Our Vision for America
“That is a very large television.”
“Ah, yes,” he says, chuckling. “Samsung SMT-4023, 42 inches. Best value, color space, and resolution.”
“Can I ask you a question?”
“Of course.”
“The first time I went into a house like this in Bombay, they had no beds, but they had a television as big as this. I mean, how can a TV be more important than a bed?”
“Ah, that’s simple. A bed keeps you in a slum. A flat screen takes you out,”
“Ah,” she realized.
This was a dialogue between a woman from Dubai, Kala, and a Kenyan boy - Capheus, written by Lana and Andy Wachowski. While this writing isn’t particularly poetic or elaborate, it says so much, so humbly. Capheus, the boy from Kenya, knows what poverty is. He lives in it, he breathes
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America has always been a country of safe haven to those with nowhere else to go; when home means the barrel of a gun, when the poverty strikes you like a hatchet, if not suffocating you first. When there is no home left, America has been there - strong and sturdy and safe. Undocumented workers, whether you acknowledge them for this or not, perform a critical role in our economy. They often harvest and process our food, and without them, food production and agriculture in the U.S. would significantly decline. They also work in architecture, building many of our homes, and working as hired hands. We even entrust them with what we hold most sacred - the wellbeing of our children. This country faces many problems, of which we cannot solve unless we are united in solving them. Seeing someone threaten to deport millions of hard workers, alter the constitution, and fence off America, closing off the Land of the Free, and Home of the Brave!, I see something wrong with that! We are a nation of immigrants - and that is the strength of …show more content…
You ask what my vision for America is, and well, my vision for America is an America where I can attend college. My vision for America is an America where I can start a family one day, without worrying how I can feed them. My vision for America, is an America where I can live a life born from an immigrant, while granted the rights and opportunities of everyone else. My vision for America is an America that holds my
In Langston Hughes poem “Let America be America Again” he talks about how America should return to the way that it was perceived to be in the dreams before America was truly America. Throughout the poem he uses various methods to evoke the patriotic images and dreams that he feels America should and will eventually be. Hughes states that America is supposed to be a place of equality for everyone including both white and colored people. During this period in time though there was not equality for everyone. Hughes talks about an America where both whites and colored people will have equality in all aspects socially, politically, and economically. What Hughes is saying is that both whites and colored
The United States is considered a worldwide melting pot. There are many people of different origins residing within the United States. Some of these people were born here and some are immigrants. The bottom-line is all of the people within the United States, besides the Native Americans, are either immigrants or descendants of immigrants. Among the many immigrants living in the U.S., between 11.5 to 12 million of them are illegal immigrants. The presence of these people has caused a tremendous change in the United States since it has helped the economy. Some of these people have been living within the U.S. for many years and they are being marginalized. As President Bush stated: “Many undocumented workers have walked mile after mile, through
My vision for America is based on our founding fathers and the creation of this great nation. Our founding fathers lived with the intention of: Living free from tyranny, freely worshiping who they so please, and living life with values and pride for their families and nation. I envision a nation where God is the ultimate ruler. I see a future that follows our pledge of allegiance. I see a place where the homeless find homes, the workless find work, and the idle put forth an effort. I picture a future where the products say, “Made in America”. I don't envision our future nation filled with iPhone 30s, flying cars, or greater technology. I envision our nation’s future much like the dreamers who founded this land hundreds of years ago.
During 1789, the year George Washington was elected president of the United States, he appointed Thomas Jefferson to be the secretary of State during his time in office. Jefferson was a man who believed that the government should not be in any part of the citizens’ lives during a period in time where America was trying to break away from Great Britain’s ways. He was a man who wanted the government to stay out of his business and worry about problems that had to do with the country and not individual states. He believed in a small government, a weak army, and an agricultural society. He also had a “rivalry” of some sorts with Alexander Hamilton who disagreed with every belief that Jefferson had. Jefferson was also the author of the Declaration of Independence. He was a believer in running your own household the way you wanted to run in. His vision was a country where you have a government that stay out of problems that weren’t worth getting into like state problems and a country where the people would live a life of freedom and prosperity.
