...Illegal immigration has turned into one of the most disputed topics in the United States. Over the years, there has been a marked increase in bias and hate crimes regionally and nationwide against illegal immigrants. Our country’s population is made up of approximately 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants. Over the past and current years, evidence has overwhelmingly shown that immigrants play a vital role in our country’s economic, social, and cultural prosperity. Therefore, responsible social, political, and church groups should try to change Americans’ hearts and minds about immigration and about persistent bias against people who are already members of our society. Illegal immigration is not an issue that can be simply solved through mass...
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...in Florida, millions of Americans gathered to put an end to school shootings. They were protesting about gun control and arming teachers/staff. The citizens of Florida wanted their government to finally add permits onto the guns. They asked Donald Trump to “do something about it”, other than sending thoughts and prayers to the students who have been killed during the shooting. In Florida, you do not need a permit to carry a gun. Even if you’re 18 years old. Also, if you’re 21 in Florida, you still do not need a permit, but expect open carrying a gun. As of right now, some states are determined whether or not give guns to teachers/staff. One reason why they shouldn’t arm teachers/staff, is that a student would steal the gun. This could happen if the teacher left his code in the classroom in his/her cabinet or the student was left inside the classroom. Then the student would grab the firearm and start a school shooting. Sure, they probably would change the combination, but there’s always a way for a student to crack a safe. Besides, buying safes and guns would cost a lot of money. They would have to donations and they have to vote...
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...and adjustments to new social environment and it’s etiquette thereby becomes a challenging task for some of them” (Canada & Australia Immigration Consultant). It is very difficult for foreigners to adjust to the lifestyle of where they are residing. Trying to adjust to a new lifestyle and getting settled into a job it is very challenging. Getting a job in general can be challenging, and to add changing everything about your lifestyle at the same time can be onerous. This is why the world should not be so hard on immigrants who are just getting adjusted. To put it another way, “They land in a country with a completely different culture, society and often find themselves in a religious minority” (Canada & Australia Immigration consultant). When immigrants come to a new country, they most likely become the minority. This is a struggle that they face because everything is new to them; it would take them a while to adjust. They may feel pressured to look and act a particular of way. This is just one of the challenges they face. Immigrants take a huge risk leaving their home and making a new one where everything is different, and they have to get used to this. The people who immigrate to these new places have a obstacle to overcome. This is a huge deterrent and they have to work hard to overcome it. That is why it should be taken into consideration. They are not just adjusting to a new job, but also a new life. The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has made negative comments...
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...regarding their social practices, most people seem to form their opinions over stereotypes than facts. Xenophobia is rampant and manifest itself in various ways, be it immigration status discrimination, or discrimination in educational or other institutions settings, or as severe as hate crimes against immigrants. Although facts and information is more available now than ever, it has not stopped a strong sense of nationalism and a strong sense of hatred from developing towards immigrants. A recurring theme of the media is the sense that the nation is not in control of its fate, its economy and its borders, and that immigrant and refugees are the major reason why. This treatment of immigrants and refugees creates a crisis mentality, and results in extreme negative reactions toward them, including their dehumanization- the ultimate form of intolerance of otherness. Patrisia Gonzales and Roberto Rodriguez elucidates on the topic of dehumanization of immigrants in their article, “$4,000: The Price of a Mexican”. Gonzales and Rodriguez share the incident of a South Texas rancher shooting a Mexican immigrant. Even when found guilty, the man was charged with an absurdly minimal amount of four thousand dollars. This article provides the perfect example of how even though the hate crimes committed against immigrants are on a disquietly rise, they are still degraded and dehumanized even by the law. Unfortunately, immigration policy is frequently shaped more by fear and stereotype than by empirical...
