...their own true feelings on the matters of which they speak. People also behave as if there are no consequences for their acts of “free will”. We are supposed to be an evolving society. We should be learning from the mistakes of the past to better shape our future. However, the problem with America today is that people are ignorant; we are technological modernized ignorant Americans. A glaring example of a technological, modernized, ignorant American is Donald Trump. Donald Trump actively uses social media accounts to push his candidacy for president. In fact his Twitter account has 9.1 million followers, a world rank of 202, and on average sends out 9.2 tweets per day. (Van Zentan) When questioned about a recent Twitter mention from David Duke, a former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard and prominent white nationalist, Donald Trump actively choose to rely on his Twitter history to affirm his stance regarding the issue. “I totally disavow the Ku Klux Klan, I totally disavow David Duke,” Trump insisted. “Look at my Twitter account.”(Dickson) However, this stance only occurred after it was brought up nationally. During the State of The Union Address, Donald Trump went on to state that he was not well enough informed on white...
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...Donald Trump. That’s all you really need to say nowadays to get people’s attention. Trump’s recent campaign for president of the United States has sparked a huge amount of interest in what most almost everyone can agree is a horrible man. So how does he remain so consistently high in the polls? Clearly there must be something about Trump that appeals to the typical American citizen. The question is: what? Trump possesses none of the positive traits that define Americans, he’s intolerant, comically ignorant, hateful, and contrary to popular belief he’s actually quite a bad businessman. This all contrasts the American ideal of a diverse and accepting people known for innovative and intelligent entrepreneurs. The secret to Trump’s success is quite...
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...present future of America. The historical figure (featured in one of Shakespeare’s plays) Richard III does in fact have some similarities to the recent presidential election (of which Donald Trump came out victorious). Richard III was well known for how he manipulated people to ascend to power. Furthermore, because he looked a certain way and acted a certain way, people often referred to him with an ‘offensive’ nickname. Another comparison could be how many people were astonished at how others could allow such an unqualified person to take reign over a (previously) very powerful country. Finally, because people were so scared of him, they practically allowed this to happen....
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...This article compares Donald Trump and Colin Kaepernick political stand on modern day racism. The article is giving examples of how ‘’White America’’ sees both sides. This article talks about Trumps campaign and all the empty promises he has made. Such as the Muslim ban, departing millions of Hispanics, and Trump Care. None of which are passed by congress. On top of all the empty promises he has made, he also is getting involved into things that has nothing to do with his presidency. Trump sub-tweets calling former and current NFL players SOB. That’s the president of the United States though. White America has no problem with Trump acting the way he is, because behind closed doors America doesn’t care much for colored people. As soon as a colored person steps up there is an uproar. Such as Colin Kaepernick. This man simply kneeled in front of the flag to show awareness of the police brutality that was going on. He never cursed anyone, he never harmed anyone. He simply was asking to be equal to a white man. White people all over the states went completely nuts. Calling out his name, just speaking to degrade the man. This article is basically exposing the true colors of America. Trump is still in campaign mode, he is only reaching out to...
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...Lately, my friends are constantly asking, "How in the hell could Donald Trump be so popular?" Without question, their reactions to Trump's presidential bid are reasonable. Yet, when Trump announced his candidacy, to be honest, I wasn't the least bit appalled or surprised. Why? Well, because I've grown up and lived around the white working class my entire life. Fortunately, or unfortunately, I understand the ideological roots of Donald's campaign and the very palatable white anger that supports it. However, let's back up and make something very clear: Donald Trump isn't actually that popular. According to a recent Quinnipiac University poll, Trump is supported by 20% of likely GOP voters, but over 30% of Republicans say there's "no way" they...
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...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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...2016 Presidential Election and the Role Racism Played in It The January 20, 2017 inauguration of Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States will be recalled in future textbooks as an example of racism in the nation affecting politics. Throughout the primary campaign season, Trump did not carry himself with the respect that a politician should while running for president. Trump took a different route: he decided to inflame racist feelings throughout the nation in order to win. In this essay, I will argue that Donald Trump leveraged racism to win by provoking feelings of fear among some Americans. I believe that when people are afraid they will act and in this case, their actions enabled Trump’s presidential victory. Moreover,...
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...Donald Trump’s plan for not allowing foreign Muslims in to the country is my public story. This story is contagious because it involves the U.S presidential race and the future of our country and the way other countries and people look at us as a whole. Other countries judge us by our leaders and not by the people of our country. I personally agree with his plan but there are no sure ways of him being able to do it. This story hits all 6 STEPPS. The story has social currency for sure although, not in a good way. This story brings negative publicity to the United States. The story’s trigger is that you can type the words Muslim, terrorism, or Trump into Google and this story will most likely be the first to come up. There are many differentiating...
