Analysis Of Jesse Williams Speech

Jesse Williams BET Awards speech:

How the impact of the speech is causing an uproar in our country?

“There’s so much material out there that’s unnecessarily racist. It takes a shot at what is ‘urban’ or demonstrates blackness with some sassy, neck-jiving character that’s not even relevant to the plot. I see it time and time again, and it doesn’t move the story forward. It just kind of cryogenically freezes us in this old racial program” (Williams, Jesse). For so long African Americans have had to fight many battles to overcome oppression. Yet, African Americans are still fighting to overcome being harassed based on our color for so many years. It is very important for all of us to become more aware. For too long society has acted, as if the

The tone of his speech read, “I am Jesse Williams and I approve this message”. Bestowed us with a notion in which, he could possibly run for president. Jesse Williams in actual fact gave African Americans the opportunity to speak for themselves by being a sounding board for people of color. For quite some time now, African Americans have been struggling to achieve equality for the entire race. We have been through, fights, wars, and beatings; there were even some African Americans who died while trying to achieve equality. According to the video, “Jesse Williams’ Speech (BET Awards 2016). Jesse William’s said, “What we’ve been doing is looking at the data and we know that police manage to deescalate, disarm, and not kill white people every day; so what’s going to happen is we are going to have equal rights and justice in our own country. Or we will restructure their function and

While witnessing this story unfold, I felt like, “will I be the next one to get killed senselessly?” Things like this make you think of how the world is really turning for the worse in my opinion. In reference to the video, “Jesse Williams ‘Speech (BET Awards 2016) What Jesse Williams said during his speech really does tie into what happened with Trayvon Martin. Williams said, “If you have no interest for black people do not make suggestions to those who do”. A woman who was a guest on the daytime hit show, “The View” said something that really ties into how African Americans are feeling about how police brutality is affecting African Americans. According to the video, “Jesse Williams Gives powerful speech at BET awards, ‘View’ reacts”, Sunny Hostin, said which seemed like to me; to be the exact thing African American’s are thinking, “I think intent is really important, so yes she can do it but its wonderful to love black culture. But when black people are being murdered on the street and when black people are being discriminated against. Where are you, where are you? So love the culture but love the people too”. It is very essential for all of us to recognize how African Americas are affected day in and day out by others who are hurting us. An article entitled Mapping Police Violence states, “Black people are most likely to be killed by police. They