American Idols
It has remained evident from research and studies that have been conducted that the American society in the 1950s is one that is characterized by social, political as well as moral pervasiveness based on the old morality. Besides, the congressional panel was fabricated who’s primary function or goal was to cast out or similarly ferret out the subversions as well as the disloyalty that was deeply rooted in the American society (Clohesy, 25). Civil rights activists such as Robinson as well as Ginsberg utilized this opportunity or scenario to bring forth the racial injustices that had infiltrated the entire nation. This paper aims at reviewing the idols broken by Ginsberg and Robinson as well as the significance of their words.
In his testimony, he was determined to continue with the fight against racial discrimination as the Black American race suffered a great deal of racial discrimination at the hands of the ‘white man.’ Robinson clearly states that his intention of fighting will only cease when all the discrimination is all licked from society. In his testimony, a study shows that Robinson carefully and drew a line of distinction between the communist ideology and the fight against discrimination, pointing out the injustice in the courts, lynching as well as the police brutality in the name of creating a communist imagination (Clohesy, 25). Ginsberg as an influential writer, in his poem ‘America’ he vigorously opposed economic materialism, as well as sexual repressions (“Allen Ginsberg”, 50). Besides, various aspects of his counterculture were brought out such as the hostility to bureaucracy and political idols, his view on drugs as well as the openness to the regions of the East.
In conclusion, Ginsberg managed to denounce what appeared as the destructive forces of conformity as well as capitalism attracting publication. Furthermore, his poem acts as an indictment of America. In his testimony, not only does Robinson critique the society but also urgest to appreciate the ‘real citizens.’