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Dr. Claud Anderson's Speech Analysis

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Dr. Claud Anderson is an incredible speaker that understands the difficulties African Americans face in today’s society. He brought up several relevant points that every black should understand in order to fix the problems we face. First, we have to know what the problem is to be able to improve the situation. Many civil rights activist like, Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King Jr., have tricked our minds into thinking that civil rights is the root to all of the struggles African Americans face. In reality, the problem is blacks are in the same position as they were after the civil war. In 1866 blacks were free from slavery without any resources, but had to compete with whites in every industry. How could that be possible if blacks were behind 400 years? In order to be free, slaves had to receive 40 acres of land, a mule, and $100, but only a few had received those resources, which made the majority of blacks still slaves Blacks were thrown into a real life monopoly game and were expected to compete without money. Before starting a monopoly game, everyone should get the same amount of money, but blacks did not get their fair share. This …show more content…

This made African Americans become guest everywhere they went because they did not own anything. For example, the 15th amendment stated blacks could run for office, but under certain restrictions. First, they could not talk about black issues. Second, groupism was not allowed. Third, they could not hold whites accountable for having them enslaved. Whites got away with capitalism which means, controlling land, tools, and resources and use others labor to enrich. In our society, blacks are not allowed to be racist; all they could do was react to racism. Social immigration failed with blacks because of their hatred and bitterness for whites. Almost 70 years later after the civil rights movement and we have gotten

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