The History of the Noose and its Significance to African

The origins of the snare drum, also known as the serve soldierys knot, has been associated with the heavy(p) punishment more pronounced during the Elizabethan times. The slip noose has strikingly evoked a assortment of historical perspective quite commonly associated with death as a punishment for crimes committed. In Britain, the noose was often looped into one end where a mans neck could easily fit and allowed to hang and apparently die of strangulation from the tightening loop or by a breakage of the hanged mans vertebra. Its positioning is seen to coincide with the angle of the jaw in order to make sure that the bespeak is thrown backwards by the rope so that the force is transmitted into the neck vertebrae rather than existence thrown forward and the force taken on the throat which tends to cause strangulation.In our modern era however, the noose compactifies for numerous a corrosive ingredient to an otherwise risky social practice of racism. In the first part of the twentieth century, the practice of lynching was ascribed to stifle mob violence due in part to an ineffective law enforcement agency (Apel, 200449). From the torturous slave trade era, the nooses of the Ku Klux Klan evoked a sign for the dispirited club to remain passive and stand defenseless in the face of any racialist assault (Bobo et.al, 2004 140). In the historical opposition to sinister voting rights, representation and summary punishments, the lynchers noose represented white supremacy (Grant, 2001 101).Purpose of the Study and Statement of the ProblemIt is therefore to the best matter to of everyone to be able to identify the origins of the hangmans knot or the noose in the current period. much(prenominal) knowledge leads to the understanding of how the hangmans noose is currently associated to an issue of importance to the downhearted Ameri privy society in the US. In the history of hatred crimes and lynching against the blacken Americans and other marginalized sec tors, the rope has often symbolized evil.In the face of modernity and globalization, and equal rights for every American, the interpretation of the hangmans noose as an action is lifelessness often seen as an over reaction in a climate full of questions relative to racism and supremacy. The meaning rat the noose and its presence has been seen by the Black community as denoting racial hatred and white power.However, amidst a modern and diverse society that has publicized political correctness every American is faced with the question on its proper interpretation and to discuss the rightful censorship of the act. Will there be a chance when people will stop reacting to the noose and somehow understand that this is effective an overblown racial rhetoric or will the gloss and climate of racism fit for censorship or punishment?Review of LiteratureWhen a white police officer placed a hangmans noose on the motorcycle of a stark military officer in Boston, the corrosive policeman co mplained that he was being victimized by the white officer. Although investigative reports did reveal that no racial motives were behind the act, the black officer claimed that, no one can just hang a noose stuffy any black man who knew his history and say that it does not have a tremendous substance (Blum, 20022).The consequences for such an action in some states like Miami has allowed black employees who were subjected to an intimidating presence of a hangmans noose in the office of Adelphia Communications manager to collect a $1 one thousand thousand settlement (Apel, 200417). Suddenly a spate of similar incidents are happening across the country where a noose was left for a black workman at a construction site in South Elgin while a woman in Queens, New York brandishes a noose to threaten her black neighbors. Pitts also reported for the Chicago Tribune how a noose was left on the door of a black professor at Columbia University that stands to investigate the recent spate actio ns (Pitts, Oct. 2007).History had associated the noose as a tool for capital punishment against criminals during the Elizabethan times. The United States whose justice system was patterned afterward Englands has adapted death by hanging to convicted and ruthless crime offenders. The fall of slave trade after the Civil War marked a quest for civil rights that soon catered to the emergence of groups opposed to Black freedom and rights. The Ku Klux Klan became an effective and organized movement against Black rights who once exercised a reign of terror apply the exemplary gesture of the noose to evoke fear among the blacks and other minorities (Grant, 2001 100).The memory of lynching still runs new-fangled on the hearts and minds of the targeted Black population along with other minorities (Reid-Pharr, 1999 126).In the last few years of the 20th century, even after the successful allowance of equal rights for every American citizen, random incidents of lynching with the symbolic u se of the hangmans noose scorn progress and modernization (Diuguid, 2007 149).Findings and AnalysisDespite progress and modernity, it is sight that the memory of lynching particularly with the symbolic use of the noose is seen as a persistent lesion to the Black American society. Authors Bobo, et, al (2004) Apel (2004) Blum (2002) have a similar idea that the noose is seen as a predicament for the Blacks and other minorities in the societies whether they were intended as a joke or otherwise. The noose has seen an railroad tie and a symbol of white supremacy and hatred against the African Americans in the United States.In illume of the spate and re-emergence of noose lynching around the country, many Black populations could not bring themselves to understand despite comprehensive investigation that it was a prank (Pitts, 2007). Many look back to the atrocities committed against the blacks and other minorities and assure the handful of happenings as an apparent move to stifle vi olence perpetrated by the marginalized communities (Wallace, 199932).Random incidents which have happened in relations to actions commonly associated with the hangmans noose dismissed such incidents although an astonishing response that condemned such barbarousness could be heard by both white and black communities who were both offended (Diuguid, 200719). Although nothing was done, many African-Americans were hurt about the incident (Diuguid, 200721).In the exercise of political ideals in the face of diversity, such racial slurs and symbolic forms of hatred has no room in the American egalitarian society as the black population struggle to pursue a more decent and humane existence for their families (Wallace, 1999 32). Such things that should be forgotten cannot simply be delegated immediately to the memory banks because many still experience feelings of hurt and marginalisation after hearing of community members being subjected to such treatment. Although the youths have experien ced minor blows to resulting from racism in comparison to their forefathers, Black culture still appreciates the deep roots of their black culture and will concern to feel hurt and rejection as a response to random and symbolic act of the hangmans noose. terminationThe notoriety of the noose however, lies not only in its use as a method of capital punishment. It has also been associated as a racial hate symbol, so far being used in the United States against African-Americans. This is in reference to the various forms of extermination performed against African-Americans in the rural South in the past. To language such, the use of nooses for the intention of perpetrating a hate crime, or using nooses as a racial hate symbol, was actually made illegal under U.S. law. Recently, there have been cases where the hanging of nooses was done at American universities in what many see may be a resurgence of the symbol.In totality, nooses however can be said to be very significant to African-A mericans, as it tries to represent a direct attempt on their African American race. The move to make it illegal was definitely a step in the right direction. Just as the noose gained its reputation with being a form of capital punishment, it too has become a racially charged symbol that continues to affect African-Americans today.It will therefore be a difficult option to encourage Black Americans to forget about the noose and its symbolism. Their deeply embedded culture is taught to every Black child in order for him to appreciate his importance in the struggle for equality. destinationApel, Dora. 2004. 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