Essay On Discrimination In America

The article that I chose for my current event comment is based upon the discussion of banning Muslims from The United States of America. With the recent election of the new president Donald J. Trump, this issue has surfaced and has caused several controversies. This specific articles touches on a few reasons why this banning should not happen. Although this issue is very opinionated and full of emotions, the article that I have chosen will argue with factual evidence as of why the banning of Muslims should not take place. In my opinion, the banning of the Muslim people is racist, prejudice, and discrimination. With terrorism being a major issue in the United States, stereotypes are also another major issue. Stereotypes are being placed upon these people because of the way they dress, or they god that they serve. After doing a bit of research on this topic, I can better understand why …show more content…
This focuses on the inequality and wrongful treatment of others based on outside perspectives such as clothing, religion, and even skin color. Prejudice can be defined right within the name, prejudgment. Judging a character before getting to know them is just wrong. Stating back to stereotypes, people who are prejudice use these certain stereotypes against people. In this issue, President Trump are placing stereotypes dealing with just simple clothing and religion on innocent people who may never even intake in the act of hate crimes and terrorism. You could have someone who is a Muslim, but have no biological roots to the eastern countries. Additionally, the President also uses selective perception is his argument on why to ban Muslims. Trump only mentions things about Muslims that would benefit his argument. He claims that these people are murders and terrorist and are bad for the country, when in truth these people are mothers, fathers, children, doctors, and even