Tuesday, January 24, 2012

civlil rights, period 2

In this unit of civil rights we learned a lot of inspirational things. Also controversial things like peaceful protest vs non peaceful witch Malcolm x believed witch way we decided to do things in America and how the outcome became because of it. i believe America still struggles with protesting. we have the right to peaceful Assembly. when and how we use it are big factors as well. if we break down the occupy protesters even though they did there protesting peacefully its still the manner you do it in. if you come up and say hey we have the right to do this so were going to to make our point. it would have been alright until people started dedicating in near by bushes openly have sexual relations and smoking marijuana and do drugs in front of minors. then it becomes a problem.
After the revolution we the people protest in a non violent way. that's why people from all over this great land flocked by the thousands to see Martin Luther King speak and why he was so effective. we should not be so quick arm and kill American citizens "by any means necessary." Malcolm x was i believe a contradiction when he said "you can sing all you want" well that an important important part of Black history. it paved the way for civil rights in America and it should not be played off so lightly as Malcolm made it. M.L.K. showed the contrast between him self and white racist people and cops in the south by showing up and protesting and breaking a law that was unconstitutional and making people realize what they have become. Thats why Gandhi was so powerful.
Occupy protesters in Oakland and new york and all over the country have the write idea because the have a huge media coverage. But if the major comes and says you have to clean your area or stop protesting and you choose not to then claim police brutality when you are forcefully removed you cant be very smart. If you think about it from the cops point of very you are way outnumbered in a hostile zone with people screaming so you cant even hear your partner and you shoot some tear gas to disperse the crowd and someone gets hit now you might lose your job. This is a messed up situation. Was that man really breaking the law did he deserve it? Was the shooting of the tear gas justified? these are the questions one must ask when the rights of someone is being taken. Accidents happen of course and he most likely feels bad should that be justice enough. America will never be done with rights and equality because Equality is the goal Equity is how we get there.

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