Negative Effects Of Xenophobia

The new Republican candidate Trump has opened the door for many people to show discrimination against groups of minorities. Sullivan states, “The racial aspect of this is also unmissable. When the enemy within is Mexican or Muslim, and your ranks are extremely white, you set up a rubric for a racial conflict. And what’s truly terrifying about Trump is that he does not seem to shrink from such a prospect; he relishes it.” (Sullivan 10) In other words, Sullivan believes that Donald Trump is not promoting equality. Rather than being the people’s voice he is actually advocating racial discrimination against targeted minority groups. He even seems to finds enjoyment towards the race bashing of the targeted individuals. As an individual of the target group I feel as if this is a prime example of how weak our democracy is. We are raised to feel that we are all equal due to the Constitution, which was formed by our founding

We have let bigoted opinions be the central theme for support on votes and we have forgotten that some of our neighbors, doctors, lawyers, and even best friends are hurting at the comments due to the fact that they apply to them. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and thanks to the first amendment we are allowed to say what we feel; however we learn as children that a good leader is one that is empathetic, rational, candid, and positive not deceitful, insensitive, or manipulative. If the 28th Amendment was put into place our very own POTUS and FLOTUS as well as other esteemed members of society would not be so

With the inauguration of Donald Trump rapidly approaching, there has been a much needed resurgence of interest in the progressive movement around the country, as well as an awakening to the need of an actual revolution by more moderate liberals. The Republican sweep of all levels of government indicates an all too familiar conservative backlash against the social progress that has been steadily building over the last eight years. Historically, this has ultimately led to the empowerment of emboldened racists and bigots of all ilks, which we are presently seeing.

Published by the New York Times under the Opinion section, the audience for this article is any interested reader. At the time it was released, November 18th, 2016, this article arrived during last year’s elections, in which a large, but surprising number of Americans voted for candidate Donald Trump, shocking many forecasters who had predicted otherwise. Therefore, after the election, many people may have been researching the demographics of the election, and this article, which briefly shared Brooks’ opinion on the nature of the election and how viewing others through the lens of a dominant identity influenced how the votes fell where they did, may have caught a keen reader’s eye. Also, this article came at a time where racism and prejudice caused many problems, leading some to view others as one-dimensional, represented only by a skin color or religion. Since prejudice and hate is still a large issue today, tackling this problem helps make this article relevant, nearly a year after its release.

Trump as the president-elect has divided the country more than it has brought it’s people together. ‘There has always been hate and divisions,’ some would say. While this is true, this kind of prevalence has not been at the forefront of the political, personal, social, etc. sphere in a long while. Headlines are becoming more trigger inducing and there has been an uproar of hate crimes across the nation. While both sides have contributed to the hatefulness, the way that the hate is manifested is more rampant among supporters of Trump. This is seen through the way that the hate crime rate has gone up since November 8th. In more ways than one Trump’s election into office has given these people that have hate in them a pass, of sorts, to act on that hate and victimize others.

The election of Donald Trump has emboldened the forces of hate and bigotry in America. White nationalists, Vladimir Putin and ISIS are celebrating Donald Trump’s victory, while innocent, law-abiding Americans are wracked with fear – especially African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Muslim Americans, LBGT Americans and Asian Americans. Watching white nationalists celebrate while innocent Americans cry tears of fear does not feel like

In November 2016, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. With a campaign centered around otherization and nationalism, the atmosphere of this election, as well as the attitudes of the citizens of the country, bears similarities to 1930s Nazi Germany. While it may initially seem far-fetched to compare Donald Trump 's election to Adolf Hitler 's rise to power, both campaigns utilize nationalistic, racist sentiment and a fear of the "foreign other" to gain power within the country. Moreover, both campaigns utilize propaganda and the media in their own way to generate hatred and fear to further their own goals. I will argue that these tactics used by Donald Trump has inspired numerous acts of hatred, and that any person who is not a white male has a reason to fear Trump 's presidency.

The intensity of politics and issues in the United States has only been strengthened as extremist groups grow and find security in our country's leaders. Neo-Nazi's and other white supremacy groups find solace in politicians on the right, including Trump, whereas leftist groups pushing for safety and equality are the ones being silenced.

In their article, Polemic of Hate: How Mainstream Political Discourse Fueled the Growth in White Supremacy 2007-2012, authors Hicks and Hicks set out to show how the hate-filled political rhetoric during the election and presidency of President Obama increase the memberships to white supremacy groups. Hicks and hicks also bring attention to how their [white supremacy group’s] increase popularity allows them to make donations to political parties and campaigns, furthering their membership expansion. This article covers the various groups that have contribute to far right-wing campaigns thought to take over the political climate by inciting the public, creating smear campaigns, and using scare tactics to get the masses against our first biracial

In this day and age, the level of intolerance and fear mongering in "ultra-conservative America" is at an all time high and it reeks not only of idiocy and ignorance, but also of hate. Leaders of a pack of conservative "loonies" who commence rapid fire of unsubstantiated fears and conspiracies on television and radio are people like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, and Michelle Malkin. Among the faithful listeners/viewers are ultra-conservative politicians who bask in their own opportunities to rile up the conservative population while at the same time, they are promoting their own personal agenda of only being recognized as a "Savior" of conservative-America. You notice that most of the ignorant population always has a knee jerk reaction to the "gospel" that these conservative media personalities put out?

