Sexism In America

I believe that I fall under liberal on the political spectrum. I have very liberal beliefs and I have very progressive ideas and think the government should be more involved in people's lives. For example I believe that the government should be doing a much better job at protecting the earth and implement more laws to save the earth from global warming. Another very important issue that I believe the government is not doing enough to prevent is racism and sexism in America. Both these issues are prevalent in America and I believe that the government needs to do more to address these issues. Since Donald trump has become president I believe sexism, racism, and global warming issues have taken a backseat, to other less important issues. Conservatives
There is so much social, economical and political injustice in America due to sexism and racism and it needs to be fixed. According to Kevin Miller of AAUW, “Did you know that in 2015, women working full time in the United States typically were paid just 80 percent of what men were paid, a gap of 20 percent?” This shows that not only are women being discriminated against socially, but also economically. Since Trump has come into office he has hired a predominantly male staff. A large majority of people who are high up in political office are men. This is a bad thing because then the government does not address needs of all people only males. This shows how women are being discriminated against in all ways; politically, socially and economically. Racism is also an issue in this country. We see a lot of racism in the news today due to the police brutality that is alive and well in America. The Huffington Post says, “U.S. police killed at least 258 black people in 2016, according to a project by The Guardian that tracks police killings in America. Thirty-nine of these people were unarmed.” This shows that The United States has a problem with police brutality especially against black African Americans. When President Obama was in office he addressed and supported the black lives matter protest, since Donald Trump has been in office he's had nothing but negative things to say about this movement. The
Donald Trump has taken his immigration policy to the next level. Instead of focusing on bigger and more prevalent issue he wants to deport all hard working “illegal immigrants” and build a cement wall that costs hundreds of millions of dollars. This is just ridiculous, building a wall makes no sense because that will not stop “illegal immigrants” from coming to the U.S. Forbes says, “Although it cannot be proven, analysts believe the majority (possibly vast majority) of illegal immigrants enter America by air.” This proves that the wall is a big waste of money. The wall will also destroy relations with mexico and hurt our economy. Trump has also issues an immigration ban from seen predominantly muslim countries. Not only is this unconstitutional but it is illegal. “the order is illegal. More than 50 years ago, Congress outlawed such discrimination against immigrants based on national origin. That decision came after a long and shameful history in this country of barring immigrants based on where they came from.” Said the New York Times writer David J.