The Cancel Culture era

  Think about how many times you have seen on the news, cancel this, and cancel that because it is discriminatory, or so called racist. 

When did this all start? It started a couple years ago when people thought they could battle racism and discrimination by taking away things that remind us of discrimination. 

We are still in the middle of this era, many conversations about what next shall be taken away are still happening, and there's two sides to it.

On one hand you have the people who think that racism and discrimination could be ended by taking away physical objects and then you have the people who think that the object, movies, or tv shows have nothing to do with it.

This cancel culture era has started with the littlest of things like canceling old movies that portray black people bad, or taking away tv shows, but when you do that you are taking away history. 

this as gotten worse as the extent of cancelling things that most of the population think it is not even discriminatory, for example changing the Aunt Jemima syrup logo. Many people had backlash for cancelling this and wondered why it's being taken away.

The problem is the people who are taking this away do not truly know if it discriminatory. They are basing it off of their own opinions and not this of the general population.

Regents v Bakke

    I am here today to talk about the direct violation committed by the University of California at Davis medical school.

    The fact that the school took the time to look at Mr.Bakke’s requirements and decided to reject him is completely wrong.

It is not that they did not want him into that school based on performance, it is the reason that they did not accept him due to an unlawful and wrong quota system where a certain number of white students could be admitted, 84 out of 100 to be exact.

    Now this means that the school deliberately has taken an overqualified individual and replaced him because of race, and maybe not even looking at academic integrity while doing so.

    

This has been proven two years in a row, not only did he apply in 1974 he also applied in 1973 and both applications were dismissed due to the special admission slots.

    In the years he was applying the medical school had multiple procedures for admitting students, first was looking at the grade point average, and with that was the interview portion where five members of the school rated them on a scale of 100 which adds up the total to 500 points.

During Mr. Bakkes Interviews in the first year, he applied he accumulated a score of an impressive 468 out of 500. You think this would be an easy acceptance for Bakkey but the school rejected him. At the time his application had gone there were four spots open but was not even considered.

    During his 1974 application, everyone during his interviews said he was a friendly intelligent person and scored another high 549 out of 600. In both years his application was rejected and not even waitlisted to further consider Bakkey.

This is a complete rejection due to the quota system and holding spots for students because of race.

    Mr. Bakke has more than enough qualifications to be accepted right away the University completely dismissed that knowing that they could accept students that fit their quota and knowing that these students that are reserved have fewer qualifications than Mr. Bakke.

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)https://www.law.cornell.edu › wex › regents_of_the_un… 

http://www.debatingracialpreference.org/BAKKE-Facts.htm

The March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom

    On August 28 1963, almost 200,000 people congregated in the nation's capital. They protested segregation and other issues in the country for example, voting rights, education reforms and civil rights movements and protections. 

During the march many advocates for the civil rights movement like Martin Luther King Jr. took turns speaking in front of thousands of people to get the peoples point across that the government needs to change and implement civil rights laws. 

This was known as The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Leading up to the march a man named A. Phillip Randolph originally set out to plan a march because of African Americans not being allowed to work in national defense industries. 

This march ultimately did not follow through as President Franklin D. Roosevelt created an executive order where the Fair Employment Practices Commision can investigate discrimination charges. Another attempt to put together a march was planned after. 

In 1962, many African Americans were unemployed and the ones that worked for very low wages and worked in terrible conditions. 

Therefore Randolph sent a letter to the Department of Interior to get clearance to march at the Lincoln Memorial. Rudolph later convinced Martin Luther King Jr. King also joined many other people including James Farmer of CORE, and Charles McDew of SNCC. 

CORE, congress of Racial Equality

SNCC, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

There were many goals stated for the march. They wanted a civil rights bill, rights to vote, equal education opportunities and federal work programs. 

As the march was getting more well known to others, more groups and organizations joined and sponsored the march including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Urban League, and many other organizations. 

During The March

Throughout the march there were many security precautions taken place as many people thought the march would turn violent and aggressive. 

Washington D.C enforced many police officers and there were many armed national guards making sure everything was peaceful. 

Even though there were no incidents of violence President Kennedy made it known that if there were he would undo the civil rights bill. During the march there were many performers as singers and songwriters came together to play music and dance with the crowd. 

There were also speakers who took the podium to reach out to not just the people of the march but to the government. 

One Famous Speaker, Martin Luther King Jr., made his well known “I have a dream” speech which was not only inspiring to everyone but clear and to the point. 

Many other speakers listed demands for congress to pass to give equal opportunity and make the standard of living better for African Americans. 

Although there were speakers and musicians, it was everyone who attended that made it truly worth something and inspiring, many people created a whole day out of it, bringing lunches and dressing up.

Everyone was open and caring as everyone was there for a common goal, it was not just African Americans there too it was many different races coming together, holding hands, and even locking arms swaying to music. 

In the end the March on Washington helped pave the way for the creation of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

 https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/march-washington-jobs-and-freedom 

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/march-on-washington 

https://www.nps.gov/articles/march-on-washington.htm

The Rise of the KKK

During the presentation I thought what was most interesting was the rise of the Ku klux klan. I found it very interesting because I never thought a group of people could spread so quickly into a mass organization where so many people were involved over so many states, not just southern states but northern states too. 

During the presentation I learned that the first group of clan members were mainly in the south during the 1860s and 70s. 

What was surprising is that it was made up of many people that had credible roles in the country. Many were politicians, doctors, policemen, and business owners. 

Eventually congress dismantled the Ku Klux Klan and it eventually died out. What I did not know was that there was a revival of the Klan because of the movie Birth of a Nation, a movie that depicted the Klan as saviors, showing them riding in and saving poor white people from black people. 

The second wave of people that joined the Klan tried recreating the actions in the movie and they were not only against blacks, but jews and other nationalities and religions as well. 

What was really astonishing was that the Klan was killing and lynching these people, and they were allowed to congregate and march through Pennsylvania Avenue. 

During the presentation I thought about a movie I watched on the KKK called The Blackkklansman. It was about a black man who worked with the police to infiltrate the KKK over phone calls and decoy people to expose the group. 

This reminded me of the original and first Klan members because during the movie their was not much killing and lynching of black people and other races. 

Band Of Angels

While watching the movie Band of Angels I learned many things about the south and especially New Orleans as a whole. The movie gave a very good representation of what life was like for white, black, and mixed race people. 

At first I never knew that even if you are from black descent you would be considered less of a human, even if you have white skin. 

I was very surprised when Amantha Star was taken and put on a slave ship. What then surprised me is that women were actually auctioned off at slave auctions. 

The movie also showed how different slaves were treated, for example Hamish Bond who bought Amantha treated her like a proper lady and did not disrespect her in any way. He also did this with his slaves, he gave them a nice place to live and treated them well. 

Personally I was shocked how the relationship between Amantha and Hamish grew throughout the movie. 

In the beginning Amantha wanted to escape and return to her home. She kept trying to escape and would not respect Hamish, but in time she began to take a liking to Hamish and their relationship grew. 

She even had the option to go back up north but was overwhelmed with feelings for Hamish. I also think that it was interesting to see how the civil war played a big part in the movie because many did flee to other parts of the south like Hamish and Amantha. 

It was also interesting because the movie depicted what would happen if the north invaded. Many plantation owners burned all of their fields and destroyed things that the north could use. I personally liked Band of Angels over Gone With the Wind because it showed a very interesting and particular story that I never knew would happen in the south.