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Make American Great Again Analysis

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A. Throughout the first week of THE 225, many events took place within America that took the country by surprise. Trump’s inauguration was last Friday, January 20th, and already he has made drastic changes that will affect the lives of millions. His policies are based off sexist and racist claims that people have, for some odd reason, supported. With his new, corrupt policies, life in America will soon be set back decades because of his white supremacy mentality. Because of this, the nation has never been so divided since the Civil Rights Movement, something that was seemingly done with but clearly not if white supremacy becomes an issue. Although Trump’s America is not an ideal America and his claim to “Make American Great Again” implies …show more content…

Friday, January 27th, March for Life took place in Washington D.C., a march against abortion, a pro-life march. An issue arises with this pro-life stance because this march tells women they are wrong for getting an abortion, no matter what the reason was for the abortion. The “Pro-Life Generation” wants to make decisions for women rather than women making decisions on their own, taking their rights away from them. Being pro-choice in no way means pro-abortion, it means that women can decide for themselves whether or not they want to keep the baby because it is no one else’s decision to make. There are thousands of kids in foster care waiting to be adopted that will never be adopted because of this movement and that, in no way, is a good life to live yet these “pro-life generation” is simply saying these unborn fetuses and more important and deserve more than the already living child who just wants a …show more content…

Critical reading for this class comes easily. Reading the chapter, highlighting certain points and writing notes helps to understand the content. The topics mentioned thus far have all been fairly easy to grasp, especially since they are familiar topics but as time progresses and the reading become more in depth, this strategy will be increasingly more helpful. Critical reading is always a struggle but hopefully this class, with all of the assigned reading, will help teach how to properly read a textbook, fully understanding each and every phrase mentioned. While reading a textbook, it is easy to get distracted and forget everything that was just read, by taking notes and highlighting while reading, it is easier to grasp the information given. Being able to stay focused and be more insightful throughout this class is a definite growing

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