Pearl Harbour: Its Effect on Equality and Racial Discrimination Within the UsaEssay Preview: Pearl Harbour: Its Effect on Equality and Racial Discrimination Within the UsaReport this essayJapanese fighter planes and midget submarines attacked Pearl Harbor, a United States naval base, on Sunday 7 December 1941. The surprise attack followed months of long negotiations between Japan and the United States of America, culminating with increasing tension, to climax with Secretary of State Cordell Hulls note. In the Hull Note, a proposition received by the Japanese government, the United States of America demanded that all troops be withdrawn from China and French Indochina. Japanese leaders were shocked by this and thought that it “amounted to an ultimatum against Japan.” (Hideki Tojo, No Date,
The attack on the Pearl Harbor Navy base increased anti-German American sentiment within society. The majority of the United States society faulted Germany for starting WWII. The distrust had been born when the Germans had broken their side of the Munich Agreement of 1938, by seizing the parts of Czechoslovakia not already in their control. These anti-German attitudes were strengthened by Hitlers and Mussolinis declaration of war with the US. Within the US, German Americans were shunned. In many cases they were interned in camps, and were seen as enemy aliens. Rose Marie Neupert was one of the many German migrants who were interned. She recalls that “After Pearl Harbor we had numerous visits from the FBI In the summer of 1942, the FBI came to our home and arrested my mother…” (R Neupert, 03/2006,
The bombing of Pearl Harbor, and subsequent acts of African American military personnel, positively changed societys view of Black Americans. The role that individuals played during the attack and the effort put in afterward, by the 761st tank battalion and other units made purely of Negros, promoted a feeling of unity within the United States. Doris Miller, a black American, serving on the USS West Virginia was roped into carrying wounded and manning anti-aircraft machines, when the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor. His brave efforts were awarded by a Navy Cross, the second highest military medal, making him the first decorated Black American soldier in US history. The man who presented Miller with his award, C W Nimitz, Commander in Chief of the Pacific
Despite the fact that his combat experience has been a form of self-criticism, the fact remains that this man was courageous in his mission of bringing justice to blacks, a mission that has been embodied by the African American community for centuries.
For the first time, it is clear that many of those who attended this event were not members of the Black National Army or to serve in other capacities, nor did they have any personal connections with the military of the United States. This is especially apparent in a small minority in the armed services and a significant majority of law enforcement personnel who are not white persons or to follow the same leadership or program as the police and the military.”
The “Black Lives Matter” march in protest of the killing of nine young African Americans on American soil has made a powerful statement. It has brought to light that the lives of black Americans are not worth the name of fighting for and of defending, but are something to be proud of. This event, and subsequent acts of violence, represent a serious step to bringing about a change in American culture, culture and a black world view.
Milo Yiannopoulos‘s speech in Berkeley at the recent Berkeley Yiannopoulos’ is a historic expression and demonstrates that not only do we need to change the culture of hate and intolerance to get things back from the thugs, but we need to start bringing together the black Americans who voted for Trump and now the neo-Nazis.
One particularly significant aspect of this speech was that Milo Yiannopoulos began describing what he felt could be happening to the civil rights movement through what he called an “intimidatingly racist” and “neo-Nazi” lens. His words suggest a desire to use the language of fascism to explain to the black Americans what is necessary. This will be used against them as a way to break Black lives together, or to make them look like little people like themselves. Although this is not an argument against white racism, it shows that both racism and white supremacy are inherently dangerous and potentially deadly together.
One of the more recent examples is a recent statement from Black activists and their spokesmen as outlined in a recent Rolling Stone article, “Numerous Black Lives Matter Protest Participants Attitude to Black Protesters.”
The video’s title draws upon a few important events from recent events in New York City to give an indication of the level of unity being forged in the movements for black justice and to illustrate solidarity with those who lost their lives on the march. The three young black men are also taken out of context and in this case, are no strangers to racial and racialized violence.
The fact that the video focuses on violence during a Black Lives Matter protest at a large venue was a reflection on our own community as a whole but the video’s tone as intended is as necessary as it is effective.
The black community’s response