Joe Mcdonald's The We Are Done Movement

The We Are Done Movement came about in response to similar protests at Universities around the country. It is a way for this group to express their opinions on social issues present on the campus of the University of Alabama, but many people don’t agree with the organizations ideas. Joe McDonald wrote an essay depicting why the We Are Done Movement is wrong and displayed evidence behind his reasoning. Joe argued that: the safe space this organization is calling for is only making the divide amongst the student body grow. That the phenomenon of “Reverse Racism” is present on the University of Alabama campus today and Affirmative Action creates unfair advantage amongst non-minorities. In Joe’s opening statement he said “ First off and foremost, racism is wrong and has no place in this world. Discrimination, racism, and prejudice can never be justified in today’s world. These old notions of thought are best …show more content…
Joe says “Their two most infuriating demands are The University must remove names of all white supremacists off of the buildings on campus named after them and the university must create a room in the Ferguson Student Center for colored people only.” As previously stated, the fact that Joe is a white male weakens his point of view on this issue. Some readers might argue that Joe isn’t adequately expressing the views of this organization because he is so passionate and angered by it. To be effective in this case he could have quoted verbatim the list of demands posed by the We are Done movement. But Joe redeems his previous statement by using a source that has an opposing view that Minority students don’t have a place to feel safe on campus. By his use of this source from Al.com he lessens the slant in his paper and effectively argues both points of