https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/01/30/why-the-womens-march-may-be-the-start-of-a-serious-social-movement/?utm_term=.e5d3622af582
It only took one day for commenters to ask if the Women's March on Washington was a movement or just a one day wonder. It also raised the question, can a movement embracing such wide range goals start political action? Movements like Black Lives Matter have offered insight and raised issues, but there hasn't been much action taking place to solve the problem. But the Women's March may succeed for these reasons: the march drew people from different corners of society, the march was nonviolent, the US has a strong independent court system, movements need a common elevating goal, and the fear that rights will be taken is a good motivator.
This relates to what we have talked about in class because the Women's March is a social movement. It is a widely shared demand for change in the social or political order. The Women's March is a demand for women's rights. The March attracted many, many supporters because the March doesn't represent anything that is crazy extreme, it represents rights that women should have, which, while a big deal, isn't that extreme of an idea. It's something that should already be solved.
I support the Women's March and believe that it will become even more successful because of all the supporters and movements starting because of the March. I think that the more nonviolent protests there are, the more political action there will be. If no one speaks up, nothing will happen.
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Blog 2: Muslim Ban
http://m.westernherald.com/opinion/article_7b47b20a-f22d-11e6-b474-3b5c583324ef.html?mode=jqm
During the primaries, Trump made some rude comments towards the family of Captain Humayun Khan who was killed in Iraq in 2004. This scandal shed light on Trump's feelings toward Muslims. Trump enforced a travel ban on Muslims from certain countries so they couldn't come into the United States. There have been many Arab-American and Muslim service members that have joined since 9/11, and they were accepted. The ban is endangering people of the countries that were banned because of terrorsim in those places. For many Arab and Muslim refugees who joined the U.S. military, they are shocked at the Grand Old Party's anti-Islamic sentiments.
This relates to what we've been learning in class because we have been learning about primaries and the Grand Old Party.
I don't think there should be a ban of Muslims coming into our country. I get that some places have more threats than others, but instead of not allowing certain people from certain places from coming into our country, we should do a better job of checking their backgrounds and not discriminating. People want to get away from the terror where they live, and they should be granted that right.
During the primaries, Trump made some rude comments towards the family of Captain Humayun Khan who was killed in Iraq in 2004. This scandal shed light on Trump's feelings toward Muslims. Trump enforced a travel ban on Muslims from certain countries so they couldn't come into the United States. There have been many Arab-American and Muslim service members that have joined since 9/11, and they were accepted. The ban is endangering people of the countries that were banned because of terrorsim in those places. For many Arab and Muslim refugees who joined the U.S. military, they are shocked at the Grand Old Party's anti-Islamic sentiments.
This relates to what we've been learning in class because we have been learning about primaries and the Grand Old Party.
I don't think there should be a ban of Muslims coming into our country. I get that some places have more threats than others, but instead of not allowing certain people from certain places from coming into our country, we should do a better job of checking their backgrounds and not discriminating. People want to get away from the terror where they live, and they should be granted that right.
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Blog 1: Low Trump Voter Turnout
https://www.google.com/amp/www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2016/11/10/13587462/trump-election-2016-voter-turnout?client=safari
In this article, the author explains that only about 1/4 of eligible voters in America voted for Trump. Only about 56.9 of the eligible voting population voted on Election Day, so 43.1 percent didn't vote. Low voter turnout is because the U.S. doesn't enforce voting or punish its citizens for not voting. The U.S. also doesn't automatically register its citizens or aggressively encourage voting. Less people are interested in politics these days. This relates to our class because we've been talking about voter participation and the reasons why people don't vote.
In this article, the author explains that only about 1/4 of eligible voters in America voted for Trump. Only about 56.9 of the eligible voting population voted on Election Day, so 43.1 percent didn't vote. Low voter turnout is because the U.S. doesn't enforce voting or punish its citizens for not voting. The U.S. also doesn't automatically register its citizens or aggressively encourage voting. Less people are interested in politics these days. This relates to our class because we've been talking about voter participation and the reasons why people don't vote.
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