Summary Of The Controversial Topic By Matt Bai

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The general argument made by Matt Bai shows “a depressingly familiar pattern in American life, in which anyone who even tried to talk about race risked public outrage and humiliation.” More specifically, he argued that Obama being elected is not just about hope; he confused the conversation by not discussing racism, and he did not use his power to overcome racism. He writes “political leaders have discovered that you still can’t raise legitimate questions about racism without being accused of ‘playing the race card.’” The writer accentuated the fact that “Obama himself tries to avoid discoursing on the issue,” which showed that this controversial problem was too hard to resolve. In this passage, Bai is suggesting
The general argument made by Anna Momigliano in her work Honor Killing by Any Other Name was that when a man kills a woman for honor or love it is more accepted than a woman killing a man for the same reason. Momigliano said that women had a lot of pressure because the men expected a lot out of them. More specifically she argued that “ if a woman cheats on her man and gets killed, she must have brought it upon herself.” However, “when it’s a woman who becomes violent out of passion, it is not easily tolerated.” No matter the situation the woman was always the one to blame. People often associate and blame honor killings on tribal customs in the Arab and Muslim world, but it doesn’t just happen within these areas. For example, in November, a 20-year-old named Noor Faleh Almaleki was killed in Arizona by her father that was born in Iraq because she was “becoming too westernized.” Last March a 20-year-old Kurd was murdered by her brother in Germany in an ”apparent case of honor killing.” Honor killings obviously don’t just happen in areas based around Muslim and Arab people, they happen
In the tragedy ‘Othello’, written by William Shakespeare, he portrayed Othello as a sweet, honest, and trusting man. However, as soon as the smallest hint of doubt entered his thoughts, his personality reversed completely. Believing that Desdemona is unfaithful, Othello “intend(s) to do a murder, (which he sees)... as a sacrifice”(Othello pg.116 Lines 74- 76). Violence against women was apart of our history since before even Shakespeare’s time. Although the title of the crime has evolved, the means and the reason have remained constant throughout every culture and people. Even Othello, a stalwart and successful general, dissolved the law of civility that so many claim to be impenetrable. Shockingly, these heinous acts had still not been cleansed from our supposedly civil and just world we live in today. Just a few weeks ago, a man in South East Poland was charged for the murder of his ex-girlfriend and the assault of her new boyfriend. He had been enraged with jealousy and chased them both into a room where he barricaded himself and his victims inside. By the time the police arrived, the girl had been stabbed ten times and was dead, fortunately her boyfriend survived the attack. In comparison to the death of Desdemona in ‘Othello’, these situations were not very different. Both Othello and the Polish man lived civil lifestyles among