Political Views : The Values Of A Racial Perspectives

“Race”, groups of people sharing similar somatic characteristics. Race is often mistaken as a biological concept, when it’s actually an ideology that was brought to categorize different groups in history. In Order to understand race, we have to understand what is an ideology. Ideology is a shared belief conserved in an observance delineation. Field argues that race was born during the birth of the new nation, America. Field begins her essay discussing how many parts of America was yet to be discovered. In the 17th century, tobacco was discovered in Virginia, and became its main source of wealth. Instead of using Afro Americans, Indentured Servitude was the main form of labor. Servants were treated mostly the same way as African Americans.

In the first article, “College Doesn’t Need to be Free” by Charles Lane, Lane talks about what Bernie Sanders said about college, and the fact that he disagrees with it. Lane even states that, “his cure would be worse than the disease, even if it weren’t politically unrealistic” (Lane, paragraph 2) With this statement, Lane is using politics to prove his credibility, as well as his point. Lane also says that, “Over time, however, the Sanders plan might make U.S. higher education more accessible but less excellent.” (Lane, paragraph 6) This sentence makes his audience think about how if college were easier for everyone to attain, that it might make it a worse education than the education students are receiving today. In the second article, “Nobody Should Have to Pay to go to College” by Kenneth Warren and Samir Sonti, they bring up the Bernie Sanders article, but they mainly focus on what Hillary Clinton said and what her opinion is on higher education tuition. Hillary Clinton even had said that she is against, “making college free for Donald Trump’s kids.” (Warren and Sonti, paragraph 1) By using this quote they are trying to use politics to prove that while some politicians think that college should be free for just a few, Warren and Sonti believe that nobody should have to pay for college. They also discuss that, “Cooney and Clinton were indulging in some degree of misrepresentation” (Warren and Sonti, paragraph 3) which means that Cooney and Clinton didn’t look at all of the facts of the situation. Both of these articles bring up politics to help solidify their opinions and arguments.

At every debate and town hall event Senator Sanders has reiterated his plan for tuition-free college, and has usually been met with the same question: "How are you going to pay for it." For the sake of debate lets say Mr. Sanders is able to pay for it. Even though top economists, including democratic ones, say his math doesn't add up (you can find my cited sources at the end of the article), lets pretend that it somehow will. Let us pretend that Bernie Sanders will actually make public college tuition-free across the United States, effective immediately. Now it is time to play devils advocate, (or realist) and break down the reasons why tuition-free college would be a bad thing, not only for the economy, but every person currently pursuing a degree.

College education should not be free because it would raise the taxes of all American citizens. Many of the major supporters of free college education don't consider where the money to pay for a higher education at a state-of-the art institution is actually going to come from when it's no longer them. The answer is simple: hard-working American taxpayers. These extravagant plans that everyone supports never exactly tell us where the money is going to come from. If they did, they probably wouldn’t have as much support. Instead, they’re masked by the publicity and benevolence of the one proposing such a gracious plan (Welch 32). In the article “Bernie’s Bad Ideas,” Matt Welch discusses that the idea

The National Public Radio (NPR) author Anya Kamenetz published an article titled Is College Really Free? She begins the piece by addressing the new coming attraction of the words “free college.” The rage began when the presidential campaign took off and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders focused around the topic of universal college in America. The author mentioned that New York Govenor Andrew Cuomo has been proactive and proposed an idea for the city of New York. He created a scholarship plan that would allow families earning under $125,000 a year to receive free tuition for a 2 or four year term at any New York state university. The author commented that the program still must pass through legislature. This plan is extremely beneficial to the state of New York due to the fact

People tend to deny, rationalize and avoid discussing their feelings and beliefs about race and ethnicity because they are sensitive topics that people want to avoid. People also deny race and ethnicity because there are uncomfortable feelings, because they are uncomfortable feelings they tend to deny they rationalize because they do not want to hear anything negative about their background, I also think it is part of stigma many people would deny their background. According to out lecture states “Some people by virtue of their ethnic heritage (something they individually had no decision in) believe they are superior or inferior to other simply based on their race or culture”. Therefore, people deny their beliefs, race and ethnicity because

In the recent debate regarding the implementation of free college tuition across the United States, Jon Wiener, a Los Angeles journalist for The Nation, and Kelly Field, chief Washington reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education who covers different federal education policies, discuss why college tuition should be abolished in the United States of America and the role of both Democratic and Republican parties on the debate. In the article, “It’s Time to End Tuition at Public Universities - and Abolish Student Debt,” published by the Nation in March 2015, Jon Wiener annotates the crippling debt that college

