Janie Suarez
Professor Grant
English 1020
11 November 2017
Ignorance is Bliss
“In the argument over whether knowledge is power or ignorance is bliss, it seems I've always come down on the side of ignorance. And when that's the side you fall on, you don't realize it until it's too late.” Abby Fabiaschi human rights activist wrote in her novel "I Liked My Life." Fabiaschi reveals when we choose to ignore that something is going on around us we will face the issue sooner or later the question is will be able to make a decision once everything is said and done for us. We know that Donald Trump was a business man, celebrity, and racially profiled people. Yet, we choose to be ignorant to the outrageous remarks, phrases, and actions our President …show more content…
Trump first of all was not able to address the location of Puerto Rico. He said, "This is an island sitting in the middle of an ocean — and it's a big ocean, a really, really big ocean." Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States and is in the Caribbean Sea. It is not located in the middle of an ocean. He was not informed that the United States owns Puerto Rico and the residents are American Citizens. But that wasn't important enough to his followers because he could do no wrong doing in their …show more content…
“Trump: We cannot aid Puerto Rico 'forever'.” CNN, Cable News Network, 12 Oct. 2017, www.cnn.com/2017/10/12/politics/donald-trump-puerto-rico-tweets/index.html.
“'Drug dealers, criminals, rapists': What Trump thinks of Mexicans.” BBC News, BBC, www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-37230916/drug-dealers-criminals-rapists-what-trump-thinks-of-mexicans.
Galán-García, María. "The 2016 Republican Primary Campaign on Twitter: Issues and Ideological Positioning for the Profiles of Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump." ["La campaña republicana en Twitter: tematización y posicionamiento ideológico en los perfiles de Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio y Donald Trump"]. El Profesional De La Información, vol. 26, no. 5, sep/oct2017, pp. 850-858. EBSCOhost, doi:10.3145/epi.2017.sep.07.
Rucker, Philip, and Ed O'Keefe. “Trump threatens to abandon Puerto Rico recovery effort.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 12 Oct. 2017,
Professor Grant
English 1020
11 November 2017
Ignorance is Bliss
“In the argument over whether knowledge is power or ignorance is bliss, it seems I've always come down on the side of ignorance. And when that's the side you fall on, you don't realize it until it's too late.” Abby Fabiaschi human rights activist wrote in her novel "I Liked My Life." Fabiaschi reveals when we choose to ignore that something is going on around us we will face the issue sooner or later the question is will be able to make a decision once everything is said and done for us. We know that Donald Trump was a business man, celebrity, and racially profiled people. Yet, we choose to be ignorant to the outrageous remarks, phrases, and actions our President …show more content…
Trump first of all was not able to address the location of Puerto Rico. He said, "This is an island sitting in the middle of an ocean — and it's a big ocean, a really, really big ocean." Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States and is in the Caribbean Sea. It is not located in the middle of an ocean. He was not informed that the United States owns Puerto Rico and the residents are American Citizens. But that wasn't important enough to his followers because he could do no wrong doing in their …show more content…
“Trump: We cannot aid Puerto Rico 'forever'.” CNN, Cable News Network, 12 Oct. 2017, www.cnn.com/2017/10/12/politics/donald-trump-puerto-rico-tweets/index.html.
“'Drug dealers, criminals, rapists': What Trump thinks of Mexicans.” BBC News, BBC, www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-37230916/drug-dealers-criminals-rapists-what-trump-thinks-of-mexicans.
Galán-García, María. "The 2016 Republican Primary Campaign on Twitter: Issues and Ideological Positioning for the Profiles of Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump." ["La campaña republicana en Twitter: tematización y posicionamiento ideológico en los perfiles de Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio y Donald Trump"]. El Profesional De La Información, vol. 26, no. 5, sep/oct2017, pp. 850-858. EBSCOhost, doi:10.3145/epi.2017.sep.07.
Rucker, Philip, and Ed O'Keefe. “Trump threatens to abandon Puerto Rico recovery effort.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 12 Oct. 2017,