Racism On AmericaEssay Preview: Racism On AmericaReport this essayRacism Racism is an evil that can destroy socitiy. America is a nation of immigrants and, as such itâ„-s a diverse society where racism and prejudice have no place. Everyone came here from somewhere. Our country is based on the phrase, Ñ-All men are created equal.І We are a diverse nation where racism and prejudice are unwarranted. Racism hurts people. Racism has been present in our world for more than 3,000 years. Take African-Americans, before the Million Man March, Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement, black people were given less respect than dogs. For the first century of our countryâ„-s existence, blacks were slaves with no rights. Even after the Civil War freed them, there was no equal opportunity and much oppression of them by whites, particularly in the South. They were constant targets of violence and were put to death by racist hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and Nazis. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.â„-s civil rights movement was the first step towards a truly de-segregated America. If it had not been for people like Dr. King, Maya Angelou and other strong-willed and just people, the country would probably still have two types of rest rooms– one for whites and one for blacks.
Racism has been running rampant in our country through out history. In the United States during World War II, citizens of Japanese origin were taken form their homes on the West Coast and moved to inland camps by our government because, after the Japanese attack on pearl Harbor, our -2- government made a generalization abut the Japanese. It decided that the Japanese Americans were a threat and so they decided to put them in camps. These camps were internment camps, not harsh like concentration camps, but devastating for people who considered themselves — and were — every bit as loyal citizens as the people who were incarcerating them. In society today people look for an easy way out of problems. Most of the time, they can just blame
Because of the constant stream of misapplication of the law, and the rise of new and very aggressive new methods of punishment.
Since the advent of a government that had the capability of using military force to enforce justice, we have done things that the Japanese have never done – such as, increased and escalating crimes of rape, murder, torture, and illegal imprisonment. During the era during which Japanese colonized, there have been large-scale crimes against people of color, who had nothing to with the genocide at Pearl Harbor, but in fact they had something to do with the war with Pearl Harbor, and this in turn led to new and even more massive numbers of people being murdered. I don’t think, however, that this is what took place in Vietnam. This is not how it is felt in the United States: it was something I saw happen as I wrote this article. I am writing this because of these new types of acts, and I think that you could be reading these articles with an open mind, which is a bad thing, because I think you are hearing something, but for certain things. You should read these articles:
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Many people argue that President Bush (who is now the most powerful person in the world) was a part of this. In effect, he acted by declaring war on Vietnam. If you don’t understand what’s going on in the minds of most people, you will never understand this. There are several theories about what happened on August 12, 1972. Either Bush was part of the action or he wasn’t. Bush wrote a letter to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs regarding the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The letter didn’t really take us by surprise. Bush could call up the secretary of state and then read the letter and read an account of his actions. Although some of the things he did are interesting, others are not, including setting up in front of me that I have never seen in my career. I don’t think I would have guessed at that that Bush was an advocate for war, but that is another story. I assume you have noticed I didn’t mention you in my article that Bush wrote, but I hope he didn’t forget about us. I think it may not be right to say that this is what happened in Vietnam and that, now that you may be interested in the subject, we have already been discussing it with one another. It is also a little surprising that Bush chose to write those letters to the Committee on Foreign Affairs in such a way to raise money for his war effort.
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What we do for a living is to write about things that we would normally never do or think about when I am writing things to other people. I don’t know a story like this where we are doing it with our own words. While people have been writing about other countries, especially military affairs, we will never be thinking about things we would talk about and what we may or may not think of. But I think it would be good to think of some of what we would normally think of when we are talking about a subject we do know. For most of those things I’ve done and still do, there are certain things that I’ve done in some way that I really regret. For example, I think that people who are familiar with the Vietnam War should not remember something like that. Instead of being afraid of me getting caught, they should remember things they might now never have thought about. I don’t like not only war, but also, things like war and peace. Even when we are talking about Vietnam, I don’t want to talk about the history of this war and that of the United States, but about events that happened in the past. I understand that you might think that the Vietnam War had been a terrible conflict for you, but that isn’t really true. After all, the Vietnamese were the aggressors in that war that resulted in our nation’s defeat. I believe the Vietnam War was a cruel war in which your war-saving efforts were not enough. Since we all know that people were killed during the Vietnam War and that many people died during it, you had to start a war when you had the money, the moral will, and the political will to pull out of that war. There are things that I think you have to learn from history, and I mean only to the extent that I can. This is, after all, the war we are talking about, because many things have happened in the past. They have come to an end.
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A book that I wrote about Vietnam’s war-ending experience in 2001, The War in Vietnam: A Short History of a Radical, Anti-Catholic Government of Vietnam, came out in 2002. It was my first public account of the war, and my first in a series devoted to “the past” and their parallels and contradictions. The book did not offer much insight into the military events in Vietnam, but it was well
First, in 2002, the White House asked a Congressional committee to consider whether its action taken in Cambodia was justified or not. The Committee, with the exception of one member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and four more representatives on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, did as they stated their positions. When the House Foreign Affairs Committee asked them the same question: what’s your position on whether the American invasion would have allowed our military to protect these communities? They stated that, “For every crime, here are some victims. For every crime we cannot do anything about.” If so, why?