Those who oppose free higher education claim the government will not be able to finance such a project and raising taxes would be equally as unsuccessful. Believing that limiting deductions for upper-income tax filers will only, “raise the cost of college even further and shift the burden to hardworking taxpayers” (Meckier and Mitchell). However, it has been proven that when the government invests in free education it generates more profit. The GI Bill that authorized the free education of two million veterans led to high

In Charles Mills The Racial Contract, his main argument is declaring the global white supremacy as the core of today’s political system. Mills opens with mentioning how other political philosophers in history have neglected to discuss race because of their own racial privileges. However, this is ironic given the significant of race and what social and political constraints race has put on certain groups of people. At the same time, race provides superiority for whites in the political and social spheres. Mills explains, “A Racial Contract might be more revealing of the real character of the world we are living in, and the corresponding historical deficiencies of its normative theories and practices…” (7). The Racial Contract is grounded on three claims, which are the existential claim where white supremacy exists, the conceptual claim where white supremacy exists in the political system, and the methodological claim where the contract supports a theoretical framework. Then, Mills outlines his argument with ten theses although this paper will only touch on the first seven theses. Although Mills omits some of the origins of race thereby weakening his historical actuality theses. Still, Mills is able to counter with examples of race that demonstrates its presence in society and a critique on social contract theorists who underestimate race’s impact on society. Overall Mills argument is sound in formulating race as a central aspect in the political system, but lacks in

Philosophy is all about exploring the different perspectives people have in their minds. This was my initial thought of what philosophy was. I knew that many of the topics that we discussed in this class would stimulate my mind. Learning new theories that contribute to the better understanding of my history is something that I enjoy greatly. No matter the level of difficulty of the subject matter, I enjoy learning what I consider to be reality. Discussing not only where the ideas of race and racialized categories came from, but how they created and adopted by society at the time. Part of me became pleased that this topic was even introduced since most students choose not to talk about anything that has to do with race, even if it is assigned to them. I was pleasantly surprised with the explicitness of this philosophy class as well.

It is important to consider who truly benefits from free college tuition, as it is not low-income students. In fact, free college tuition creates a larger rift between the dollar values low-income students have in comparison to high-income students. According to a study from NPSAS (Chingos, 2012), a government-funded, student-study organization, rich students will receive 24% more in dollar value if the establishment of free college tuition. This is interpreted as a tradeoff; free college tuition will eliminate tuition, but out-of-pocket costs for low-income families will increase to $17.8 billion dollars annually which grants cannot cover. Rich students would be able to pay off these costs because of that increase in dollar value. Therefore, it is impossible to ignore that low-income students truly would not benefit from free college tuition, as they do not have the same privileges as rich students do.

“Racism isn 't born … it 's taught …”, said by Denis Leary is true. Racism is not a physical obstacle one can conquer, but a mental challenge which is created through one’s experiences in life. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee tells the story of a white man, Atticus Finch defending a black man, Tom Robinson against the rape of a white girl. Throughout the novel the reader follows Atticus’ children: Jeremy (Jem), and Jean Louise Finch (Scout)’s perspective on the trial, and the events surrounding it. They learn about the hardships and injustice the Negros face because of their race and culture. Additionally in the short story “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin, a similar tale of racial intolerance is told where one woman has to face it due to her child’s skin not being white by her husband. Although both texts have many differences in their development of the theme, racial prejudice/intolerance created by societal values, and the traditional mindset people have, they still establish the theme using the same methods. Despite being set in different places, both authors express their common and universal theme through symbols of change and injustice, vital supporting characters, and a powerful illusionary setting.

Racial injustices are what have made America the powerful nation it is today. America was founded on the genocide of Native Americans and built on the backs of African slaves. In modern day America, strides have been made to provide all Americans equal opportunities to ensure assimilation and success in society however there is still significant work to be to ensure equality. In this paper I have researched the anthropological perspectives on race and ethnicity globally. I have also compared and contrasted varying researcher’s works to ensure I have a thorough understanding of this topic

The Republicans have used the voting rights laws to create gerrymandered bleached white districts that favor radical right wing conservative Republicans. While jamming minorities into a few districts primarily black that preclude whites from even running for office in those districts because minorities will not generally vote for white democrats if a black is running. Hence the complete control of both houses of the legislature by the radical Republicans. That is why you don't see many white Democrats in the legislature.

We have a political obligation to obey the law in our society , this belief is backed up by the justifications of fairness, consent, utilitarianism, and morality, but the most compelling arguments found for the justification of why we should obey the law are consent, fairness and morality, Utilitarianism. Although there are many justifications for why we should obey the law but these concepts are the strongest justifications in my opinion.