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...Topics of controversy usually are about politics, religion, and everything that people might agree and others disagree. For example, in Facebook we find the topic about the elections this year which has caused many debates, and I have seen how the support of a candidate can affect someone’s reputation. In the case of Donald Trump, people often perceive their supporters as racists, anti-Mexican, anti-Muslims and in favor of laws that affects the minority in this country. While for others, it is okay to be in favor of this candidate. However, many of my friends have debated this topic with supporters of this candidate and sometimes they are involve in fights that can destroy friendships and relationships, losing respect to each...
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...During my 9:10am English class is we disscused a controversial topic this Monday. The topic at hand was Colin Kaepernick decison to take a knee durning the national anthem. It was a heated debate, both sides took their stand and great thoughts were shared. However, as it turns out most of the class including my professor, viewed Colin Kaepernick's peaceful protests as injust. His goal is to raise awareness of police brutality andI racial inequality. He does not want to stand up to a flag or a country were african american are being killed by the justice department. “The message is that we have a lot of issues in this country that we need to deal with,’’ said Kaepernick. He thinks we have many oppresed people. I think he's right...
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...problems in our country,the world, and could potentially be destroying our self-built communities.A clear example of this is our new president Donald Trump.Trump’s autobiography page(trump.com)undeniably illustrates his upbringing divergently to a middle class or low class citizen.An empty fridge or the lights going out in the middle of the night were the least of worries for the current president of the United States growing up.As one of the benefits of being born a millionaire he went to school and grew up socializing with people of ‘his’ kind.With having his education handed to him and getting away with not going to the Vietnam war in the late 1960’s,it is clear to see how challenging it must be for him to empathize with the 99% in our country.This explains his intolerance towards who he views as ‘they’.His recent disrespect towards Muslims and Latinos amongst other minority groups is what has only fed more hatred in the U.S,inclining the perception of the nation as a whole towards the ignorant idea of ‘us’ and ‘they’.As recently seen on the news, president Donald Trump has presented the executive order most commonly known as the ‘Muslim Ban’.Such promoted islamophobia is a continuous addition to the migration xenophobia Trump carries as part of his influential nationalist agenda.As critical as it is to state,its not the fault of Trump or even of much of his racist supporters for thinking the way they do.Prejudice principally affects a person when it is being directed at he/she...
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...In recent times, there has been extremely political, racial, and economic turbulence in the United States, especially with more recent events like Donald J. Trump's presidency. To many of us, these times symbolize a dark period where progress has been stifled for tradition and the future has become bleaker due to many people's resentment and hatred. Although many may never experience the negative outcomes of recent events, for others it is too real of a reality, a reality that is filled with fear, suffering, and a dystopian vision of America's future. Many people have experienced discrimination from Caucasian people, it is like they don’t care of others emotions and are being ignorant within each other. In this essay, I wish to accomplish the goal of showing how science fiction can overlap with reality and the ways in which people’s nightmarish imagination have become eerily prophetic. One of the books of science fiction that comes to mind is the works of Octavia Butler titled Parable of the Talents. In the book, Butler describes a future America torn apart by religious, economic, and civil unrest. Much like in the contemporary political arena where conservatives belittle...
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...Obama also mentions Rev. Wright himself. He states that, “as imperfect as he may be, he is family to me. He strengthens my faith. He baptized my children. I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community, or my white grandmother who raised me who once confessed that she fears black men, and has on more than one occasion uttered racial slurs that made me cringe.” He uses an analogy to compare Rev. Wright’s ignorance to that of his grandmothers’. In this quote, Obama is saying that he can acknowledge what is ignorant, but he won’t overlook it. Despite Rev. Wright’s comments, Barack Obama continues to point out the good in him; Wright baptized his children, and has always shown what Obama calls “unwavering respect” towards everyone. In addition to this, he also continues to point out that race is an issue we cannot ignore. I agree with this. He gives the same example with his grandmother. He states that this woman raised him, and fed him. Yet, he has heard her be prejudice on multiple occasions. What he is telling the...
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...President Donald Trump once avowed “They are not our friend, believe me, ... They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.” The leader of the free world claims that all immigrants bear mere detriment to the country reared upon aliens. Although, a remote amount of immigrants may be delinquents, the preponderance of refugees barges in the United States, for an enhanced life, for their families and themselves. However, many Americans endure their belief that all aliens are abysmal, but this is not a revelation, for this has occurred throughout history. The United States should cease deporting the complimentary aliens who come for a better life, for this is the nation of liberty built upon immigrants. Throughout their prevalence...
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...This group of people support the idea of pro-life. Pro life supporters believe that when a new human life is created, at the moment a woman becomes impregnated. The fetus is entitled to the same legal protections as any other human being. They argue supporting their beliefs that a fetus is a person, and to destroy or kill a person is a crime. Pro-life supporters are blind to the fact that unwanted children in this world suffer on a daily basis because of the choices their parents made. They are being ignorant to the reasons of why women choose to make their decisions of not having a child. Also the government wants to have power over women’s...
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