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Overall Impact of Society’s Perception of Blacks
The following is my second essay of my most recent semester. There are a few edits and a bit more thought put into the subject matter. As my recollection serves me, I may have read this once since it was submitted in February 2018. Without further ado:
By Nefarious Darrius7 years ago in The Swamp
10 Historical Factors Leading to the Rise of America Again
As far as we know, the United State of America has been a superpower in the modern world. The USA has learned from the advantages and strengths of the former empires. Needless to say, the USA is very flexible. They not only try their best to adapt themselves to real situations but also successful apply ideals originated from many great nations from ancient history.
By EDGAR ANH HOAI NGUYEN7 years ago in The Swamp
Socialism Works in Movies, Not Real Life
The Democrats have a new face and a new agenda and perhaps a new passion and direction for the American People. But does Alexandria Cortez have a working, solid, not-perfect-yet-proven, science-based human driven economic model that is sustainable for at least the next 100 years without huge tax implications hoisted upon the working class?
By Timothy Welch7 years ago in The Swamp
Dear Mr. President
Dear Donald, President Trump, sir, I’m not sure I can find the words to properly convey my thoughts and feelings towards you. But first, I want to say, thank you. Thank you for being the President that this country needs, and obviously the President that 62 million+ people wanted. For eight years under the Obama administration, I watched in sadness and horror as my country started deteriorating before my eyes. Racial divide became greater than it has been since before the 60s, women’s empowerment gave way to neo-feminists waging war on all things masculine, everyone became a victim for one reason or another, honesty and transparency became political correctness and being careful so as not to offend anyone. A nation that was once proud and thriving became the laughing-stock for the world to see. With great failure to enact even the smallest change for the good of the country, apology tours, race baiting, and teaching the nation that if you play the victim then you are entitled to reparations, Obama slowly led this country down the toilet. I couldn’t think of anything worse happening to the greatest country in the world... and then I learned that Hillary Clinton would be running for President in 2016.
By Gretchen McGregor7 years ago in The Swamp
Congratulations
To Donald Trump, I would have normally used the prefix "Mr." or even started the salutation with "Dear;" however, I feel it unnecessary and inappropriate in this context, especially considering whom I'm addressing. On that note, I'll get to the point.
By Madison Page7 years ago in The Swamp
The Wrong Kind of Poor
The inability for large portions of the developed world’s populations to understand the actuality of those living in poverty having nothing or no one to help them, had once appeared to me to be a defect of privileged circumstance. The past ten years has changed the sympathetic opinion once held for the practically ignorant, to the conclusion they are willfully arrogant. It isn’t ignorance of the realities in poverty that fuels the societal idiot to make asinine proclamations such as, “If they don't want to be poor, why don’t they get better jobs?” It is narcissism that pollutes and avoids serious conversation. The statement (almost) always comes from someone who was fully supported by their parents until the end of adolescence, then presented with a high paying job right out of college due to various connections and recommendations that have no concern with ability. While these overgrown toddlers continue to dominate the highest paying jobs, it is my experience they are the least problematic people affecting the upward mobility of the working class and poor.
By G.M. Kidder7 years ago in The Swamp
Recontextualizing an LGBT+ Narrative
Let me start by saying that the target audience of this article is not those who agree with me; it is not young liberal students, social activists, or LGBT people. It is red-voting Americans who value tradition, constitutionalism, military prowess, and other tenets of conservatism. This article also does not seek to bash conservative values but to rather engage them in a way that allows red-voting readers to perhaps understand LGBT issues today in a context that better speaks to them. Liberals and conservatives speak very different languages, and the issues they care about are often encased with jargon that scare off readers of the opposing political persuasion. For example, liberals shy from conservative buzzwords such as liberty, military, and lower taxes. Conservatives in-turn recoil from the liberal counter-parts of trans~, social welfare, and racial inequality. If you rolled your eyes at any of the latter three nouns, then I am happy you're reading this.
By Darragh Joyce7 years ago in The Swamp
The Word Is Trust
Trust: A firm belief in the character, ability, strength or truth of something or someone. It is a confident hope. We see trust every day among a great and diverse group of people in this country. There’s the trust that a child has in their parents to catch them before they fall; both literally and figuratively. There is the trust that Christians place in God or another of “a higher power.” There is trust amongst friends, significant others, family members, trust an employer places in their employee and vice versa and the trust a patient has in their doctor.
By The Disruptors7 years ago in The Swamp
Protest: The Cry of Humanity
There is no need to protest when the cry of humanity is followed up with right action after speaking truth to power. Democracy—in its healthiest state—is where public servants (elected or appointed) are ambassadors for voters who put them in office.
By Bonnie Simpson7 years ago in The Swamp
Why I Voted for "Her"
I originally wrote this piece in September 2016 in response to a liberal friend of mine who was urging Democrats to basically fall in line and vote for Hillary Clinton. I agreed wholeheartedly but she went a step further and tried to whitewash her record, which I could not abide.
By The Disruptors7 years ago in The Swamp