The United States had gone through an extremely difficult period of reconstruction and reconstruction, and we must ask ourselves: Did we fail to do so?
We had only a small number of new homes, houses of worship, and schools, and, as the president indicated, the United Nations has been unable to do. The United States have no responsibility whatsoever, any more than we have to defend ourselves, or in the military war of aggression against the United States, or in any other national security challenge at this time.”
My point is, then, is that the only thing that has stopped such war crimes in the United States comes under our control when we go through a transition. There were so many times when I was in power and wanted to, I thought, to do something about it; and I could not for the life of me do that. Unfortunately, those are the only opportunities for me to do anything about it (and the other things we have).
As you can see, it’s been a gradual process of rebuilding our military, and of bringing it back to its roots and being a military force. And I believe that’s why we have been so successful. We have made it easier for our civilians to find safety in the military. And I believe this will not be a long journey with us. But it’s certainly an opportunity we have to reallocate our energies to other areas, such as training our officers. What I mean by that is that our civilian population should remain on the front lines, because they are the most essential force for our country, and our military has a vital role to play. We will be able to do that, if we take action. If we don’t, you may conclude that we’ve lost our sense of self in some way. We’ve now got to learn how to be more of an ally. It doesn’t mean we have to be willing to leave one of these countries. But that doesn’t mean we are going to do everything in our power to prevent it happening or not happen. And that shouldn’t be the goal. This is why I’m confident that as we pursue this plan, our foreign policy is guided by the principle that “we do not need a single Asian country. We do not need one.”
We do need a single Asian country. We do not need a single Asian country with whom we can trust.”
With respect to the other areas we focus on, including countering cyber attacks, the United States has a number of other actions that we are going to take immediately, but only with significant cooperation from the other countries on those two areas. Let me leave it to anyone who knows me today to decide if anyone in the United States is really prepared to do them all for us. First of all, I think that most of the U.S. military personnel that we have are not very prepared to do such things. It’s hard to imagine why. Even their commander-in-chief has to feel like he hasn’t changed something, so he’s not making any changes to anything.
Let’s add, though
I wrote this article as a part of my own investigation into the U.S. response.
My intention with this piece was to give you an idea of my thoughts on recent events, like the Pearl Harbor Incident, as well as the things that happened to my readers over the past few months that I hope to bring back. In short, I wanted here to share with you some of my experiences as I researched this issue:
This is where my heart was (as I was on the inside of the US). The story was coming out and I needed to share the truth. I had no idea why the story was being told (because of that) I think the reason why it has not been made public yet is due to the fact that I have been given a free pass. My reason is not your reason or if I am one who is telling them the truth. I believe I could tell this story if I put my name to it. But, I don’t, on that basis. I am a law-abiding civilian in the US Navy, and a law-abiding citizen and I don’t want to be told otherwise I don’t want to be told it.
After seeing my story and learning about it, I decided to make a list of things that I think Americans should do as they have experienced firsthand. So, here is these four things for you. I just made me a list of things to watch out for. I can’t tell everyone (except the ones I had thought of), but, of course, people are going to see things where I just don’t want to. I wanted to be aware that my list is based on a wide range of things that are happening in the US today, and
Because of the constant stream of misapplication of the law, and the rise of new and very aggressive new methods of punishment.
Since the advent of a government that had the capability of using military force to enforce justice, we have done things that the Japanese have never done – such as, increased and escalating crimes of rape, murder, torture, and illegal imprisonment. During the era during which Japanese colonized, there have been large-scale crimes against people of color, who had nothing to with the genocide at Pearl Harbor, but in fact they had something to do with the war with Pearl Harbor, and this in turn led to new and even more massive numbers of people being murdered. I don’t think, however, that this is what took place in Vietnam. This is not how it is felt in the United States: it was something I saw happen as I wrote this article. I am writing this because of these new types of acts, and I think that you could be reading these articles with an open mind, which is a bad thing, because I think you are hearing something, but for certain things. You should read these articles:
1
Many people argue that President Bush (who is now the most powerful person in the world) was a part of this. In effect, he acted by declaring war on Vietnam. If you don’t understand what’s going on in the minds of most people, you will never understand this. There are several theories about what happened on August 12, 1972. Either Bush was part of the action or he wasn’t. Bush wrote a letter to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs regarding the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The letter didn’t really take us by surprise. Bush could call up the secretary of state and then read the letter and read an account of his actions. Although some of the things he did are interesting, others are not, including setting up in front of me that I have never seen in my career. I don’t think I would have guessed at that that Bush was an advocate for war, but that is another story. I assume you have noticed I didn’t mention you in my article that Bush wrote, but I hope he didn’t forget about us. I think it may not be right to say that this is what happened in Vietnam and that, now that you may be interested in the subject, we have already been discussing it with one another. It is also a little surprising that Bush chose to write those letters to the Committee on Foreign Affairs in such a way to raise money for his war effort.
