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Researchpaper Yasarahsan
Researchpaper Yasarahsan
Researchpaper Yasarahsan
YASAR AHSAN
English Language Class:3
Mr. Janosch
DATE: 12/21/2016
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The United States is a nation which fought through a long era of oppression and
discrimination due to races and color of human beings. In which before 1960s, all such existing
races living in United States rather than White Americans did not posses as much rights and
liberty compared to white americans. It was therefore such activist like Malcolm X and Martin
Luther King and also organization like Black Panthers, who stood up and lead such revolutionary
movement to conceive equal rights and liberty towards all races. As all Americans came together
in order to sacrifice their lives, stay true to their belief and effortlessly provided their utmost
power to achieve equal rights and to stop oppression for all races forever during the 1960s. Even
though up till to this date oppression and inequality still carries on. As Black Americans are
getting brutally abused and killed due to unreasonable circumstances in which such officers are
not given fair trial towards their action, after the 9/11 and such other terrorist attack, muslims
have been a subject of hate crimes due to Islamophobia and there are also other races like Native
Americans and Hispanic who are facing such oppression in this time being. In order to solve
such problems all Americans must together like the 1960s, as to stand for each other and work
together in peace. As to clarify and understand more about each other, to actually achieve equal
liberty, rights and respect towards each other to make a change in society and government rules.
Throughout the history of America, Black Americans were the subjects of racial
harassment and oppression. After witnessing such oppression, Black Americans stood up and
considered taking actions in order to conceive equal rights and liberty towards themselves also
for all other races. All Americans came together in order to sacrifice their lives, stay true to their
belief and effortlessly provided their utmost power to achieve equal rights and to stop oppression
for all races forever during the 1960s. Even though up till to this date oppression and inequality
still carries on. As Black Americans are getting brutally abused and killed due to unreasonable
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circumstances in which such officers are not given fair trial towards their action: They face
maximum sentences of 10 years and $US250,000 fines. Their alleged crime infringed the US
constitutional provision protecting citizens from `unreasonable seizure'. But prosecutors must
prove that the officers intended to deprive Mr King of his rights.(Reed). The case of the four
Los Angeles policemen who beat Rodney King as it is now known as a federal case, a civil rights
legal landmark, and a historical test of an old, deep, and persistent flaw in US race relations: the
systematic, brutal oppression of black citizens by white policemen. The famous video of Mr
King receiving 56 blows after a car chase in March 1991. In which this is the first incident as it
leaded to strikes and riots towards a movement called Black Lives Matter as Rodney King was
brutally abused, U.S. police have killed at least 194 black people in 2016 (Carven), while people
like Donald Sterling and Keith Lamont Scott also several others were killed by police officers.
These are horrible events happening in the United States and resulting on several degrees of
After 9/11 and such other terrorist attack, muslims have been a subject of hate crimes due
to a stereotypical fear went all over America called Islamophobia. Which it started to consider
the believers of Islam are violent, extremist and volatile. Today, it is under stress in a rather rare
fashion, as significant religious figures argue that Islam has become inconsistent with American
culture and law. This line of thinking is fanning the flames of what has come to be known as
"Islamophobia" a term that, when it was first introduced as a concept in 1991, was defined as an
"unfounded hostility toward Muslims (Johnston 165). Due to the attack of the Twin Tower as it
started an uprise hate towards muslim residing in America as referred by Johnston: The attacks
against the U.S. on September 11, 2001, effectively triggered a campaign of fear-mongering
seems to conceive all muslims are terrorist and have the intention of causing violence and havoc
in their surrounding. No one quite knows how large the American Muslim community really is,
with estimates ranging from two to twelve million. What is known, though, is that American
Muslims as a whole are well-educated, affluent, relatively young, and politically active.
Moreover, they have bought into the American dream in order and reside in this society with
peace.
