...Some people think that pressure groups have become more important, this is due to new emergent forms of communication and advances in media coverage, also because of the rise in the number of members to groups such as the The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has over 1 million members. This is in contrast to political parties whose membership has fallen in recent decades, at the end of 2011, Labour had 193,300 members compared to reported Conservative Party membership of between 130,000 and 170,000. Pressure have become more important in recent years because of the emergence in 24 hour mass media. Due to the nature of the news stories being about visualised and having a broad appeal it has allowed smaller pressure groups to promote their cause, however it has allowed groups who use methods such as direct action to become more significant, such as Fathers 4 Justice, this can make pressure groups who use these methods be seen as not as important as they are not helping aid political discussion by acting in this unconventional way. There is the argument that pressure groups have risen in importance due to the use of direct action in their campaigns, it is often used when a group wants to gain maximum publicity. Improved levels of education have led to a greater public concern over issues such as the environment and world poverty and increased public willingness to participate in different forms of direct action related to those issues. Some 'radical' pressure groups...
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...Allen Christopher Ford Jr. 12/6/14 Mrs. Hickman English 101 Double Standards: Ignorance and Racism Fueled by Media With the recent increase in self-made public news videos, there is a slight blur in the reality of what truly happens. Many people only see the side the news or the public wants them to see and they do not dig any further to reveal any other known facts about the case. In today's time what people see on the news is what they think "actually" happened. The news has the ability to change and edit videos to show what they want to be seen. The news fuels the public into thinking that racism is the only thing that is being produced from the villainous acts they are reporting on, but ignorance is also a prime outcome from these acts. The news fails to report on ignorance because they want stir the public's emotions. Stirring the public's emotions give the news another story to report on. With the recent verdict in the Ferguson Vs. Missouri case, the public demonstrated un-peaceful protest. This give the news a story for every night of the week. The more the news reports on racism, the more the crowd protests. These protests are based on the news report of racism in the death of teenager Michael Brown in the suspected "race crime shooting" by a Ferguson Police Officer. The Police Officer was called to the scene of a robbery where he then confronted Michael Brown. Brown then proceeded to reach for the Officer's gun which resulted in the Ferguson Police Officer firing...
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...There are many forms of protest that have been used throughout history and rap was one of them, it shed light in important issues that many can relate to. Rap in the U.S first started in the Bronx in the 1970s by Dj Kool Herc. Rap through out time became a very popular genre that many people of all races listened to. Many rappers not only rapped about money and their life style but they rapped about important issues like racism that affected many people then and even today. Rapper Tupac and groups Public Enemy and N.W.A were among many that did. Rap is one important way to bring to light issues people are facing in society because you don’t have to be a certain race to listen to rap and even though a rapper could talk about issues that African Americans many can learn from it. To a great extent rap protest against institutional racism and inform people about what it was like being black in America....
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...raise awareness about the problems of racism and police brutality in America. Many people think that these players are being disrespectful, however, they are not disrespecting the military in any way. The players have a right to protest peacefully about subjects that they can influence. They have a lot of influence in America because they have a platform that not everybody has. As you can see, the players are doing nothing wrong and have the right to do what they have been doing. Although many people would argue that the players are kneeling against the military, the players say that they are not against the people fighting for the United States, but against it. Some people in America still believe in racism and the outdated beliefs of skin tone affecting who a person is. Those are the kind of people that disrupt the unity in the United States and in turn are fighting against us. Even the police...
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...groups would emphasize the embracement of black culture, both still against the oppression in the United States. Strategies were born from MLK’s ideals, about demonstrating to the American people the horror of oppression, while the Black Power movement...
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...completely against the Human Rights Laws, yet is still tolerated and an everyday occurrence in many countries. In the world, racism is still a very controversial and prevalent problem that causes many violent incidents...
