Everybody of a country looks up to their political leaders. Thus, would you not want the leaders to embrace all types of people, instead of belittling certain ethnicities? In such cases leaders that are bigots toward a certain race should be removed from their political position. Especially, if the leader is treating a certain race completely different from the other races. Political leaders are supposed to be our example of how to be a good citizen, however if one of our leaders is a bigot towards certain races the consequences are terrible. Not only would he be harassing a certain race, but the people he/she is supposed to look over will mimic the same behavior. In which, would push back all the beautiful progress in the unity of races that people over centuries have been trying to build.
Joe Arpaio was the Sheriff in Maricopa county in Arizona for a consecutive 24 years from 1993-2016 (James). He self-proclaimed the name “America’s Toughest Sheriff”, which suited him since he would lock up any person he profiled as being a Latino. Arpaio was also convicted of racially profiling and arresting Latinos just for being Latinos. His excuse was that he thought the Latinos he would see …show more content…
However, it should not take over twenty years for people to realize that a person who was in a high rank’s mistakes. The main argument is that people that have traits like Joe Arpaio should not be in a hierarchical position as he once was. Nonetheless, if a person with such qualities as Arpaio is elected, the people he/she oversees should get them out of office. Not only did Arpaio mentally scar the Latinos that experienced the tents, but he also could have given those Latinos the mindset that Anglos have hatred towards them. Also vice versa, Anglos could now see that belittling and treating Latinos with such horrendous behavior is okay, since a former Sheriff did so for over twenty
Joe Arpaio was the Sheriff in Maricopa county in Arizona for a consecutive 24 years from 1993-2016 (James). He self-proclaimed the name “America’s Toughest Sheriff”, which suited him since he would lock up any person he profiled as being a Latino. Arpaio was also convicted of racially profiling and arresting Latinos just for being Latinos. His excuse was that he thought the Latinos he would see …show more content…
However, it should not take over twenty years for people to realize that a person who was in a high rank’s mistakes. The main argument is that people that have traits like Joe Arpaio should not be in a hierarchical position as he once was. Nonetheless, if a person with such qualities as Arpaio is elected, the people he/she oversees should get them out of office. Not only did Arpaio mentally scar the Latinos that experienced the tents, but he also could have given those Latinos the mindset that Anglos have hatred towards them. Also vice versa, Anglos could now see that belittling and treating Latinos with such horrendous behavior is okay, since a former Sheriff did so for over twenty