Sunday, October 24, 2010

Wise and Brown vs. Board of Education

History: Past and Present-

       The Brown v. Board of Education website is a very informational website. It focuses on mainy turning points that we came across throughout our nation's history. It talks about how the civil war promised racial equality, and how African Americans have made a landmark on U.S. History. I feel this focuses so much on the past, but there are still many things today that are still helping use change racial equality. Also, I think it is still not a solved issue, and in Tim Wises's video he talks more about this. They both do talk about the same issue but Tim focuses more on today's society and how it still affects us today and what people are doing to change it.
         The videos are a step up to racism, but the Brown v. Board of Education shows all of the fights that they fought for. They fought hard to get to where they are today which was all for the civil rights and there rights to be treated equally just like everyone else. In the vidoe's Wise talks about Obama and how he is a stepping point. I feel this as well because, back then they would have never elected a black President. It just goes to show that what they all fought for is starting to fall into place. There is still many more steps to go through, but the vidoe's were concerning more about how they are tapping the glass, and starting to push things forward again.
     Both the vidoes, and the website both were very informational, as one focused more on the past, and the other focused more on the present time and the future. But, they were both talking and giving inforamtiona about the same thing which is racial equality. There are still problems with it today and we are just starting to "tap the glass" like Wise said. He also talks about Obama and his role. I tihnk I would like to find out more about Obama and what else he would bring to the table in solving this issue? Here is a video of a speech from Obama and it talks about race :
Obama's Race Speech

7 comments:

  1. I like how you talked about race in terms of the past, present, and future.

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  2. I agree the present and future is very important

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  3. i agree that people need to stop "reminiscing" about all of the accomplishments that have been made in the past on this issue, and start realizing that so much more needs to be done to change our future.

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  4. I like you're talking point about what is obama going to do about this issue since it should be a major one for him compared to all the past presidents.

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  5. Your have great points! It's true Obama is a "step" forward. Now that glass has been tap how can we make that glass break for the future?

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  6. I agree with everyone and i also liked how you used the past, present and future idea.

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  7. I also talked about how Wise has told us to tap on the glass; I think it is very important for change. I like how you connected your link back to Obama since the whole interview began with the topic of him.

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