Goodwill Ambassadors of US
Essay 2
Non-governmental and non-military actors can play a major role in steering events and policy as we see in this course. All of these actors were people of color and for the most part civil rights activist. Image plays a huge role in the cold war due its connection with credibility. In order for to show the world what was going on in the United States, minorities needed to stand up and speak up. This is what happened when the U.S. decided to send out goodwill ambassadors to improve their image. Instead of improving their image, these goodwill ambassadors spoke out and hurt the U.S. image more. W.E.B. Dubois was one of these goodwill ambassadors that was so fed up that he spoke out against the U.S. He talked about how in order to fix their image abroad; they would first have fix their problems at home. He claimed that they promote equality, democracy, and freedom but weren’t applying theses things at home. He claimed that the central problem of the cold war was the color line. Another one of these actors was Louis Armstrong, a multi-racial jazz musician. Louis and his band were so successful the United States decided to sponsor a tour for him to go abroad as a way to promote the progress of racial equality. Many people were shocked to see a Black man as the lead of a band because of horrifying stories they herd going on in the states. When Armstrong had herd about the Little Rock incident, he decided enough was enough. He no longer was able to put on a front and decided to cancel the tour because he could no longer lie that things are getting better in the states. In response to the critiques of the U.S. abroad, they revoked passports and stopped funding their tours. Klein talks about how he department of state threatened to withhold any passports of anyone whose conduct abroad is contrary to U.S. best interest. The U.S. decided to deny passports to anyone persons who were critics of the U.S. foreign policy, as well as Black Americans. One these
Non-governmental and non-military actors can play a major role in steering events and policy as we see in this course. All of these actors were people of color and for the most part civil rights activist. Image plays a huge role in the cold war due its connection with credibility. In order for to show the world what was going on in the United States, minorities needed to stand up and speak up. This is what happened when the U.S. decided to send out goodwill ambassadors to improve their image. Instead of improving their image, these goodwill ambassadors spoke out and hurt the U.S. image more. W.E.B. Dubois was one of these goodwill ambassadors that was so fed up that he spoke out against the U.S. He talked about how in order to fix their image abroad; they would first have fix their problems at home. He claimed that they promote equality, democracy, and freedom but weren’t applying theses things at home. He claimed that the central problem of the cold war was the color line. Another one of these actors was Louis Armstrong, a multi-racial jazz musician. Louis and his band were so successful the United States decided to sponsor a tour for him to go abroad as a way to promote the progress of racial equality. Many people were shocked to see a Black man as the lead of a band because of horrifying stories they herd going on in the states. When Armstrong had herd about the Little Rock incident, he decided enough was enough. He no longer was able to put on a front and decided to cancel the tour because he could no longer lie that things are getting better in the states. In response to the critiques of the U.S. abroad, they revoked passports and stopped funding their tours. Klein talks about how he department of state threatened to withhold any passports of anyone whose conduct abroad is contrary to U.S. best interest. The U.S. decided to deny passports to anyone persons who were critics of the U.S. foreign policy, as well as Black Americans. One these