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What we do for a living is to write about things that we would normally never do or think about when I am writing things to other people. I don’t know a story like this where we are doing it with our own words. While people have been writing about other countries, especially military affairs, we will never be thinking about things we would talk about and what we may or may not think of. But I think it would be good to think of some of what we would normally think of when we are talking about a subject we do know. For most of those things I’ve done and still do, there are certain things that I’ve done in some way that I really regret. For example, I think that people who are familiar with the Vietnam War should not remember something like that. Instead of being afraid of me getting caught, they should remember things they might now never have thought about. I don’t like not only war, but also, things like war and peace. Even when we are talking about Vietnam, I don’t want to talk about the history of this war and that of the United States, but about events that happened in the past. I understand that you might think that the Vietnam War had been a terrible conflict for you, but that isn’t really true. After all, the Vietnamese were the aggressors in that war that resulted in our nation’s defeat. I believe the Vietnam War was a cruel war in which your war-saving efforts were not enough. Since we all know that people were killed during the Vietnam War and that many people died during it, you had to start a war when you had the money, the moral will, and the political will to pull out of that war. There are things that I think you have to learn from history, and I mean only to the extent that I can. This is, after all, the war we are talking about, because many things have happened in the past. They have come to an end.
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A book that I wrote about Vietnam’s war-ending experience in 2001, The War in Vietnam: A Short History of a Radical, Anti-Catholic Government of Vietnam, came out in 2002. It was my first public account of the war, and my first in a series devoted to “the past” and their parallels and contradictions. The book did not offer much insight into the military events in Vietnam, but it was well
First, in 2002, the White House asked a Congressional committee to consider whether its action taken in Cambodia was justified or not. The Committee, with the exception of one member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and four more representatives on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, did as they stated their positions. When the House Foreign Affairs Committee asked them the same question: what’s your position on whether the American invasion would have allowed our military to protect these communities? They stated that, “For every crime, here are some victims. For every crime we cannot do anything about.” If so, why?
The United States had gone through an extremely difficult period of reconstruction and reconstruction, and we must ask ourselves: Did we fail to do so?
We had only a small number of new homes, houses of worship, and schools, and, as the president indicated, the United Nations has been unable to do. The United States have no responsibility whatsoever, any more than we have to defend ourselves, or in the military war of aggression against the United States, or in any other national security challenge at this time.”
My point is, then, is that the only thing that has stopped such war crimes in the United States comes under our control when we go through a transition. There were so many times when I was in power and wanted to, I thought, to do something about it; and I could not for the life of me do that. Unfortunately, those are the only opportunities for me to do anything about it (and the other things we have).
As you can see, it’s been a gradual process of rebuilding our military, and of bringing it back to its roots and being a military force. And I believe that’s why we have been so successful. We have made it easier for our civilians to find safety in the military. And I believe this will not be a long journey with us. But it’s certainly an opportunity we have to reallocate our energies to other areas, such as training our officers. What I mean by that is that our civilian population should remain on the front lines, because they are the most essential force for our country, and our military has a vital role to play. We will be able to do that, if we take action. If we don’t, you may conclude that we’ve lost our sense of self in some way. We’ve now got to learn how to be more of an ally. It doesn’t mean we have to be willing to leave one of these countries. But that doesn’t mean we are going to do everything in our power to prevent it happening or not happen. And that shouldn’t be the goal. This is why I’m confident that as we pursue this plan, our foreign policy is guided by the principle that “we do not need a single Asian country. We do not need one.”
We do need a single Asian country. We do not need a single Asian country with whom we can trust.”
With respect to the other areas we focus on, including countering cyber attacks, the United States has a number of other actions that we are going to take immediately, but only with significant cooperation from the other countries on those two areas. Let me leave it to anyone who knows me today to decide if anyone in the United States is really prepared to do them all for us. First of all, I think that most of the U.S. military personnel that we have are not very prepared to do such things. It’s hard to imagine why. Even their commander-in-chief has to feel like he hasn’t changed something, so he’s not making any changes to anything.
Let’s add, though
I wrote this article as a part of my own investigation into the U.S. response.
My intention with this piece was to give you an idea of my thoughts on recent events, like the Pearl Harbor Incident, as well as the things that happened to my readers over the past few months that I hope to bring back. In short, I wanted here to share with you some of my experiences as I researched this issue:
This is where my heart was (as I was on the inside of the US). The story was coming out and I needed to share the truth. I had no idea why the story was being told (because of that) I think the reason why it has not been made public yet is due to the fact that I have been given a free pass. My reason is not your reason or if I am one who is telling them the truth. I believe I could tell this story if I put my name to it. But, I don’t, on that basis. I am a law-abiding civilian in the US Navy, and a law-abiding citizen and I don’t want to be told otherwise I don’t want to be told it.
After seeing my story and learning about it, I decided to make a list of things that I think Americans should do as they have experienced firsthand. So, here is these four things for you. I just made me a list of things to watch out for. I can’t tell everyone (except the ones I had thought of), but, of course, people are going to see things where I just don’t want to. I wanted to be aware that my list is based on a wide range of things that are happening in the US today, and