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...inspired many individuals and groups to stand up against public transport segregation in order to quicken the pace, and also the likelihood of bus boycotts having a strong impact on the advancement of the civil rights movement. Rosa Parks was the main culprit behind the boycott as it was her decision to refuse to move seats after requested by the driver several times. However, as she evidently declined, it created an uproar of boycotts, and others began to see how blatant discrimination and racism against black Americans was becoming too extreme, and in some cases unnecessary. Following this, the appointment of Martin Luther King, Jr. to be the head of the Montgomery Improvement Association helped the boycott last for almost an entire year; the success shown by the supreme court order to desegregate buses. The Montgomery bus boycott is a very significant piece of history regarding the advancement the civil rights movement, and rightly so because it acted as the paving stone for further boycotts and other methods of protest, such as sit-ins and freedom rides. As the boycott was very successful, and raised a lot of public awareness surrounding the reality of racism and segregation; It encouraged other people (black and white) to stand up for what they believe in, and fight against the increased levels of segregation and racism towards black people. The boycott had a lot of short term significance, not only did it encourage more protest, it also provided a lot of encouragement for...
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...white Police Officer Darren Wilson causing a uproar of riots, protest and discussion of police brutality and racism in United States. This incident gained national attention on social media, it was broadcast on television and newspaper worldwide. The facts and the circumstances of Mike Brown shooting incident still under federal and local investigation yet it resulted in protests and civil disorder and it also attracted attention of civil rights leaders, Celebrities, athletes, and the president of the United States also made a comment regarding this incident. According to the Washington times in salt Lake City, Utah Mr. Dillon Taylor 20 years old white male was exiting a 7-eleven with his brother and cousin when officers arrived into investigate of a person with a gun call in the area. Mr. Taylor whom was unarmed and wearing headphones at the time ignored officer’s command and he was shot by the officer who is African American. Mr. Taylor’s friends and family held protest outside of state and federal offices demanding justice. Mr. Taylor incident occurred 2 days after the high profile case of Mike Brown in Ferguson but yet it didn’t receive half of the attention from the media Mike Brown case did. The case appears to be identical two unarmed young man gunned down by the police just two days apart with a few roles reversed some view this discrepancy in media coverage as double standard others reverse racism. As similar as both case appear...
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...begin a protest against it in which he believed the treatment was unfair and "injustice" however, he went to jail for doing so and the Alabama Clergymen wrote him a letter to call it off, Dr. King responded. In the response letter by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the iconic civil rights leader seeks to utilize emotional, logical, as well as ethical appeals to defends the nonviolent resistance effort. Emotional appeal, a method used to persuade an individual or group by trying to generate an emotional response. Dr. King uses this appeal in order to convince the eight Alabama Clergymen of how the protest he held against racism is not something he is going to stop as well as that they should agree with the movement. In trying to persuade the Alabama Clergymen Dr. King mentions how an abundance of African American mothers and fathers have to answer questions that their children ask regarding the difference in treatment between Caucasians and African Americans. For example, in the letter one of the questions that were used to attempt to make the clergymen feel...
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...“Hating people because of their color is wrong and it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It’s just wrong.”. Racism in this country has lately been leading towards politics and sadly the color of people's skin. More NFL players are beginning to stand up for their own beliefs by taking a knee when the National Anthem is played. As this protest was started by Colin Kaepernick, who was the first to kneel. This has lead to more media discussion about racism, all for he didn’t feel as equal to others. Specifically, with Colin Kaepernick’s actions, people began to realize that they felt the same way about racism and equality, which has now turned into a huge discussion across the nation and even in the media's views. Although some...