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...actions taken by extremist Muslims. Because of the actions of terrorist groups such as the Taliban and Isis, Muslims around the world, especially in the United States, are viewed in a negative light. Due to this, the rising backlash towards Muslims has raised the question if during the past fifteen years, the resulting prejudice has affected the young/old/new Muslim immigrants in terms of work, daily life, and even their own sense of belonging or identity within the United States. Recently, minorities in the United States have had struggles with civil liberties, such as African-Americans being killed by the police, as well as Muslims being labeled as terrorists with no reason except where they come from and the religion they follow. Donald Trump, the leading republican presidential has proposed to close the borders to Muslim immigrants, which brings up the previous stated question of how accepted Muslim immigrants feel in the United States. It is important for people to know how people under a religion, which can be practiced by people of all race and ethnicity, can be persecuted no matter where they come from. I. Methodology Since first coming up with the idea for my research topic, I’ve been attentive to any current events that may relate to my overall research question. Also, through Lehman’s online databases, which is where I did most of research, I used different keywords relating to the research question stated above to find academic journals, since there were...
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...when it causes a bigger scandal, that’s when you have to realize what you’ve done. In this essay we are going to be bringing up issues of today and as well as in the past and how it is still stirring up controversy and false flags. Talking about the accusations the President said about mexican people being rapist, the accusations of Mccarthyism in the entertainment industry, and the accusations upon each other during the Salem Witch Trials. Each of these topics are juxtaposed because of the link they have with each other and that being was the instant accusations and stereotypes they faced in the hands people that not liked them....
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...have generated America’s current relationship with its neighboring country. In 2015, Donald Trump announced his presidential candidacy and his aims to make “America great again,” which was his slogan for his campaign. During his speech, he presented issues, such as America’s economic challenges and security threats, and highlighted Mexico as the source of the problem. He blamed Mexicans for “drug trafficking and violence imported across the southern US border.” These accusations were clearly unprofessional and Trump used stereotypes to address an issue instead of knowledge. Even though this was seen as absurd by many American citizens, Trump still had supporters. In 2016, Trump received the largest amount of votes than any other Republican candidate and was elected President. Trump’s current stance with Mexico, involves building a wall and using the military to secure the U.S. Mexican border. After Trump signed the executive order that authorized construction of the wall, protesters made a “human wall” to show unity. The situation that Trump has generated is the result of not having a proper education. Misleading information, deletion of facts, and the portrayal of Mexicans in history textbooks has caused Americans to despise Mexico based on historical accounts. In Merk’s perception of the war, he constantly refers to Mexicans as stubborn and hostile. This causes readers to create a stereotype that overpowers their decisions regarding Mexico and its people. Considering the history...
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...18th, 2018, created by Matt Groening, asserts that its portrayal of Indian characters as caricatures and stereotypes is not harmful. The specific character that will be discussed is Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a stereotypically Indian character whose seemingly racist creation has been publicly called out. Hari Kondabolu, an Indian-American comedian and actor who has turned his focus to social justice within media representation, created a counter commentary to the show entitled “The Problem with Apu” which was released in November of 2017. The episode “No Good Read Goes Unpunished” was created in response to Kondabolu’s movie. Producers of “The Simpsons” have tried to convince viewers that “political incorrect” commentary is not harmful rhetoric, rather it is just a humorous observation of the clichés of reality. This point is also argued by Dana Gould, a writer and producer for “The Simpsons”, defending the shows representation of Apu by saying “Many white people in...
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...With the changing demographics and social climate in Texas many politicians are beginning to ask if our state is on the brink of another switch in party dominance. In my opinion, It is highly unlikely that Democrats could have a majority control over Texas anytime soon. I am not saying it couldn’t happen or would be surprised if in 2028 our electoral votes went to the Democratic nominee. Even during this years election there were whispers that our state could be considered a swing state. 2 years ago I would have bet the house that Donald Trump wouldn’t be our current President-elect, so at this point nothing seems to be shocking. But talk about a bad year for democrats. After losing the house, the senate, and the white house last month it seems like a lot of different things...
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...Sociology paper Postmodernism has made a few mistakes. Victims are inherent. This is comparable to the concept of original sin. Regardless of anything, you ‘are’ those things that you have no control over. Making victim mentality the cornerstone of the ideological framework that offers nothing but a game of “who is more oppressed?” It offers no real solutions or any brevity to the actual world. It is a game of purity-testing with no actual substantive value. It probably does more harm than good for racial/gender relations. Considering it does not take into account the most basic of the social contracts, it assumes your actions are tied to your race or gender. Intersectionalism, is a concept that assumes that the more intersections, the...
