Representation Of Blacks In Early Independence Time
Representation is a term that is believed to have been coined from foreign language of a non-English speaking people residing in the region of Middle East. It is believed that the term was first used by the Greeks before the Americans borrowed it and applied in the homelands. Representation has been used in American for very many centuries; however, its definition has been seen as mosaic of contradictory in its real application to daily live activities. Politically, this is viewed as process that aids politically elected members from their political region or constituencies to have influences in the processes of formulating legal and government policies or policy. On the broad sense, representation has been use to refer to the process by which there is total participation of the population of a state or country in matters regarding governance, through a few selected members from the nation’s population. Though different nations have selected people that acts as representative, the roman’s clergy term is widely used in reference a process through which the government leaders are electing by voting (Hazel, 2005).
Political representation
The struggle for independence in the United States was entrenched on the desire for freedom and liberated citizens. The uprising that saw the abolishment of the colonial era and the establishment of the most contradictory era was as result of the collaborative struggle of the oppressed American by the European colonialists. The entire American population of those who were oppressed dreamt of bright future, where no one would imagine of the special person being favored in nature or form. The Americans were very optimistic on the general political powers change and general ruling systems from the racial tyrannical and oppressive conditions to universally human governance (Hooks, 1952).
By the time America was declared as an independent nation, several political parties had been established, however, the blacks together with other numerous ethnic groups were yet to take their political stands, perhaps this was articulated to the lack of knowledge and disunity among them. The ethnic divisions and the inadequate knowledge of the protocol of political party formation were some of the major contributing factors of low number of political parties. Although there were a few parties that were formed by the minorities, they did not last for long due to disorganization of the members. Moreover, the parties that were lead by African had a series of factors that could lead to their dissolutions. For instance, the Africans and the Indians were depicted to soil their parties due to jealousy and aggression for leadership. This caused misunderstanding among the many of the minor political parties, hence enlargement of the gap on disunity (Hazel, 2005).