Politics and race

Ever since Donald Trump became the president of the United States in 2016, we have come across a constant stream of articles and news that correspond to why Trump won the presidency? One of the many reasons that is discussed widely is the idea of race in American Politics. Probably it was not just the immigration, unemployment or other policy issues that the white voters were dissatisfied with in Obama’s term, probably there was something more to it, probably there was the issue of race where the majority of white Americans have had enough from the first ever Black president. We all know how the colossal support from Black Americans (the highest turnout) and minority Americans, including Hispanics and Asians, helped Barack Obama win presidency…

Discrimination of race is present in politics through the places of work because people are getting fired for defending what they believe in as well as being judged for their opinions. In Newark, New Jersey a professor was fired for defending a blacks lives matter event. The administration said they were "immediately inundated with feedback from students, faculty and prospective students and their families expressing frustration, concern and even fear that the views expressed by a College…

Luis J. Rodriguez Essay “‘Race’ Politics” by Luis J. Rodriguez is about the author and his brother going into a neighborhood called Southgate. In this story there are two communities Watts and Southgate. Watts is a diverse community whereas Southgate is an all Caucasian community. Luis and his brother get treated poorly in Southgate because they were Hispanic and from Watts. Luis J. Rodriguez effectively used connotation, syntax and imagery to make the reader emotionally aware and understanding…

There is no denying that society can hold us to almost unrealistic standards. Whether it is beauty expectations for women, toxic masculinity for men, or over-involvement for college students; we all must grapple with society’s unreachable expectations. However, imagine facing another level of expectations on top of these, expectations that demean your mere existence: the standards set by the demeaning representations of Native Americans as sports mascots. In Kevin Bruyneel’s essay “Race,…

Why Americans Hate Politics In Why Americans Hate Politics, E.J. Dionne examines the reasons behind the low status of American politicians and the American disenchantment with politics in general, coming to the conclusion that we dislike politics because it is no longer relevant to our daily lives. Dionne perceives both the Republican and the Democratic Party as caught up in a battle over cultural issues left over from the 1960s, especially race relations and feminism. Such issues are still…

Buying America The U.S politics have become to be a game of wealth and foolery. Nowadays, dark money has infiltrated our public affairs by buying out running candidates and corrupting our elections. Dark money’s role in our politics is that high dollar corporations and million and billionaire “investors” are able to fund and tell the candidate what to say and vote for in order to benefit the corporations and influence the election and not disclose their donors. The effects of dark money can…

My passion for politics started when I was 12 years old, after I started noticing things on television concerning Scottish Independence. I saw the independence referendum as a chance for me to speak out about how I wanted my future to be, regardless of whether I would get to vote or not (which obviously, I wouldn’t). What I did not know though, is that just researching about Scottish and British Politics would cause me to branch out to other countries politics and become more aware social and…

political influence from wealth, family status, military position, or intellectual superiority etc. Political Elites influence public opinion because they may have access to the media in order to raise political awareness on issue. Political Elites have the power to push elected officials to make decisions on issues in favor of their political beliefs and attitudes. For instance, there has been debate on whether there should be restrictions on access to guns. However, political Elites have…

in turn marginalises other features that play a part. This is problematic as politics is complicated and intricate in its nature and requires every aspect to be explored. Concepts simply ignore the parts of political world which make politics political. Ultimately leading us to fail to investigate and explore that which defines the political world. Lisa Wedeen explores this further when showing us that when we try to look for ‘Democracy’ in the minimalist sense we constrain ourselves to looking…

emphasis on the importance of intersectionality and moving beyond “identity politics.” As someone who was raised in a Christian household, I find their perspective from the viewpoint of Jewish theologians very interesting, but I think their main ideas can be applied to any religion or faith. Their piece from Queer Jews, “Next Year in Freedom! Taking Our Seder to the Streets”, aligned with many of my personal beliefs, but they also challenged and contradicted some of my opinions. In this essay, I…