The killing of the one white man was made into a justification for the beginning of an indiscriminant killed of Native Americans. The governor of Virginia, Berkeley, wanted
Tim Wise’s article contains a lot of emotion and it is though the clever tactic of appealing to Logos and Pathos that Wise makes the reader really consider what he is speaking about. There is even an ethos aspect to his argument. Since Wise is a white man shaming his own race, this removes bias which in turn gives him credibility. Now to examine the Logos aspect of his argument. By using the statistic “in past two years, thirty-two young men have either carried out a mass school shooting or attempted to do so, and of these thirty-two, thirty were white teens,” Wise is using the logos aspect of a claim to really make the reader consider the gravity of the situation and take into consideration his appeal to begin profiling these kids (69).
It’s an intimidating task for an author to take on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and tell us something we don’t already know. James Swanson relies on thorough research to find evidence that Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated former president John F. Kennedy. Throughout the book, Swanson goes over in detail through Lee Harvey Oswald’s thought process with plotting out the murder of JFK. Swanson goes into detail with the aftermath of the assassination and the grief it put the country and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy through. “End of Days” offers a new way of viewing the Kennedy assassination.
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"A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial" by Suzanne Lebsock is a compelling and thought-provoking book that explores the murder of Lucy Pollard, a white woman, in 1895 in rural Virginia. The book offers a detailed examination of the trial and the events that followed, shedding light on the complexities of race, gender, and justice in the American South during this time period. The author retells the events leading up to the murder, the investigation, and the trial. The book offers insight into the legal system at the time, including the role of juries, the prosecution and defense, and the role of the press.
The deadly shooting of Michael Brown by Officer Wilson, unveiled numerous issues within local law enforcement, that resulted in social controversy aimed at all of law enforcement. According to the BBC news, Brown was unarmed when he was fired upon by Wilson (“Ferguson unrest”, 2015). A projection from this incident has emerged, claiming that African Americans are killed more frequently than other races when confronted by law enforcement. The statistics have revealed that African Americans who are unarmed have been victim to violence with
In everyday news, you hear of white men shooting and murdering people with a darker skin color. For example, the Laquan McDonald case proves racism and lynchings are still present in today’s society. Teenage Laquan McDonald was walking away when suddenly Officer Jason Van Dyke (a white man) started firing multiple shots at him. Laquan McDonald had no reason to be
RD # 1 On the day of August 9, 2014 Michael Brown was shot by a white police officer that goes by the name of Darren Wilson. WIth a black vs white case there is always bias either towards the white police officer or the black victim. In the daily media there is an abundance of misinformation that is perpetuated by the Audience.
In today’s modern society, many feel that is okay for a police officer can kill a man armed with a harmful weapon at any cost. On many news channels, there are various amounts of articles and reports about a police officer committing this act. Even though a police officer has the right to take action against an armed man, this could be argued in many circumstances. In the 2013, Sammy Yatim was a young adult with a mental illness and was armed with a weapon on a streetcar in Toronto. Yatim was confronted by Const.
A black man falls casualty in a car accident after a white male driver fails to stop his car. On his social media page, posts containing racist comments are found throughout his page. The black community voice their outrage on this crime by commenting, "This is an attack against our society!" Many people argue, that for such cases, a hate crime law needs to be instated and enforced; however, in the article "Should Hate Be a Crime?" a man named James B. Jacobs argues against the legislation of hate crime laws.
The killings of Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and a plethora of other Black Americans have shown that the manifestation of hate and fear towards individuals of color is still deeply rooted in the American culture. Furthermore, the systematic maltreatment of groups of people in America has extended far beyond just the black community; it has become painfully clear that members of the LGBTQ, Latinx, and Islamic communities are facing a similar level of
With a surplus of information floating around on the internet and printed in books, it is important to recognize whether or not the information is credible or not. Being able to properly determine whether or not a source that you may want to use is not only, correct but, credible, is important in academic, professional, and personal settings. For example, Christopher Lebron’s article, titled “ Who First Showed Us That Black Lives Matter”, should be considered a practical source for several reasons. Christopher Lebron attended Hunter College for a year after highschool, then in 2002 continued his education at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and majored in political philosophy and African American studies, and later received his
Jim Crow laws were a set of state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the United States from the late 1800s to the mid-1960s. Virginia, like other southern states, enacted Jim Crow Laws which led to widespread discrimination against African Americans. The consequences of these laws included lynchings, violence and deep-seated social inequality. We see examples of this in "A Murder in Virginia", a hard hitting book by Suzanne Lebsock, which follows the murder of Lucy Pollard, and the accusations made against African Americans.
In February 2012, a 28-year-old man followed a 17-year-old youth and killed him on a residential street. The youth hadn’t done anything; he did not commit a crime, and he hadn’t provoked the older man. He was shot simply because he seemed “suspicious.” This was the story of Trayvon Martin’s death in Sanford, Florida at the hands of George Zimmerman (Cooper). Zimmerman, the killer, is a white man while Trayvon was an innocent black youth.
Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer (2009:342) argue in the Du Bois Review that “racism is much broader than violence and epithets” and reveals itself in common, everyday microaggressions. In May 2010, a string of assaults on elderly citizens of Asian descent by black individuals transpired in the San Francisco Bay area (Shih 2010). CBS San Francisco ran a segment covering the attacks featuring an interview with a 21-year-old black man named Amanze Emenike, who had a criminal history of juvenile robbery and theft (CBS 2012). CBS uses Emenike’s history as a basis for theorizing the motives driving the black attackers in the May 2010 attacks. This news segment sheds light on troubling portrayals of black men and people of color in mass media as all being dangerous criminals, as well as the stereotypes fueling racism amongst minority groups.
