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4/4/17
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A Country Divided
This election is one of the most
controversial and upbringing ones in the history books. Many people are shocked
and passionate about their opinions and beliefs when it comes to being either a
republican or a democrat. The United States of America is now more divided as a
country than ever, whether you’re all for Trump or not, there’s many different
sides to a “story” and many different persuasive attempts to get others to side
on a specific one. Therefore, dividing us all even more. President Trump’s new
enforcement on the illegal immigration policy has caused a mixed and competing
uproar with all people of this country.
Washington Post author Kelly Riddell
came out with an article titled, “Social warriors, sometimes.” This side is
told by a strong conservative news source and will be addressing the issue of a
14-year-old girl getting gang raped while attending high school by two illegal
immigrants. This article explains the gruesome details of this case and compares
them to the Duke Lacrosse Team’s brutal gang rape scandal and also the
University of Virginia’s “Jackie” scandal. Of the three that were reported only
one was true, which was the 14-year-old high school girl who was raped (Riddell,
2017). The media was quick to cover the
scandals of Duke’s Lacrosse Team and the University of Virginia’s scandal that
were both proven not guilty. Yet with the case of the gang rape for this girl
was barely covered and was proven true.
“Yet, the story has received scant
attention in the mainstream media. Yes, conservative-leaning Fox News has
covered it exhaustively, but The New York Times and CNN only gave it a mention
after it came up at a White House press briefing this week. The major broadcast
Networks of CBS, NBC, and ABC, haven’t given it any airtime in their nightly
news coverage” (Riddell, 2017). This
article gives the readers all of the facts of the scandals in the past and the
real case that happened in silence. “It might become clear, liberals are
social-justice warriors for some, but not for all. That they pick sides. So
where’s the justice in that?” (Riddell, 2017).
US News author, Gabriel Levy wrote
an article titled, “Trump’s Immigration Speech Backfires With Latinos.” This
side is told be a strong liberal perspective regarding President Trump’s
attempt to win over the Hispanic voter population and support. "When I met
Donald Trump he was going to approach this issue with a realistic plan, a
compassionate plan, with a plan that was not disruptive to the immigrants that
were here that were not lawbreakers. What I heard today was not realistic and
not compassionate,” said Jacob Monty, a member of Trump's Hispanic Advisory
Council. This article only really gives one side of the story, making Trump
appear to be the “bad, white supremacist” instead of allowing the audience to
make their own opinions. This article did a great job o explaining all that
Trump did not do and had very little to say about what he accomplished.
Both of these articles are a great
example of todays divided America. Even though the US News article was before
the election in September of 2016, you can already see the divide in America
take place.
Work Cited:
Levy, G. (2016, September 01). Trump's Immigration Speech Backfires With
Latinos. Retrieved April 04, 2017, from https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-09-01/trumps-immigration-speech-backfires-with-latinos
Riddell, K. (2017, March 23). Social warriors, sometimes. Retrieved April
04, 2017, from http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/23/rape-at-maryland-high-school-shows-need-for-greate/
