was cast in an early sound film—one of the first to include black performers. Eventually, “race records” expanded to include comedy routines, recorded sermons, and spirituals. In the 1940s...
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...African American community has dealt with its fair share of discrimination. This is of particular historical significance to those living in the United States because it is an essential component of the founding of this country, and will continue to be a reoccurring theme in the curricula of educational institutions and in the headlines of current events. Historically, Africans were first brought into the Jamestown colony in 1619 for the purpose of harvesting tobacco (Slavery in America, 2012). Their arrival had a huge influence on the course of American history, so much so that it is no exaggeration to say that, without the presence of the African American people, our country would not be what it is today. Unfortunately theirs is a tale of enslavement and mistreatment, and with current-day discrimination still posing a threat to this particular race, it is impossible to deny that African Americans have weathered some of the most horrifying struggles possible. In many ways, the battle for freedom and equality is still very much alive, and, as a historian, I simply cannot ignore my duty to share the story of one of the most resilient races our country as ever known. Let us begin with some historical references on the matter of the African American community's experience in the United States. In terms of politicAfrican Americans were enlisted and were forced to join the Army when Civil War came but refused to because of a law that was being upheld to keep them from enlisting. This was...
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...1. Why did the native white population in the large Northern cities see immigrants and blacks as such threats during the twenties? (Prologue) Many immigrants were refugees from foreign countries who were working people in the U.S.. Native whites treated them as wretched refuse of Europe’s teeming shores. Whites thought blacks were breed apart, they were frightened in blacks’ volatility, carnality, and their utter incapacity to learn the lessons of civilized society. In the past, only a few blacks lived in cities, but now they were everywhere alongside decent white people. 2. What led to the emergence of racialized ghettos in large Northern cities? Urban whites carved a color line through the city. White shopkeepers prevent blacks from their stores and restaurants. White landlords wouldn’t show blacks the apartments outside the ghetto. White real estate agents wouldn’t show the houses in white neighborhoods. Banks wouldn’t offer them mortgages. Insurance agents wouldn’t provide them with coverage. Blacks had to be hidden away in handful neighborhoods, and walled into ghetto. 3. How would you describe the white people who lived on Garland Avenue?(1) Most of them were natives, and they didn’t have the education. However, they had skills to find solid jobs. Most of men were working class, women were housewives. Although families along Garland Ave had many advantages, the stress from mortgages, unexpected assault on income, and sudden recession made they...
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...this establishment was to "unite all people of African ancestry of the world to one great body to establish a country and absolute government of their own" (Dagnini, 2008). Garvey’s thoughts and philosophy was centralized around Africa. For Garvey, in the same way Europe was for the Europeans, America for the Americans, Africa was for all Africans. Africa was seen as the ‘cradle of civilization’. Garvey was a pioneer for black pride and unity among all Africans both at home and in the Diaspora. He was of the belief that if the negro race became a united one pooling all their individual capabilities and potentials together, right there and then they would become a force to be reckoned with and subsequently would be able to take back their homeland from the hands of dominant foreign powers who all in their pursuit, in one way or another oppressed the Negro race. With the confraternity, not only would Africans be able to regain control of the Motherland but they would also be able to safeguard it from any future invasion by foreign metropole and from any suppression of the Negro race of any sort (Garvey, 1986). In Garvey’s estimation, the black man was oppressed globally based on his racial orientations as a result; he contemplated that any agenda geared towards full emancipation of the Negro people had to be formatted around the question of race first. The UNIA was based upon a definite...
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...discrimination against black Americans. The NAACP (National Association for the advancement of coloured people) and CORE (Congress of racial equality) worked away quietly for many years beforehand fighting in long court battles to end segregation but the Montgomery protest, although fought in courts, was massively supported on the streets. Jo Ann Robinson of the Women’s League and E.D Nixon of the NAACP set up the MIA (Montgomery Improvement Association) which not only organised and lead the boycott of the buses but continued with peaceful protests despite harassment form white racists. Support increased as people approved of the non-violence in the protests. The MIA was of great pride across the US and the popular public opinion expressed on the streets was of great inspiration to black people who then went out and organised themselves in the towns and cities like that of Montgomery which launched the modern civil rights movement. The black churches and religious leaders gathered from across the southern states and formed the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) to fight for civil rights for blacks by means of marches, demonstrations and boycotts. The black churches and leaders played a vital role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The MIA was allowed use the churches as meeting places and dispatch centres. The Montgomery bus boycott saw the emergence of one of the key figures in the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King, who became the President of both the MIA and SCLC...
