Final Blog Post, Infant Mortality

                Throughout Martin Luther King’s Chaos or Community, King presents prominent facts from information based on the civil rights. King explains how infant mortality among African-Americans was twice as much than white people. Black grammar schools, in comparison to white schools, were lacking up to three years of education. This was the same percentage that fought in Vietnam, and that 1/20 African-Americans went to college as white Americans. After utilizing the data from the research on infant mortality, King discovered that 50% of white Americans didn’t want Negros as neighbors. This data suggests that African-Americans were guinea pigs from less privileged backgrounds. Young African-Americans would die from hunger and nourishment more over than whites. Infant mortality for African-Americans did not concern white America, unless it was the about the births of white people.

                Even though infant mortality is not as bold as it was in 1967, it still plays a minor role. In modern day 2012, the rate for white infant births is now the minority. As stated in the New York Times article, "Whites Account for Under Half of Births in U.S.," “A more diverse young population forms the basis of a generational divide with the country’s elderly, a group that is largely white and grew up in a world that was too.” This statement is interesting in how it contrasted to back then, the birth rate for white infants is steadily decreasing. The data is similar in how America is still struggling on matters such as education and jobs when it deals with race. The fact that America hasn’t changed with racial tension over the rate of white births, exemplifies how much development lies ahead. Even though there are improvements to be made, there are many like Dowell Myers, felt that America would decline if the people relied solely on white births.

                

BPMT draft

These idea about how African-Americans were conctantly unemployed are further described in Black Power Mix tape, which was released in 2011.

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GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL

          I agree with Diamond's answer to why some environments are "blessed" by have better farming conditions and animals for food and labor. I agree because when exploring the coast of Australia a person, such as Jared Diamond, will see that there were struggles with plant growth and animals.Although in our society there is no problems when it comes to farming conditions. Some societies are still developing and are left behind in terms of technology, health conditions, and weapons.An environment that has problems with diseases that are cured for in our society, is a factor that considers our environment blessed.
           The key factor that facilities inequalities in our global society in my view would be people. I feel that people are a key factor in the inequalities because human nature in people tends to moves them forward or leave them behind. It is up to us to make changes or leave things the way they are. A person off the coast of Australia has the choice of allowing an outsider provide aid to their living conditions. People from different societies are capable of helping other societies. The only factor that affects the person to help or not is if they want to. It is humane to help others and another persons problems their own. The problem is that people don't always feel the need to be beneficial to others, so this results in inequalities in our global society today.

king and Carmichael/ They Say - I say

In this blog I will talk about the similarities and differences between Martin Luther King Jr. and Stokely Carmichael from Stokely Speaks and Choas or Community. Stokely found hypocrisy when it came to the white and black community. Stokely is surely right about how there was a double standard on black people being violent because it was fine for white people to be brutal during the time.  Stokely’s theory of the double standard that was placed on black people is extremely useful because it sheds light on the difficult problem of inequality.  

                Martin Luther King Jr. felt that Africans-Americans were able to fight for their rights in a nonviolent way such as marching. Adding to King’s argument I would point out that unlike Stokely, king felt that even though African-Americans were guilty of being violent, there were alternate ways in controlling rage and releasing under discipline for the most effective impact. According to King and Carmichael African-Americans were categorized as violent unless they remained passive. In marching together, African Americans solved what lobbying couldn’t do in legislative halls. King gave the police no reason to be hostile or brutal towards him, contrary to people in the ghettos. 

Blog #2:Archives visit

Throughout the visit to LaGuardia archives, the class was given a brief overview of what resources were available. The archives are a collection of private, primary information. Primary and reliable information was available on the mayor Robert F. Wagner. Valuable items suchs as the medals and pins mayor Robert F. Wagner received were displayed on a wall by the bookshelves. A primary source that was provided was the letter from Robert F. Wagner known as the “Remarks by Robert F. Mayor.” Mr. Wagner was a democratic and liberal mayor that had been serving his third term. In the letter, Mr. Wagner talks about how he was surprised to witness how bad Harlem was doing. He took the time to see what the people of Harlem had been going through. He wanted to address the major problems of poverty and unemployment. As Mayor Wagner walked in Harlem, he saw debris of battle, boarded windows, and residents that were in fear. Mayor Wagner supported the police because he knew it was there job to protect the people. The sanitation department had lied to the Mayor because he had been told that the debris of battle was cleaned up, when in reality this was false.

Even though Wagner supported African-Americans in Harlem and understood the hardships they were facing, he still supported the police officers. I feel that he was trying too hard to satisfy both the African-Americans  of Harlem and the police. These are conflicting ideas to me because, African-Americans feared the police and felt hostility. Mayor Wagner states, “Attacks upon the police, whose mission it is, to enforce law and order, will not be condoned, or tolerated by me, at any time.” In essence, Mayor Wagner is saying that the police are doing their job in protecting people and shlouldnt be harmed by the people of Harlem. He believed that the police was doing their job and was professional about it, when African-Americans felt otherwise.

             

 According to Malcolm X, 1964 was considered the most spontaneous year in history due to the fact that it was a political year. False promises were given to African-Americans only to serve as let downs from white politicians. Promises of equality and living conditions in a safe police state were false. In the speech "There's a Worldwide Revolution going On," Malcolm  explains how African-Americans felt that the police were around to be to frighten and be against them instead of providing genuine aid when necessary. Malcolm believed that a man would be better off fighting for civil rights than for him to be sent off to Korea to battle against 800 million Chinese. After an interview with Mike Wallace, Malcolm felt that people like commissioner Murphy would encourage White people to think that they can beat or suppress African-Americans. Throughout the interview he continues to say there was hostility towards black people instilled within them feeling of resentment. This injustice played a vital role in making Malcolm x feel as if he wasn’t American, as well as other African-Americans like him.

                Malcolm had faith in African-Americans fighting over their rights and goals. "He wasn’t a specialist in politics, a democratic, or a republican." This statement alone proves how much even an outsider such as Malcolm noticed how unjust society was.  Malcolm X didn't feel like he was an american unless he was a person with blue eyes and blonde hair. This feeling of alienation was vital in causing African-Americans to retaliate do to inequality.