Friday, October 28, 2016
Race and Controversy in America
In the world today people face many a nonher(prenominal) controversial issues. Many of these issues be due to tend and media bias. thither put one over been many topics of race relations in the States that have come and gvirtuoso, besides they were never forgotten. There was a more recent one this past summer; it was the George Zimmerman trial.\nGeorge Zimmerman was a 28-year overage neighborhood watchman, who spear and killed Trayvon Martin. Trayvon was 17-year old African American boy who was on the recollect with his girlfriend, on his way home base from a convenience store. Trayvon was unarmed, and the sole(prenominal) things he had were a al-Qaida of skittles and an iced tea. Zimmerman realizeed Trayvon as a singular person. On the night of February 26, 2012 Zimmerman called to report him and the officials instructed him not to get out of his elevator car or approach Trayvon. Zimmerman hush up got out of his car to go approach Trayvon who wasnt acting suspicious in any way. Zimmerman relish and killed Martin saying it was self plea. In order to censure Zimmerman the jurors would have to believe that he intentionally committed on act or acts that realise the death of Trayvon Martin. George Zimmerman was found not guilty. I disagree with the control boards decision because Trayvon distinctly did nothing wrong. There was no blood on his detainment at the crime image which was another sign that he did nothing wrong.\nThere ar many groundbreaking events that have impacted the way Americans view race relations today. bingle major event is genus Rosa Parks and her act of courage.\nOn December 1, 1955 a 42-year old women took a seat on a peck on her way home from the capital of Alabama state fair section store, where she worked as a seamstress. She piano set off a revolution before the bus driver instructed her to move to the back. She refused to move, she was finally arrested for violating a city right requiring racial segregation. Her arrest became a rallying point to which the African American community nonionised a bus ostracize in p...
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