Violence: An American Tradition (Part 3 of 6)

Exploration of the tradition of violence in America, drawing on the history of invading settlers and native peoples, frontier outlaws and modern-day murderers, racist violence, the urban underclass, and domestic abuse. Narrated by Julian Bond, with commentary by Cornell West. Caution: Contains scenes that may be disturbing to young or sensitive viewers.

Nominated for two National Emmy Awards, 1995.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• USA
• history
• violence
• war
• psychology
• sociology
• abuse
• gangsters
• murder
• racism
• Cornell
• West
• Julian
• Bond

[edwardd668]

i love when people say ban gus beccause it s easier to kill people even if guns werte against the law you would still be sseeing death from vehiculer mureder staabbed to death are beated to dewth americans are nort partial are care what they use to muresder other people

[black4pienus]

after watching this documentary, you gotta listen to White America from Eminem

[shitonMOHAMMAD]

@wslydaniels

if you watch the first part of the series, it was very cleraly defined as a problem of the "human animal" and something that wasn't invented in America but fed and often praised and glorified through folk heroes

[wslydaniels]

@toppinzr Well said. You're exactly right. According to this we invented violence.

[sirenspeaker]

@toppinzr The program examines violence in America, as America has always had violence presence at every point in it's history. This program doesn't denounce violence as not existing elsewhere, however that is not the topic of the program. Also one can argue (and this show does) that no other single country has had such a bond to violence as America does.

[toppinzr]

It's weird how they go on about violence as specifically American. Humanity is violent. There have been slaughter and atrocities in Europe and other countries. It seems that these videos are coming from a particular lefty political persuasion that goes contrary to American patriotism.

[UCSPanther20]

It's not just the 'States either. People admire Ernesto "Che" Guevera, Fidel Castro and the Sandinistas, all of whom were violent individuals.

[SoulFlower69]

It's Amazing how these outlawz were killing the police then, who are now the NEW AMERICAN OUTLAW, as they kill INNOCENT people in black/latino/poor communnities, like it's HUNTING SEASON!

The U.S. Military has been the OUTLAWZ around the world, as millions of innocent lives have been lost due to greed & corruption & occupying of foreign land!

[SoulFlower69]

@treon123456 Of course NOT, the problem with Bearing Arms in America is people are using them against each other, instead of the B!tches, that FUND, the violence in America as they control our gov't, our media, & the american people, who allowed our GOVERNMENT to "sell us ALL out"! Instead of finding their EVIL A@@es individually, we would rather SHOOT-Lil Red in the hood b/c he owe us some DOPE $!

I been ready, and some of the "outlawz" mentioned n this vid was BUCKING at DA POLICE!

[treon123456]

they say not one word of the BANKERS/CENTRAL BANKS PART IN EVERY FORM OF VIOLENCE IN AMERICA!! THEY STARTED/FUNDED THE CONFEDERACY IN THE CIVIL WAR.....KILLED LINCOLN WHEN HE STARTED PRINTING HIS OWN CASH TO FUND THE WAR(SAME REASON THEY CAPPED KENNEDY!)...THEY ENGINEERED THE DEPRESSION THAT GAVE RISE TO THE GANGSTERS! NOW THIER SCARED OF AN ARMED PUBLIC WITH THE INTERNET WISING UP TO THIER GREED...THEY WANT US DISARMED!!!