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...He was the perfect superhero who represented a persona of someone who is always steps ahead of white counterparts. The feeling of profound pride within black readers when Black Panther was able to defeat Western Powers trying to sabotage the Wakanda, the fantasy that represented a place free from racial oppressions. The elicit feeling of empowerment that invoked when the Black Panther calmly claimed that he was with Avengers just to spy on them and walked away. The Black Panther was someone who has never faced prejudice, someone who is not afraid of the white ‘colonizers’, someone who was calculative and genius with more than enough financial backing. As a character, he is the king, the superhero who protected his tribes from the touch of western colonizers. This was very relatable punctum effect to the many blacks who were for the black self-determination movement. Black Panther was someone they would want to be. He has done what they are trying to achieve in reality, liberation from...
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...DEFINATION OF RACE Name of Student Institution affiliation DEFINATION OF RACE Social constructionism relates to the socially create nature of social life. Social constructionism is therefore created by a group within a society by happens due to the fact that the society encourages and supports it. Social constructionism can therefore be considered as a social norm and it continues to be relevant as long as people put timeinto practising it and talk about it.A race can best be described as a group of people who are perceived to some physical characteristics which are quite distinctive; which mainly include skin colour and facial structure. These two distinctive racial characteristics are perceived to be inherited biologically.This paper, therefore, aims to highlight on the view of race as a social construction. The human race is not only dependent on the distinct physical attributes and skin colour but alsoreligion, language and nationality play a significant role in distinguishing race in human beings. In most cases race is used as an ethnic intensifier where it often try to justify or exploit one one group over the other.In the American society, the idea of race seems to be so fixed that it seems impossible for the society to take up an open-minded approach when challenging this idea.In the American society, race is perceived as a discrete scheme of classification. Therefore, it is mostly considered as a social construction. On the other hand in these society race...
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...Afro-Americans in Germany The free-of- Jim-Crow ambience in Germany had influenced Afro-American soldiers so much that their “experiences in postwar and Cold War West Germany thus proved pivotal in the struggle against racial discrimination in America” (Hön and Klimke 1). America’s contradictory attitudes of leading the free world and at the same time hosting institutionalized racism was targeted by “the Soviet and Eastern German propagandists” (Hön and Klimke 2). What worsened matters, Jim Crow segregations were carried out in German communities. “The failure of African-American units thus were attributed to the African-Americans, and in the cases where black units achieved successes, credit went to the white officers leading them” (Schroer 47). However, “in May 1946, for the first time a majority of white Americans polled agreed that “Negroes are as intelligent as white people”” (Schroer 71). 1964 showed examples of the American government’s handling of the problem of racism producing “The President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces, Final Report: Military Personnel Stationed Overseas” (Hön and Klimke 3). One of the most important examples of collaboration between GIs and civilians in fighting for racial equality was “the “Call for Justice” meeting...
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...Reflective Assignment The Political Nonviolent Activism of Martin Luther King Jr. I will focus on the life and the nonviolent political activism of Martin Luther King Jr. King Jr. is a world-renowned figure for his nonviolent pursuit of justice, equality, liberty and freedom for all, he worked tirelessly for racial equality and civil rights within the United States of America and his values of beliefs have been referenced the world over in similar pursuits. He is most well known for a speech he gave on the steps of Washington D.C.’s Lincoln memorial in 1963 entitles “I Have a Dream …” at the “March on Washington”. Section 1 (a) Montgomery Bus Boycott In the city of Montgomery Alabama 1955, it would not be surprising to see buses segregated by race; in fact city law to enforce it. When entering buses whites entered and sat at the front filling towards the rear, blacks entered and sat at the rear filling toward the front. If there were no more seats the next black person onto the bus was to stand, when the next white person got on the closest row of black people to the front were required to stand (Clayborne 224). The boycott began after a number of black women had been arrested for not vacating seats, the most recent before the boycott being Mrs. Rosa Parks (Phibbs). The boycott was organized and led by a number of now prominent civil rights activists along with Martin Luther King Jr., including but limited to: Ralph Abernathy, a leader of the American Civil Rights...
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...Civil Rights Movement Viviane Jean xxxx The Civil Rights Movement America’s Founding Fathers centered political responsibility in their citizens, with James Madison arguing against the ancient assumption that a populace needed controlling from some higher force. Instead, as the Constitution allowed, America would trust in the wisdom of its people, deciding at large, through the nonviolent means of elections, who was most fit to lead and how. Still, nobody expected that an ignored and despised racial minority to be the ones who, two hundred years after the signing of the Constitution, would be the ones to face down hatred and push the United States back towards serving the will of the people. Yet that was exactly what the Civil Rights Movement was and it was achieved through nonviolence. Calling the ideals of the Founding Fathers “an unrealized dream” Martin Luther King, Jr. would say that the American people had “proudly professed the principles of democracy and… practiced the very antithesis…” (Branch, 2006). The Civil Rights Movement would be a long and deadly struggle, casting American race relations into international focus, and eventually fragmenting under internal pressures but it changed the country forever, resurrecting voting rights of the Fifteenth Amendment that had been enshrined after the Civil War and then buried, along with the rights of the black race, in the failure of Reconstruction. One of the seminal works on both the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and...
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