My vision of the American Dream is simple. In my vision, I am able to be as independent as I want and am not held back
Even though, American seems to be all peaches and roses it’s not. I have my own vision of America. It is for America to be successful by stop giving money to other countries, by helping the penniless and not letting society take over. The U.S. has an 18 trillion debt their debt is so big that they had to make up numbers. This are ways that has caused America not being able to be successful, But this can be reversed.
Lately, America has been a cruel place. Its suppose to be a place where you make your dreams come true, where you can start over, and where you can accomplish many things. But you can't do these things if America has inequality every where you go. America's inequalities are bad jobs, homelessness, sexism, and racism, I could go on with the wrong in America but all I would be doing is boring you. My vision of America is a place where you don't have any of these inequalities and where you can accomplish everything you've dreamed of.
Undocumented families and individuals are a key to America’s working economy. President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential election was well known for his thoughts about illegal immigration where he believes those who are not in America legally, should go back to where they came from. Illegal immigration has been happening for over generations where undocumented immigrants want a better life than they had in their previous country. Without illegal immigrants, our nation wouldn't be where it is without them, therefore, it is essential that they should not be deported back to their country.
Taxation, government expenditures, management of the national debt, and tax expenditures (tax breaks) were all expounded by Trump in Dave Shiflett’s (2000) book, Trump: The America we Deserve.” Trump is quoted:
The American Dream is one of equal opportunities and freedom to all in America. It is for even the poorest of people to have a chance to strike it rich and become prosperous. In his book James Truslow Adams states the American dream is “a dream of a social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are,
“Make America Great Again” has been plastered across America on television broadcasts, billboards, hats, T-shirts, and other profitable items. This slogan was used not only by Donald Trump, but Margolin (2016) wrote that Ronald Reagan similarly campaigned “Let’s Make America Great Again” in his 1980 race for the White House. The Framers of the Constitution would have agreed with the slogans that Trump and Reagan selected and would have truly supported the way these men have influenced one of the greatest countries in the world.
The slogan “ Make America Great Again” has been impacting the United States over the past few years causing controversies across America. Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, that started in 2015, promised to “Make America Great Again”. I originally believed that the late 1990s and early 2000s were the greatest time in America. Now that I have learned more about Americas history, I know believe that 1980s were the greatest time in America's history. My definition of greatness did not change, I still believe it means to be superior to those around you and being able to achieve your goals. The economic, politics, and social all thrived during this time.
Being an American is something that our national traditions have taught us is something to be proud of, because compared to the rest of the world we are portrayed as the ideal country on this planet. Hundreds of thousands of people believe that coming to United States in search of a better life is the way to go for them and their families, although this might be true, nobody ever thinks to consider where these individuals or families are immigrating from. The United States of America is not like any other nation in the world because the population of this country is composed of dozens of different ethnicities and cultures. When people move from place to place they not only take their possessions and family members, but they also take bits and pieces of their own cultures and bring it here with them. I am for the Mosaic view for the future of America because where we came from is extremely important, it’s nearly impossible to stop people from coming to America, and the lack of diversity when it comes to food.
Different ideologies tend to appeal to different demographic characteristics such as gender, class, race, etc. because a person’s background will affect which system of ideas they most closely align with. Liberalism and conservatism, for example, are ideologies that regularly contradict each other, because they appeal to different demographics based upon many factors such as class, race, gender, religion, etc. The general worldview of liberalism is that people have individual rights and liberty, while promoting progress. On the other hand, conservatism places greater importance of keeping tradition and strict regulation of rules. In determining the extent of appeal to different demographics, one must assess the ways in which both ideologies
“My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.” The President of the United States of America, Barack Obama made this remark while talking about immigrants and immigration reform. This is not a very old country, all of the founding fathers of this country were European immigrants. They were seeking a better life in a foreign land, they gambled everything they had and came to the colonies. Not unlike Mexican immigrants today, who are just trying to make a better life for themselves and their children. Donald Trump has a radical three part plan that will only hurt this country moving forward. Trump plans to build a wall along