Persuasive Essay On Identity Politics

24 million beer guts? 24 million shrimp on the barbie? Or 24 million who make up the most culturally diverse nation in the world? I don’t know about you, but I struggle to stereotype 24 million of the most different people on the planet. Good morning… etc. In contemporary society, the ability to identify an Australian is a challenge. The ABC states that national identities are “as varied as our imagination” and, “In Australia, the religious, cultural and ethnic complexity of our society is particularly diverse, making it extremely difficult to identify an Australian”. What would you look for if you were asked to identify an Australian? Tanned skin? Beer gut? Freckles? Wrong wrong wrong! You can’t identify an Australian based on a stereotypical image! According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, “75% of Australia’s population originates from overseas, or has a parent from overseas” (ABOE, 2016), making it impossible to identify what an Australian looks like. We Aussies share more than a hatred for cane toads and bits of butter in the vegemite. We share moral values and beliefs unique to our great nation. Belief in a fair go, never give up mindset, and courage. A character from the movie Australia, absolutely epitomizes the Australian identity. The man. The myth. The legend. The Drover.

Immigration has become an issue all around the world. Everyone have different opinions on how immigrants affect our society. Is immigration good for the economy, the employment rate for immigrants and their pay, how the ban could have a major impact on the U.S., why do people migrate, and DACA (deferred action for childhood arrivals). This essay will hopefully answer any question about immigration and we should handle the ban.

In every presidential administration, immigration policies are significant area of debate. There are many policies that are proposed in Trump Administration due to differing opinion of the administration. Currently policies on immigration include on Deferred Action for Childhood (DACA) which is protecting more than 800,000 immigrants in the United States. Moreover it also includes policies on increasing wages for H1-B visas. (H1-B Visa). Additionally, the Raise Act, (Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act, it essentially sends 50000 visas to countries that send few immigrants over to the USA to promote diversity. Trump Administration has proposed to end diversity visas to protect its local citizens and employment. All these proposed changes have both positive and negative impact on GDP (Gross Domestic Product), employment/unemployment rates, government taxes.

The issue which is debated in the video is whether or not no-platforming is a legitimate

As native-born Americans, we are given the opportunity to go to school and choose what to do with our lives, in other words, we are able to follow our dreams. However, our nation needs to accept the fact that not all people who have dreams are just the people here in America, the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is a policy for young male and female immigrants (who are also known as “dreamers”) that came to the United States illegally as children but have the ability to come out of the shadows from all the time they’ve been kept hidden from the eyes of anti-immigration conservatives. Dreamers are able to enroll in public school, receive a work permit, join the military, and get a driver’s license, and state identification card. Undocumented immigrants in the DACA organization are given an extension to their stay here in the United States for two years and then they would have to renew another suspension against the U.S. deportation system.

The student organization, CHANGE, hosted a rally on Thursday to educate the public and support the undocumented community here at Central Connecticut State University and around the United States.

The perception of a particular race and its capabilities plays a vital role in determining its identity. For African Americans, their identity was equivalent to property that is the source of profit and further riches. African Americans had not been considered human until slavery was abolished, which was the first step of many in obtaining the same rights as any other race. After the emotional turmoil that is being treated as objects, and persevering when segregation was enforced, African Americans now have the same rights as every single American citizen. Their identity was that of property, and after abolition, their identity remained inferior to that of whites, and currently, their identity is soaring due to established equal rights.

Did you know there are 8,194,000 children in the United States with at least one immigrant parent? 8,194,000 children whose families are being threatened by the Trump administration's recent changes in immigration policies. Immigration reform has been a topic of controversy for decades. Most Americans blame Mexican immigrants for the United States economic problems and many believe undocumented immigration causes high crime rates. However recent studies have disproved that undocumented immigrants are a threat to American citizens. When people think of immigrants they think of an outdated caricature that doesn't truly represent all of the 11 million undocumented immigrants.