I used a liberal website known as www.salon.com for an article. As the article headline presents, “Donald Trump has dropped the GOP’s is Mask” written by Alexandria Clinton the and Walkins Ali. They stayed under the Trump Administration the GOP has been unmasked on the racism they convey. They write, “post-civil rights GOP is our largest why identity group maybe we should thank Trump for making it so obvious.” The liberal point of view expressed the evidence on the racism that still lives in the GOP under and with the help of Trump the “curtains” have been withdrawn to expose the racism in that community. Because the GOP is concise of wealthy white Americans and their long history with race issue the Liberals are not surprised they are some hidden racial bias. As they stated, “Donald Trump is the preferred candidate of white supremacists. Online and in other spaces, they have anointed him their champion in the 2016 presidential race.”They are evidence in instances where white supremacist have supported Trump or endorse him. even though he does not acknowledge their endorsement end specifies “The Reform Party now includes a Klansman, Mr. Duke, a neo-Nazi, Mr. Buchanan, and a communist, Ms. Fulani. This is not company I wish to keep,” Trump said in a statement reported then by The New York Times. …” The Liberals have expressed that with Trump in his outrageous statements and brought up confidence within

Last year, Yiannopoulos was permanently banned from Twitter for his role in a campaign of racist, sexist harassment directed at Leslie Jones, a “Saturday Night Live” cast member. When Twitter suspended his account, Yiannopoulos denounced it as “cowardly” and declared himself a martyr for the cause of free speech. Twitter, he said, was “a no-go zone for conservatives.” The tacit admission that Yiannopoulos sees targeted abuse of a female African-American comedian as “conservative” is revealing, if only in that it strips away the fig leaf of euphemism separating the alt-right from the hive of racism and sexism that defined last year’s Presidential election. That it was the Berkeley College Republicans who invited him to campus further supported this association. No chemistry department would extend an invitation to an alchemist; no reputable department of psychology would entertain a lecture espousing phrenology. But amid the student conservatives at Berkeley—and along the lecture circuit where he is a sought-after speaker—Yiannopoulos’s toxic brew of bigotries apparently meets their standard for credibility. And this recognition is as big a problem as anything he has said in his talks or in his erstwhile existence as a Twitter troll.

Subpoint or supporting material: Conservatives are fueled by a "save America" rhetoric that labels immigrants a threat and a parasite, an example of this occurred in the mid 90's when prop 187 was passed in here in California, along with denying services it ignited a racist backlash against all Latinos the National Catholic Reporter recorded instances of blatant racism throughout California, in one case two U.S. born Chicanas were stopped at a school and told "we don't have to let you (expletive) Mexicans in here no more."

On November 15th, 2016, in the opinion-editorial, I’m not in the Mood for ‘Unity.’ At The End of the Day, Trump’s Still a Bigot, Leonard Pitt, Jr, an acclaimed Black American liberal columnist for the Miami Herald, asserts that Donald Trump’s presidency is irreconcilable with American democratic values and that there is no unity with bigotry. Pitt challenges the conceptions Americans must “heal” and “come together” to concede to Trump’s victory in the presidential election; he establishes Trump as “fundamentally unsound, unserious, and unfit” and refuses to “cooperate in normalizing a man who stands for everything American should not.” Pitt argues that Americans must mobilize together through protest and support of activist organizations in

Democrats must point out to voters the misogynistic, racist, and classist comments that these groups are making. While Democrats shouldn’t focus entirely on race/gender/inequality or even use it as a front-and-center issue that they deem most important, they must bring these concepts to the minds of the rightwing voters who are listening to the demagogues within the rightwing. Take for instance the 2016 election. While Donald Trump’s comments on misogyny were widely attacked and criticized within the media and those who supported Hillary Clinton, these comments and the clues they held regarding Trump’s way of thinking were not explicitly brought to the public’s attention through political candidates who may have had some sway on voter’s opinions. They were instead only reported on by media that Trump’s supporters would never see anyway. Had Donald Trump’s outlandish claims and quotes been tackled more directly and been analyzed for the public, many may have backed out of his support for him. Many of Trump’s supporters don’t realize that they are being played on the idea of race and that their fears are being widely exploited for the power gains of the few. This is especially prevalent in the white families that Donald Trump secured in his election who voted for him based on economic security, but who