A more perfect Union Par.ppt

A More Perfect Union We can accept a politics that breeds division, and conflict, and cynicism. We can tackle race only as spectacle ... as fodder for the nightly news. We can play Reverend Wright ’ s sermons on every channel ... with his most offensive words. We can pounce on some gaffe supporter ... regardless of his policies. Paragraph 44 Sentence 1 are created equal rights For we have a choice in this country. We can accept a politics that breeds division, and conflict, and cynicism. Your picture Sentence 2 We can tackle race only as spectacle, as we did in the OJ trial — or in the wake of tragedy, as we did in the aftermath of Katrina — or as fodder for the nightly news. OJ trial ( The O. J. Simpson murder case ) Orenthal James Simpson -- a retired Afican - American football player, actor. He was charged in 1994 with murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. In 1995, Simpson was acquitted of the murder after a lengthy, internationally publicized criminal trial, which was often characterized as "the trial of the century", culminated on Oct. 3rd, 1995 in a jury verdict of not guilty for the two murders. The verdict was seen live on TV by more than half of the . population, making it one of the most watched events in American TV history. In September 2007, Simpson was arrested and charged with numerous