At this present day, after the statement of the newly elected president Donald J. Trump
referring to ban the belief of Islam in America, in which his believers and other racist individual
started taking advantage of it by committing Hate Crime. Which a survey referred 55% of
muslims being under attack in which treated cruelly and being killed: Mosque leader Maulana
Akonjee and friend Thara Uddin were dressed in Muslim garb when the killer approached from
behind and shot from point-blank range, said NYPD Deputy Inspector Henry Sautner of the
Queen's South Detective Bureau Thats not what America is about, said local resident
Khairul Islam, 33. We blame Donald Trump for this... Trump and his drama has created
Islamophobia.(Eisinger and Schapiro 5); There are several other Muslim Americans facing
islamophobia and hate crime in which it deserves a change in the community in order to stop in
this nation. Where they feel scared about their own community due to islamophobia has erupted
into a violent form as to performing physical form of humiliation towards them and also in this
current day due to the election such activities escalated around the world. Where humiliation and
oppression seems to be an understatement due hate crimes to Muslim Americans are now a target
of facing death. As these circumstance are taken lightly by the nation and government, in which
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such volatile small events might fluctuate into a devastating form and should be solved when it is
These sort of situation are happening in America and also around the world; as it is
happening towards different races of people in America. The main reason of such actions are
happening due to the government is not taking appropriate actions towards solving it and are
more focused towards the nation's financial and economical state. President Barack Obama
expressed in one of his speech as he shifted the topic of racially divided nations and the countrys
economy. As proven: He shot himself in the foot, they said, by shifting the focus away from the
economy and the war in Iraq, and in the process unearthed people's worst fears of a racially
divided nation. By acknowledging that the body politic was not ready to talk about race or color
or ethnicity (Eger 42). Where even Black Americans activist and enlighter W.E.B. DuBois have
touched upon the topic of color line will stay as a problem throughout the century; as stated:
W.E.B. DuBois predicted that the problem of our century would be the color line, which
included the Jim Crow South, but also racial oppression, (42). Thus to clarify and understand
more about each other, to actually achieve equal rights and respect towards each other, a change
in society's norm and government rules is required. Former President Bill Clinton, a major
proponent of globalization and free trade argued: that we have to move from interdependence
to integration, to an integrated global community. To do that we must have a critical mass of the
world with shared benefits, shared responsibilities and shared values. (42). In order to build an
environment for all Americans, everyone must come together to understand the true value of
sharing and considering an internal global community in our society. Which every Americans
must bond with each other to achieve a better environment and excel towards greatness.
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After any horrible incident event it does not mean such actions could fluctuate into a
horrible phase and which actions are taken to control or end such event. In order to stop police
brutality Black Americans have developed the movement called Black Lives Matter
movement.The Black Lives Matter movement is not giving up on street protests, but it's starting
to press its demands within political and policy circles as well . Even as the movement works to
hold elected officials accountable, some African-American politicians are working to highlight
the need to change law enforcement and criminal justice policies. A group called the 20/20 Club,
consisting of 20 Republican and 20 Democratic officials, will host forums on these topics at the
two national party, while pressing Congress to act on legislation. In order to provide action
towards laws. the approach taken by the 20/20 Club is that the elected officials' group includes
top police officials and organizations as part of its advocacy work. The 20/20 Club's goal is to
make policing and criminal justice a top-tier issue in the presidential campaign and to ensure
meaningful legislation is enacted by the time of the presidential election in 2020. (Greenblatt
12). While on the other hand, Islamophobia is being combated through the ICRD (International
Center for Religion and Diplomacy) and the U.S. government came together to find solution in
order to end stereotypical views upon muslims. As referred to: ICRDs goal is to provide the
Washington policy process with a more nuanced understanding of Islam, and, from all
indications, it helped to do exactly that. For the U.S. government's part, the doors at the
Departments of State, Defense, Justice, and Homeland Security opened wider to the inputs of its
Muslim citizen. (165). As towards providing vast information of islam towards the masses of
American civilians and providing Muslim citizens with better security. As these actions might
come to an end if such policies which are newly inaugurated by the ICRD and the 20/20 club
All Americans came together in order to sacrifice their lives, stay true to their belief and
effortlessly provided their utmost power to achieve equal rights and to stop oppression for all
races. Black American, Muslims, Hispanic, and several other races are subject facing oppression
up till to this date and which it must come to an end.Organizations like ICRD and movement like
Black Lives Matter movement are effortlessly trying to best build a better environment for all
races to reside in America with peace and prosperity. In order to achieve integrated global
community, we must have a critical mass of the world with shared benefits, shared
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