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...two, he and Brown struggled through the window of the cop car, and Wilson’s gun went off twice (Edwards 8). Brown continued to run away, causing Wilson to shoot at him several times, ultimately killing him (Edwards 8). People in the community were outraged, and they believed that this killing was unjust. Even more so, they believed he was shot because he was a young black man. Adding on to this, there have been continuous incidents that have happened in America like this, some even more disturbing. As a result of these often confusing and debatable encounters many police departments across the nation have started using body cameras because they are a great tool for transparency and accountability (Beck 1). How do body cameras help lesson racism? The body cameras are like watch dogs, they will put officers on the spot, and they do not lie. Resulting from this, officers will be less likely to shoot, and it is less likely that an unjust shooting will occur towards African Americans, and others. In fact, those who wear cameras had 87.5 percent less incidents using force, and 59 percent fewer complaints compared to officers who do...
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...Police Brutality Police brutality is a very heard about public feud that some citizens feel very strongly about. The bottom line is that police brutality has been portrayed by the media in numerous ways. People are constantly hearing and watching police officers engage in hostile situations with sometimes innocent people. Communities are trying to band together and protest police brutality, but this sometimes adds more police violence. Like the situation in Greensboro,NC when a group of peacefully protesting girls were pepper sprayed for asking an officer a question. Now that specific protest was held because of the shooting of a black male that could have more than likely been fueled by racism. One of the most vital factors to fuel a conflict...
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...Racial Equality in a modern society Racial Equality Brian Dugas University of Phoenix In the decades previous to the nineteen fifties, African Americans were the subject of more discrimination than any other race or religion in all aspects of being treated both as a person, and a race. These people were up until almost the mid 1900’s as slaves, even though slavery was abolished long before, even in the mid 1900’s, African Americans were still considered “second class citizens”, not seen as equals in the eyes of others. It was during the 1950’s that African Americans, and other racial authorative groups collaborated to change their status in society. This challenge of fighting against discrimination and for racial equality among racial groups became one of the most important times in United States history; it was the beginning of what we know as the Civil Rights Movement. The fight for racial equality started long before the 1950’s, in the early 1900’s, the NAACP (the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People) was created by Booker T. Washington, and Webb Du Bios, Mr. Washington was actually an ex-slave. As the NAACP grew in numbers and support, the NAACP also published its own newspaper, showing progress, and enticing people to come forward to support for their rights. One of its first victories was the laws of segregation in housing, and also the right of African Americans to jury duty. The NAACP helped in establishing other groups...
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...justices were taking place but expressed the belief that the battle against racial segregation should be fought in the courts not in the streets. King reply that “This ‘Wait” has almost always meant ‘Never.” He put out there that direct actions were necessary to achieve true civil rights and, and that not only is civil disobedience justified in the face of unjust laws, but also that “one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” Martin Luther King Jr. thought if he could get the middle class on his side that he would have the majority he needed to forward the movement for civil rights and achieve its goals of removing the illegal segregation practices that were still in place in the nineteen sixties. King addressed the white clergymen that were putting him to task for the non-violent protests in what they considered to be “their” city. Even though King was invited as the President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to speak to the local affiliate in Birmingham, where he believed that they have basic organizational ties. King then explains in detail his process of organizing nonviolent action. First, the SCLC confirmed that Birmingham had been practicing institutionalized racism, and then attempted to negotiate with white business leaders there. When those negotiations broke down because of promises the white men broke, the SCLC planned to protest through “direct action.” Before beginning protest, however, they underwent a...
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...Racism has been, and continues to be, an issue in our American society. Multiple government and social issues have stemmed from hateful bigotry, including Mr. Dred Scott. He was seen as ¨property” not as a ¨person¨ just because of the color of his skin, and that he was not a free man, even if he resided in a ¨free¨ state. This caused an outrage in abolitionists nationwide and changed America forever. Dred Scott was a slave, owned by John Emerson in Missouri (a slave state). They moved to Illinois (free state), then Wisconsin (free state). Scott decided to file for his freedom, since he was now in a free state. In 1850, they came to the conclusion to appoint Scott free, until 1852 when the verdict was reversed but the Missouri Supreme court. Even though Scott was in a free state, he was not considered ¨free¨ because he was previously owned. This went against every law set in place to protect African...
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