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...Drew’s crush and how he should approach her. “You should definitely take her to the pizza parlor and you will win her” Josh said. After all fun and games, Mike took out a joint and offered to his buddies. “Hey let lit this bad boy up” Mike said. Drew and Josh felt uncomfortable and reluctant to take a smoke. Soon as Josh took in the smoke, Mike said “Come on Drew do not be a wuss and join us!”. Eventually, Drew took a few puff as he did not want to disappoint his friends. He felt the lightness on his feet and the euphoria by the beauty of trees around him. The United States is a nation full of different cultures. People across the globe may think of Americans as gun lover, bacon lover, pickup truck lover, etc. Beside the typical American stereotypes that other countries label us, one of the main well known Americans’ trait is our love of freedom and free-will. The choice of able to do almost whatever we want to do and...
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...Presidential candidates, the very people vying to be leader of one of the most powerful countries in the world, have been party to this racism. Donald Trump has been recorded mocking Asians in broken English at political rally this past August, and Jeb Bush has accused both Asians and Hispanics for committing the act of immigration fraud known as “anchor babies”, which involves immigrant parents travelling to the United States with the purpose of winning citizenship for their unborn child. For further evidence, we can look to this year’s 2016 Oscar awards when the host, Chris Rock chose to make crass jokes at the expense of Asians while passionately advocating for improving race relations in America- the irony of the situation could not be less jarring. Even later that night, Sacha Baron Cohen, otherwise known as Ali G, attempted to make the same overture. Lowen Liu observes in her article that “Asian jokes are the last frontier in cheap racial humor” and we see clearly that these instances of blatant racism is not committed by “individuals, loners, or extremists”, but Whitlock and Bronski argue hate is never only a personal or isolated incident, “it is always supported by social and political ideologies that shape and reinforce it”...
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...They all have the audience's’ attention and what they put out there influences how people think. Media is another reason why Muslims has been segregated from the community. They are isolated and weighed down because of what is posted of them. Videos such as bombings and attacks that have been done by Muslims are posted repeatedly and telling viewers constantly how “Muslims” are degrading the society. Videos and tweets are made about how Muslims just want to hurt another and that they are constantly hurting the society in a way. A tweet posted by president Donald J. Trump said that “Another attack in London by a loser terrorist. These are sick and demented people who were in the sights of Scotland Yard. Must be proactive!” ( tweeter). The US president’s attempt to ban travelers from more than 6 majority-Muslim countries: Syria, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Yemen, Somalia shows us an example of discrimination against Muslims. He is being anti-semitic and...
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...In chapter 5 of Political Emotions Nussbaum is talking about how every human within a society should have equality, as equality is a building block of a nation, inherent to everyone based on the fact that they are human. Nussbaum began to discuss all of the different aspects of equality that all are guaranteed by a society. She goes on to state, “Our societies will protect entitlements for all not only in the political and civil realm and not only in the realm of violence and fraud, but also in the areas of life usually called social and economic: health, education, a decent level of welfare, shelter and housing” (Nussbaum, 122). The way in which this equality will be accomplished within a society is through governmental implementation of legislation,...
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...area’” (Google Form). These ideas stem from a misunderstanding of the many different religions within Blue Valley West. The Muslim Student Association is sponsored by Mrs. Garcia, a social studies teacher at Blue Valley West. In a recent interview, Mrs. Garcia said, “the Muslim faith is not understood by others, which is why we have this club to educate others about the Muslim faith” (Garcia). The disrespect that occurs within our school about religion diversity is not acceptable, which is why something must be done to stop the religious discrimination. One of the survey responses also reported that students overheard jokes about several religions, such as sweeping Jew’s ashes from the Holocaust and all Catholics being homophobic (Google Form). The religious stereotypes placed on students of faith at Blue Valley West is not only insensitive, but includes a lack of respect for religious...
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