Analysis Of Ida B Wells's 'This Awful Slaughter'

Ida B. Wells's life was filled with unimaginable despair and frustration during decades of injustice, hatred, and violence. She became the voice who suffered and she had to courage to speak out against such treatment. In 1909 "This Awful Slaughter" spoken by Ida B. Wells was and still is deeply touching. Nevertheless words alone are a far cry from actually living it and having to endure the horrific cruelty being played out before your eyes on a daily basis. A number of people were disconnected to a simple conception of" love thy neighbor" while claiming to be children of God. It is wholly unfathomable the acts of depravity within the soul of another human. Her speech brought attention to the hypocrisy she witnessed all around
In class it was mentioned how President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke at the Howard University in 1965, but was more or less preaching to the choir and could have saved his speech for those who could have benefitted by it. That statement in class led to a thought provoking, insight as to the true motive. Further into the book it mentioned programs, which had been set up in the past to compensate or help humanity that did not apply or fail for most the African Americans. It was purposely done for political gains. In particular the GI Bill, which seemed promising in the beginning, only to discover that it left out a multitude of black people from receiving those same benefits that were given to the whites. How appalling that such a system which is supposed to be "for the people" neglected the people it claimed to serve or better still they refused to
Unless one has a reason to utilize these programs it doesn't expose the limitations and stipulations that are ridicules. An example of this is the Welfare system, by a program called snap. It provides food to help families or individuals struggling, to be qualified for assistance one has to meet the poverty guidelines, which is not the poverty level by today's standards but actually the poverty guide lines set back in the early 90's. That hardly seems feasible, to go back to the poverty level over 20 years ago as a basis for ones poverty level today. Some of these great sounding programs based in this generation also give the false impression of being a savior, albeit has helped several. These programs also go by one's "gross" income, and include only the bare minimum of living expenses, such as shelter and utilities. It does not allow for gas to get to work, insurance that you are required by law to have as a legitimate expense, but for the few who do not give up you have the option of applying for other programs to get some aid for gas for your car. The point is it requires a great deal of time and paperwork on an ongoing basis, and most struggling people get so depressed they just as soon give