The Rebirth Of Black Rage Analysis

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In the article "The Rebirth of Black Rage", by Mychal Denzel Smith, the United States' history involving racial inequality is brought to light and organized to reveal how a newly sparked civil rights movement has begun. Smith begins his statement revealing how poor of a response the US government had following Hurricane Katrina. During an NBC celebrity telethon, rapper Kanye West made a statement regarding the Katrina response that, "Bresident Bush doesn't care about black people". This statement, along with the worlds' new strength in exposure through technology, a strong uprising was underway. Black rage was pushing racial issues into America's face and the movement was potentially at the strongest point in history. Smith next portrayed how

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