Politics Page 82

David Hogg tweeted out about gun control and said, “Imagine saying the only way to stop shark attacks is with more sharks.” Conservative Ben Shapiro then hit David Hogg with a blow tweeting back, “A good way to stop a shark attack is with a gun.” The controversy over gun control in the United States…

Ethical dilemma is a situation that often involves an apparent mental conflict between moral imperatives, in which to obey one would result in transgressing another. As a police officer you are held to a much higher standard. The public will view you differently because you are now wearing a badge and they will expect you…

Equality for me means that every human is equal and deserve to be treated equally. That opportunities, prospects and respect, are evenly distributed amongst each and every one of us. That it matters not where you come from but what your gone accomplish and achieve. For some equality means equal rights between the sexes, for…

Many people know of Letter from Birmingham Jail, written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but do you know what it was in response to? I, along with many others, did not know that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was responding to the 8 clergymen who wrote a document entitled A Call for Unity. The…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech on August 28, 1963 in Washington before 250,000 people that helped the civil rights movement so dramatically that it etched his name in history books across the world. Dr. King and his delegates wrote the speech many times over and infamous quote and symbolic words and title…

“We Shall Overcome”, a song sung by many in history, but none quite as loud as those who fought to be seen and heard throughout the Civil Rights Movement. Music was a driving force during this time for African-Americans as they needed something to inspire and help them in their time of need. Since even…

We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal & independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent & inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness; …(Declaring Independence). Liberty is the state of being free within society and from…

Marvel’s Black Panther received critical acclaim not only because of portrayal of a superhero’s journey but more so about the black cultures journey. Not only was the film a box office hit but it was dubbed as a cultural phenomenon. The movie celebrates the black culture in different mediums. For example, the racial dynamics present…

Opposite Forces: Freedom for Violence versus Violence for Freedom In the public statement “A Call to Unity”, the Alabama clergymen criticize the civil activists’ goals to stop segregation and racial superiority because the organization is disobeying the protocols that are enforced in Alabama, Birmingham. Specifically, the clergymen target Martin Luther King Jr. as he is…

In “Civil Disobedience,” Henry David Thoreau indicates that justice will come with a price in order to be achieved. He argues, “a people, as well as an individual, must do justice, cost what it may” (3). Henry Thoreau believed that the government is the best when it doesn’t govern at all. Thoreau advocates that in…