Identity politics is defined as ‘a tendency for people of a particular religion, race, social background, etc., to form exclusive political alliances, moving away from traditional broad-based party politics.’ In simpler terms, identity politics promotes the idea of political issues to be solved from a point of interest based on a personal factor rather than their initial political siding. This form of dealing with issues has particularly been active recently with the likes of Trump’s presidential win and the uprising of issues surrounding race, gender and sexuality. Although I have found it to be more commonly upheld in the United States, Australia is not foreign to this concept as multiple instances including the ‘Changing of Australia Day’ and the ‘Same-sex Marriage Debate’ has brought forward the interests of groups based on characteristic rather than political siding.

Priveledged individuals ought not appropriate the culture of a marginalized group. In other words, people shouldn’t dress up or adorn themselves with clothing or objects that belong to another culture (or in a way that is offensive). This halloween, many parents were cautious about letting their child dress up as Polynesian Disney princess, because they were unsure of what others would say. Is it appropriate for a white child to dress up as a Polynesian princess? I would say no. It gives people from other cultures the impression that you think of them as costumes, and not people. Some important topicality would be the words:

In the 1950s, Martin Luther King created a movement called The Civil Rights Movement. He fought for the unjustified treatment for people of color, and for them to have equal rights. Now in 2017, undocumented students are standing up and fighting for equal rights for education. According to the article, Immigration Hardliners are forcing Trump’s Hand on DACA, “immigration policy is the battleground for the White House’s warring factions, and DACA is ground zero” (Gonzales, 2017). DACA is an executive order created by President Obama in the year 2012 for undocumented students, yet this crucial order is being demolished leaving more than 800,000 feeling fear for what is to come in the future. Although, DACA was not the first movement for equality in education.

The issue of immigration is complex for any nation; a fact that one must first accept that before proposing any solution to the issue. There are several factors, which need to be considered, including a nation’s ability to care for migrants, sovereign’s right to protect, and the option of helping migrants to stay home. The Catholic Bishops of the United States and Mexico in a document entitled, Strangers no Longer on the Journey of Hope writes: “Catholic teaching has a long and rich tradition in defending the right to migrate. Based on the life and teachings of Jesus, the Church's teaching has provided the basis for the development of basic principles regarding the right to migrate for those attempting to exercise their God-given human rights. Catholic teaching also states that the root causes of migration–poverty, injustice, religious intolerance, armed conflicts–must be addressed so that migrants can remain in their homeland and support their families.” The best option is always for the migrant to instead remain a home. However, with the many struggles that are evident in the many countries from where persons are forced to flee, there is a need for mercy and compassion that is echoed by Jesus. It is an expectation that nations will want to protect their citizens. After all, the main function of a government is to protect those who are in their boundaries. Still, the radical love of Jesus calls the Christian to look beyond earthly

Immigration has been a subject of every presidential candidates debate but most of the presidential candidates seem to either be strongly opposed for immigration reform or strongly wish to reform immigration. Immigration has been around for the a while now since the United States seems to be seen as a form of being able to better yourself. Due to this many immigrants have fled their home country to take refuge here in the United States. Unfortunately for them, they are not as well received as they thought they would be, causing them more problems and suffering. The problem with immigration is that many people are against it because they believe that those immigrants are going to take their jobs or they will bring crime with them. Most people

In 2013, a movement called Black Lives Matters was started after George Zimerman was found not guilty of the murder of Trayvon Martin. Many Americans complain again the injustice and rallied together to form the Black lives matter movement. The Black lives matter movement though has many issues within their movement, but the main issue is that the people of the movement are segregating themselves from other races whenever they say the words “black lives matter”. That’s why the phrase “All lives matter” has come about. The term “All Lives matter” is stating that people of this movement care about all people instead of just one color, that the movement does not support the supremacy of a race & Radical Organization, and show that the police force is not discriminative towards any one race.

For many, the United States is more than nation of freedom. By September of 2016, 84,995 refugees had been admitted to country, the largest amount since 2002. All of which are fleeing persecution and harm from their country of origin. However, hundreds are denied entry to the U.S., not for suspicion of being a terrorist, or for criminal charges, but because a judge doesn’t deem a threat serious enough. Should the criteria for asylum be altered to allow immigrants who suffer from other forms of maltreatment to gain asylum?