David Hilliard Black Panther Speech Analysis
David Hilliard- "The Ideology of the Black Panther Party"
David Hilliard wrote this speech in response to the trial of Bobby Seale, the president of the Black Panther Party. Hilliard was the Chief Editor of the Black Panther newspaper. His use of language throughout the speech is very powerful and thought provoking, even the two counts of explicative words are used well to enhance his points. Hilliard is constantly pointing out the evils of the American system, and shown through examples within our nations history. At the same time, he is trying to get his audience to see that Bobby Seale is just an ordinary man trying to use his constitutional right, the right to bear arms. He turns this around on the U.S government, stating that because …show more content…
Genocidal murderers of the Red Man; users of the atomic bomb upon the Japanese people. The enslavers and exploiters of Blacks in this country right up until this very day." Although tortured and gagged may seem a bit extreme to a member of the audience, the words have served their purpose to express the speaker's hateful view on the prosecutors of Bobby Seale's trial. Hilliard takes it a step further by saying "Blacks did not have their rights guaranteed by the constitution to bear arms in defense of their lives against racist mobs of fascists in or out of uniform." The word Fascists would immediately wake up the audience to this new level of accusations simply because it's not a word you would hear to describe our government. He continues his accusations further with "We must remember this country is run by a slave oligarchy and brigandish criminals who have no respect for its people, be they Black or White; its primary interest is capitalism." Also in this paragraph, Hilliard uses a quotation from Eldridge who says, "that the American flag and the American eagle are the true symbols of fascism". His constant use of the word slave and oppressive makes the audience fit the mindset of someone who is angry; angry at 400 years of oppression, angry at the mistreatment and views of those who are in power, angry namely at white people in
David Hilliard wrote this speech in response to the trial of Bobby Seale, the president of the Black Panther Party. Hilliard was the Chief Editor of the Black Panther newspaper. His use of language throughout the speech is very powerful and thought provoking, even the two counts of explicative words are used well to enhance his points. Hilliard is constantly pointing out the evils of the American system, and shown through examples within our nations history. At the same time, he is trying to get his audience to see that Bobby Seale is just an ordinary man trying to use his constitutional right, the right to bear arms. He turns this around on the U.S government, stating that because …show more content…
Genocidal murderers of the Red Man; users of the atomic bomb upon the Japanese people. The enslavers and exploiters of Blacks in this country right up until this very day." Although tortured and gagged may seem a bit extreme to a member of the audience, the words have served their purpose to express the speaker's hateful view on the prosecutors of Bobby Seale's trial. Hilliard takes it a step further by saying "Blacks did not have their rights guaranteed by the constitution to bear arms in defense of their lives against racist mobs of fascists in or out of uniform." The word Fascists would immediately wake up the audience to this new level of accusations simply because it's not a word you would hear to describe our government. He continues his accusations further with "We must remember this country is run by a slave oligarchy and brigandish criminals who have no respect for its people, be they Black or White; its primary interest is capitalism." Also in this paragraph, Hilliard uses a quotation from Eldridge who says, "that the American flag and the American eagle are the true symbols of fascism". His constant use of the word slave and oppressive makes the audience fit the mindset of someone who is angry; angry at 400 years of oppression, angry at the mistreatment and views of those who are in power, angry namely at white people in