The Mexican Revolution had many Key Events. The first one was The Grito de Delores, which was when Hidalgo and Costilla launched the Mexican War of Independence. Others were the Treaty of Cordoba, Plan of Iguala, Mexican conservatives called for independence and Iturbide declared emperor of Mexico. The Mexican War of independence started because peasants didn't have equal rights. The peninsulares were the peasants and were Indian and mestizo.
Race Continues to affect national unity in America. One recent example has been dominating the news for the last week. That is the decision of the grand jury in Missouri not to charge officer Darren Wilson of the Ferguson Police Department with a crime for shooting African American teenager Michael Brown to death after a confrontation. The grand jury believed that the evidence showed that Officer Wilson was telling the truth when he testified that Brown had attacked him in his car, tried to take his gun, and was coming after him when he shot the teenager.
However, even with these facts, there has been ongoing national debate about relations between white police officers and black young men. In today's New York Times, a front page article described a meeting that President Obama hosted at the White House. He said: "There is a simmering mistrust that exists between too many police departments and too many communities of color." The President proposed: "he would tighten standards on the provision of military-style equipment to local police departments and provide funds for police officers to wear cameras," according to the article Obama Offers New Standards on Police Gear by Mark Lander.
I believe that race does affect identity and politics. Many people assume that the officer shot the young man because he was black and I have those suspicions too, although I don't know. Because many people are suspicious of police, I think it is a good idea for police to wear body cameras to see what happened, instead of debating over the facts.
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