Analyse af Pharrell Williams's essay 'America's Past and Present Are Racist'

Essay - America's Past and Present Are Racist. We Deserve a Black Future - Pharrell Williams

The Unites States of America has had a troubling history since the American revolutionary war, to the civil war, the great depression and later the cold war. Building up hope for a better tomorrow. Unfortunately, today hasn’t necessarily gotten any better. Protests against social injustice that affects black lives, and protests to end police brutality. Again, building up hope for a better tomorrow. Through arguments Pharrell Williams’s article in the Time Magazine (August 2020) “America's Past and Present Are Racist. We Deserve a Black Future” showcases the similarities between what the revolutionaries fought for back then and what black Americans fight for today. In addition, by use of extensive language he references to the American history and the foundation of which USA was built upon.