Within Chapter 2 of The New Jim Crow‚ Michelle Alexander talks about the Fourth Amendment‚ which warrants against unreasonable search and seizure‚ which is rarely mentioned today. I then realized that the problem now is that we are not told about our civil rights and liberties‚ which results in our loss of agency and power. This especially happens to more disenfranchised groups such as African Americans and Latinos‚ in addition to other racial and ethnic groups deemed “suspicious”. To those who believe
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deeply disturbed by what he saw. He believes totalitarianism will be the method that communist party adopts to fight freedom. The book foreshadows many of the events that will happen in a communist society. In many ways‚ the incident of Tiananmen Square in 1989 echoes 1984‚ which is a warning that totalitarian government is a power abuser‚ propaganda manipulator‚ and democracy suppressor. Power Abusiveness"The party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested inthe good of others;
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The subjugation of the protesters provided an essential meaning to the CCP‚ they persevered. The rebellion was crushed‚ callously‚ despite expectations in the west that the government would collapse and a ‘serious chaotic state’ would appear‚ they remained. The reality that the government remained distinctly indicated an end to calls from pro-democrats to reorganise a rebellion. Gittings argues that ‘fear of national upheaval with historical memory of the rebellion within the past century remained
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was founded on freedom; it is a celebrated right. Yet not everyone had the freedom that was so treasured. Some people had to keep fighting for the freedom long after the Revolutionary War. Frederick Douglas‚ in his speech‚ “What to the slave is the fourth of July” and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in her Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention‚ share stories and explain how two groups of people‚ slaves and women‚ fight for their individual freedom. Both authors wrote two different
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In the summer of 2012‚ my mother and I decided to go up north to Medford‚ Wisconsin. This weekend it was a special day! The Fourth of July! All I was worried about was fireworks. I love fire my parents always called me a pyro as a little kid. Son we packed up all our stuff for the weekend and headed out for the long car ride ahead of us. The first thing I saw when we pulled up was a huge landscape filled with trees and small‚ leafy brush everywhere! In the middle of it was a gigantic pond‚ I guess
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Old Madison Square Garden: Fond Recollections of a True Landmark From the world cup of soccer to the superbowl‚ people all throughout the world have dreams of being sport stars or even just meeting their favorite athlete. It is in some peoples mind‚ the ideal american dream. In a time known as the roaring twenties‚ people throughout New York were working toward the american dream. This dream included a more splendid lifestyle that allowed for freedom and fun. In the middle of the Manhattan burough
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In the speech “ What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” given by Frederick Douglass‚ he announces his goals for the future men and women of the United States. Douglass is a well known‚ powerful public speaker who was born into slavery then later escaped at the age of twenty one. On the day of his speech‚ he addresses an audience at the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society during a time where people of the United States visioned the total abolition of slavery as a profound cause. He speaks against
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The Fourth Geneva Convention was adopted in 1949‚ and it outlines a set of rules that concern the humanitarian protection for civilians in a war zone‚ and also outlaws the practice of a total war. It is considered as an improvement over the Hague Convention IV on the Law and Customs of War on Land‚ 1907. By virtue of Article 4 of the Fourth Geneva Convention‚ the application of this convention is limited to those people‚ who‚ at a given moment and in any manner‚ find themselves‚ in case of a conflict
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Watch the videos of Max McLean reading the Declaration of Independence and the descendants of Frederick Douglass reading "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" gave me mixed feelings‚ but mainly made me proud and hopeful about our country. These two pieces offer different perspectives on our national identity and the meaning of Independence Day. The Declaration of Independence is all about freedom and equality. It says that everyone has the right to life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness
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throughout his presidency. His reforms greatly influenced economic‚ environmental‚ and international affairs as well. Roosevelt’s platform became known as the “Square Deal” because he vowed not to favor any group of Americans but to be fair to all. When Theodore Roosevelt went into office he made it his mission to get everyone
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