And I just want take this opportunity to thank two Americans who have made a mark on our nation and a mark in my life. Both
And I just want take this opportunity to thank two Americans who have made a mark on our nation and a mark in my life. Both
With the 2016 United States presidential election approaching, an abundance of people are considering the various political and economic theories that each candidate seems to uphold. For example, Bernie Sanders is a widely-known candidate who advocates for socialism, a theory based on equality of opportunity. He has brought back a theory most politicians have thrown to the wayside, and it has even been considered a ‘dead’ theory. The voting population is looking at these seemingly new political ideas, and reevaluating the capitalist political systems that have been maintained throughout the nation for years. This is seen through a political, economic, and social lens, because these two systems have untold effects on society as a whole, as the…
With the 2016 presidential race currently underway, image number fourteen seemed fitting for this project. The picture depicts what seems to be former President George W. Bush in a large crowd of people, as he toured the country during his term as president, or prior to his presidency when he traveled for election purposes. President Bush was in a town giving a speech to a crowd of his supporters for publicity. President Bush gave a speech regarding the current state of our Country and was there to listen to what the people had to say and wanted to ensure that their voices were being heard. The story behind this image can be inferred due to a few various clues.…
The campaign is a movie about two men who are competing with each other in order to win an election. These two men are both running for a government position, have a wife, and have kids. Although they have these things in common, they are very different from each other in many ways. There are two contradicting male stereotypes in this movie, and one popular female stereotype.…
Writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson had the goal of creating an individual nation that would soon create its own laws and have authority free from Great Britain. Being named the first president of the United States, George Washington aimed for neutrality and unity within the country. The Emancipation Proclamation was fabricated by one of the most infamous presidents, Abraham Lincoln, in order to rid the social status of slavery. World War One and Two were tirelessly fought by the American soldiers in order to keep our nation afloat and from falling into communist hands. Martin Luther King marched on Washington to promote the equality of all people.…
Every four years the U.S president election comes along and forces citizens to choose a side. Republican or Democratic. However, since the beginning of these elections, certain stereotypes have clung to each party and can even still be seen today. Biased opinions and political stereotypes make it difficult for the general public to judge candidates based on important issues. Republicans are seen as closed minded, racist, uneducated, rednecks.…
The election season is one of the most important periods of time for a citizen of the United States. Every four years the country is glued to their television screens or their phones for much of the year as political candidates are named and the announcement of a new president, or a second term for the current president is announced. Opinions on political matters are also shared more often and with higher magnitude as the rise of social media has continued with users able to use share their opinions to a wide audience at any time. Despite all this, the voting turnout for presidential elections and voting on issues has been down for quite some time, especially for the young adult and college student crowd.…
As Americans, we can't thank our veterans enough for everything they have done for our…
No matter how kindly voters treat the panderer in the voting booth, the public overwhelmingly believes that candidates will say one thing to get elected and then ignore their pledges once in office. This lack of sincerity, to the extent that happens, reduces public confidence in government. Candidates should say what they believe. At the same time, the public should demand that candidates speak frankly and truthfully about issues of concern, and it must understand that once a person is elected and looks at the fact in much greater detail, changes in attitude do and should occur. How could voter trust in politicians be improved?…
America was founded by the founding fathers under the principles that “all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.'' (Corley.1) Throughout the years, we as a nation have not exercised this belief and instead discriminated each other greatly. This led to much destruction on our very own streets where even many innocent people and bystanders have lost their lives. My vision for America is to come together as a nation and put an end to discrimination amongst women, differences of religion and how races are stereotyped in our society today.…
Everyone in their life has stereotyped another race or ethnicity. Some can be general knowledge and some can be things we have heard about them either from the media or an encounter you had with a someone part of the race or even ethnicity. Racial stereotypes are false images that people hold about all members of a particular race or ethnicty. In America, we have different racial groups and as well as ethnicity. Racial groups can be defined as a group of people that is said to be different from others because of physical or genetic traits shared among them in the group while ethnicity can be defined as a group of people that shares a common culture, religion or language.…
Friends, I understand that we have different opinions regarding this election. Whatever yours may be I respect it because you, I'm sure, have justified reasons for thinking what you do. I am asking you to have that same respect for me as I tell you what I hold to be true. I'm going to voice some pretty confrontational views, but if I were to stay silent, then I wouldn't be standing for what I believe in. We all have differences in opinion, some more strongly than others.…
Teens, the group that has been misunderstood for many years, are actually the future of our Country. The turnouts in the voting polls have not been the best for our younger eligible voters, they are voting at a much lower rate than their older counterparts, in this case their elders. According to Rob Richie, director of the national reform organization FairVote and a resident of the Montgomery County, which is the first to lower the voting age to sixteen says he had seen documents from Denmark reporting that “younger teenagers are more likely to cast a ballot than their slightly older peers” which might just boost the turnouts in the voting polls for our younger citizens, and completely change results of upcoming elections. Which comes to show how much of an impact lowering the voting age to sixteen can have on this country.…
Television’s role in Americans’ lives has grown since its invention. Many people tune in to television for entertainment and information, be it something as trivial as weather forecast or something as big as a terrorist attack. In many cases, what people see on the television programs becomes their perceived reality. With that being said, it is comprehensible for some people to unknowingly accept the stereotypes about minorities, such as Asian-Americans, that are promoted by television, thus expecting certain behaviors from individuals of these groups. But what effects do stereotypes have on Asian-Americans in the United States?…
“Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on," a campaign press release said tuesday December 8, 1015. Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has been very adamant in trying to stop terrorism, just in a racist way. Many are common with the stereotype that terrorists are muslims, but with recent terrorist attacks happening in Paris and San Bernardino, the racial profiling of muslims has never been higher. The media has not been reluctant to capitalize on america's racist fears by subtly encouraging innocent americans to stereotype others. The media convincing the public of stereotypes is not unlike the alien run…
The US government has put a lot of effort to reduce gender and racial stereotype. This is because it has impacted negatively towards the development of some American ethnic groups who are the primary targets of stereotyping in the American society. Such attempts have not been successful as ethnic and gender stereotyping is still dominant among some of the Americans (Chou, 25). The current paper, therefore, entails a discussion on the different racial stereotypes of Asian and Pacific Islander men and women in the United States history and how these stereotypes are often gendered and sexualized. America Asians are immigrants and American-born citizens whose families and ancestors migrated to the United States from Asian countries which are either found in Eastern Asia, Southeast Asia, or South Asia example China, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and the rest of other…