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A 2.5 page paper which examines how racial, ethnicity, religious and minority group sociological issues were depicted in the controversial film on the presidency of George W. Bush. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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the world safe for democracy; he was targeting minority groups both at home and overseas in what was more a sociological conflict than ideological war. The film opens with
Michael Moores narrative assertion, "On March 19, 2003, George W. Bush and the United States military invaded the sovereign nation of Iraq. A nation that had never attacked the
United States. A nation that had never threatened to attack the United States. A nation that had never murdered a single American citizen" (War, Lies, and Videotape: A
Viewers Guide to Fahrenheit 9/11). Moore levies charges of racism, ethnic prejudice, religious zealotry, and sociological bias against President Bush and the Republican elitists who support him and his
efforts to counter terrorist attacks, most notably The Patriot Act and of course the war in Iraq. Fahrenheit 9/11 emphasizes the "indignities of racism" throughout, but never more compellingly than
in an early scene that depicts the aftermath of the contested 2000 election results that show several Black Caucus members demanding that at least one Senator prevent the certification of
the Bush victory (Porton 3). Their pleas to be heard were, ironically, silenced Vice President Al Gore, who was presiding over the senate and the man these black officials
believed had won the election. Gore is seen repeatedly banging his gavel to restore order and often heard telling the black lawmakers "to sit down and shut up because
the rules wont allow a debate" (Loftus). Moore then proceeds to show how racial socioeconomic injustice has led to many minorities to enter the military. The film contends
that the military focuses on poor areas to recruit soldiers (War, Lies, and Videotape: A Viewers Guide to Fahrenheit 9/11). To the question where the many troops needed to
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