As a colored race student in America, the fact that party with exclusive tendency to different races hold the power scares me. Regardless of my political tendency, the candidate who ignores the fact that United States was founded on diverse races, insults handicapped people, and females could be a president is quite incomprehensible becomes the greatest country's leader makes me quite fury. Moreover, what made me shocked was there were a lot of people with misogyny and white supremacy. Some people might ask me why do I act so pessimistically about the American election, even though this is not South Korea’s election. I do not want to care about it, as well. However, as Trump said or as Americans usually say America is the strongest power of the world, decisions that America makes are not only for the Americans. Good examples of the this is first, I have to worry about my family in homeland, and second the likelihood that I have to fight against North Korea as a soldier became larger. Trump is well known with his hostility against North Korea, so due to his election South Korea should be prepared of the tempest from the election of Trump. Not only South Korea but also poor Syrians have to start worrying about their dictatorship government if the U.S army leaves, and including the Philippines and the countries protected China should concern about the backfire when U.S army leaves them. With the election of Donald Trump, happen that might change the world history was occurred at once.
The reason that people worry about him is his policies against immigrants seem what Hitler did to Jews. I have learned that discrimination to others is the result of failure from Sociology. Americans are experiencing serious economic crisis due to previous wars in Iraq and Middle East. However, Donald Trump tries to turn that discontents to immigrants and different races. People need to think carefully in this situation what Nazi did to Jews, in the World War II, Nazi turned their economic failure that caused as the backfire of World War I into Jews, as saying that Germans are greater than the other races. Hitler tried to implant deep hatred to Jews, and now what Donald Trump is doing to Hispanics or different races same thing. He is saying immigrants take their jobs, but before that U.S economy is already broken down. Because of unreasonable Iraq war, there has been fiscal issue from former regimes during last 20 years. Moreover, serious subprime-mortgage issue was occurred in 2008. The economic recession that is happening is just the extension of incomprehensible war and economic crisis. In addition, he is one of the capitalists who are trying to get self-benefits by exploiting cheap labors. I do not think his word is trustworthy. According to the statistics from the Atlantic, 9 out of 10 Trump supporters are white, and I am living with one of them. My host is the son of Irish immigrants, and he is a Republican. While I was eating my dinner with my host family, my host asked me who do I advocate between Hillary and Trump, so I replied Bernie Sanders as a joke to change the subject. However, he kept asking me, so I just answered I hope Trump would not be the president because he might break the peace in South Korea. Suddenly, he became really aggressive, in addition to that he started to mention about Korean peninsula issue, which I personally hate to talk about. Moreover, he is American who just read short articles about Korea, compared to who have studied about Korean history during 20 years of my life. He started to say why Donald Trump should be the president, and he began to say the necessity of the war against North Korea. I was really insulted and angry about the fact that I have to listen words with absurdities about my mother country. So, I asked him “in other words, you don’t care about whether 80 millions of Koreans will die or not?” He replied, “to eliminate the biggest threat from the world, we have to embrace the sacrifice.” My friends and families are still there. However, he said those words without any hesitations. Further, he insulted Korean community in Philadelphia, as well. It was hard to hold. Sometimes, people say Koreans should be ashamed because we cannot defend ourselves due to a lack of power. It is true, so I came to the U.S to learn the greatness of U.S and to contribute to South Korea. Also, I have respected America because of their high aspires of democracy, fair opportunities, and equalities to social minorities. I thought what I imagined was all absurd, but yesterday night the article about what President Obama did to Trump supporter made me impressed. One Trump supporter shouted Trump at Democrat’s North Carolina rally, it raised tension in rally. However, to protect that supporter, President Obama asked his guards to escort Trump supporter so that he could go back safely. He said to crowd that United States of America is democratic country, and that supporter is just supporting his candidate (Huffington Post). I personally think his speech well shows still American democracy is alive. Further, I hope there are a lot of people like Obama in America who will make this country great forever.
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Sabatino
11/10/2016 09:01:05 am
This is an intriguing, exigent, and pointed post. You grabbed my interest here:
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LeeAnna Strond
11/11/2016 08:19:23 am
Awesome Blog! You and I share the same opinion on Trump. When you say, "The reason that people worry about him is his policies against immigrants seem what Hitler did to Jews." you made an interesting connection. Scary almost because it so true.Although trump hasn't mentioned killing a race, he has mentioned deporting them and his campaign alone has motivated so much open hatred towards minorities. Trump just disgusts me.
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