Politics has shaped America for years and this year became one of those years where politics are the driving seat of how people view life. I've never been an advocate for politics, but 2020 drove me to the realization that I'm growing up, and I need to fulfill my responsibility as a citizen to become a registered voter. The question is, what party do I affiliate with my perspective on politics and moral values?
English
To start, I did a little research about the two major parties, the democrats and republicans, and other parties within the independent party. Since I was still genuinely curious about where I stood as a political individual, I took a quiz to test where my morals and politics lie within the political spectrum. After my test, I was baffled by my results. Before the survey, I saw myself as an independent centrist, but in fact, I tested as a disaffected democrat! A disaffected democrat can be considered an independent who leans democratic or another group of democrats who have democratic views. When the quiz talked about what the average disaffected democrat believed in, I agree with the results.
After discovering my results, I started to write journal entries about my perspective on politics. One of the main arguments when it comes to politics is President Donald Trump. He has been a disgrace to the whole nation by sowing division and racial division within the United States. Systemic racism is an enormous problem in the country, and it has been here for 400 years! The President should have done more for the black community after the racial unrest during the summer of 2020 but, instead, he had police arrest people who were protesting, threw tear gas at crowds, and even made a racist comment quoting a racist man in a news article. Even the coronavirus pandemic made him more unqualified to be President for the second term in office.
When it came time to write the journal entries about my family and community, I knew what questions I would get answered and what the response would be. With my family, I interviewed 10, 1 being independent, one being republican, and 8 being a democrat. On the other hand, I had 26 short interviews with nine independents, ten republicans, and seven democrats. Of course, everyone has their political perspectives, and that's their right as citizens. I agreed with some of the answers and disagreed with others. I was happy to gather many positive responses from my interviews, and it gave me hindsight of where I want to associate myself politically.
Overall, I think my language arts portion did incredible, especially with my journal entries, when I went on a tangent about my political views on President Trump. The black community, the democrats, the republicans, my tested political identity, and more. The interviews were also exciting and kept me engaged. The workload was long and extensive, but ultimately, I think everything paid off.
After discovering my results, I started to write journal entries about my perspective on politics. One of the main arguments when it comes to politics is President Donald Trump. He has been a disgrace to the whole nation by sowing division and racial division within the United States. Systemic racism is an enormous problem in the country, and it has been here for 400 years! The President should have done more for the black community after the racial unrest during the summer of 2020 but, instead, he had police arrest people who were protesting, threw tear gas at crowds, and even made a racist comment quoting a racist man in a news article. Even the coronavirus pandemic made him more unqualified to be President for the second term in office.
When it came time to write the journal entries about my family and community, I knew what questions I would get answered and what the response would be. With my family, I interviewed 10, 1 being independent, one being republican, and 8 being a democrat. On the other hand, I had 26 short interviews with nine independents, ten republicans, and seven democrats. Of course, everyone has their political perspectives, and that's their right as citizens. I agreed with some of the answers and disagreed with others. I was happy to gather many positive responses from my interviews, and it gave me hindsight of where I want to associate myself politically.
Overall, I think my language arts portion did incredible, especially with my journal entries, when I went on a tangent about my political views on President Trump. The black community, the democrats, the republicans, my tested political identity, and more. The interviews were also exciting and kept me engaged. The workload was long and extensive, but ultimately, I think everything paid off.
Social Studies
At first, I was going to research the different perspectives of African Americans joining the republicans and African Americans joining the democratic party. Then I chose to lean towards another direction by interviewing my family and the community to get an understanding and perspective on how politics influence them. I had to do research and compare the two political parties about the values that each of them shares and values that are distinct from one another. When I was listing the different political beliefs, I grew to understand why the quiz I took prior labeled me as a disaffected democrat. My political credences align with a more democratic perspective than a conservative perspective.
I even researched the three branches of government and how they select representatives to represent them in their respective offices. The House and Senate are part of the legislative branch, the Supreme court and federal courts are part of the judiciary branch, and the President and Vice President are part of the executive branch. All of them have similar and different ways of electing a representative, senator, president, or whoever in a fair and Constitutional way.
The final product of my history portion was my interviews with my family and the community. I asked my family members specific questions about political topics that would relate but also challenged them. I had 34 inquires ready for them, but I only grilled between 10-15 inquires. For the short community interviews, I asked 13 questions about different political topics, most being yer or no responses. The subjects involved their political stances, the election, social justice, coronavirus, the economy, education, and voting.
The responses were all different, but all played an essential component in my little experiment towards the very end of my project. My perspective of politics wavered, and I thought doing the interviews made my decision clearer to me as I prepare to become a register in several short months.
I even researched the three branches of government and how they select representatives to represent them in their respective offices. The House and Senate are part of the legislative branch, the Supreme court and federal courts are part of the judiciary branch, and the President and Vice President are part of the executive branch. All of them have similar and different ways of electing a representative, senator, president, or whoever in a fair and Constitutional way.
The final product of my history portion was my interviews with my family and the community. I asked my family members specific questions about political topics that would relate but also challenged them. I had 34 inquires ready for them, but I only grilled between 10-15 inquires. For the short community interviews, I asked 13 questions about different political topics, most being yer or no responses. The subjects involved their political stances, the election, social justice, coronavirus, the economy, education, and voting.
The responses were all different, but all played an essential component in my little experiment towards the very end of my project. My perspective of politics wavered, and I thought doing the interviews made my decision clearer to me as I prepare to become a register in several short months.
Art
Creating digital art isn't a strong suit of mine, and I haven't done it in two years! I wanted to create a digital campaign poster like how others did for President Obama. I saw many inspiring presidential campaign poster designs, and I thought I had the right approach. To create that illustration, I researched a few candidates I think would represent the country as President of the United States. Many people I selected were independents, and others were democrats besides one famous republican candidate who was a slave, Fredrick Douglass. Along with Frederick Douglass was the late John Lewis, Bryan Stevenson, Ice Cube, Robert Jamison Jr., and Joe Biden.
My very first few designs didn't appear to thy eye, so I had to rearrange several things. At first, my colors were in black and dark colors, but most campaign posters are bright and have red, blue, and white on them. I used that technique to create ten campaign posters, each representing a candidate from my perspective, would make an excellent candidate for president. One of them was my father, who is a great inspiration to me and a gigantic supporter for educating and rebuilding the black community to make it robust and wealthier.
After my campaign posters were complete, I explained why these few candidates would make an excellent president for the United States. Not only did I select them because of their character, but I also chose them because they want to act change, whether it's for the black community, justice reform, or a united America. Our voices must and will make noise in the 2020 election, and I think a lot of people can relate to campaign posters that remind people to speak up and vote for unity and freedom and not be discouraged by their vote.
Of all the poster's my favorite one was the one about speaking out and voting in the 2020 election because it's so critical right now, especially when the President wants to undermine the election and cast doubt on the American people. This portion of my project allowed me to have a voice and state my perspective, and it led to a conclusion on where I stand as a young African American man about to become a registered voter.
My very first few designs didn't appear to thy eye, so I had to rearrange several things. At first, my colors were in black and dark colors, but most campaign posters are bright and have red, blue, and white on them. I used that technique to create ten campaign posters, each representing a candidate from my perspective, would make an excellent candidate for president. One of them was my father, who is a great inspiration to me and a gigantic supporter for educating and rebuilding the black community to make it robust and wealthier.
After my campaign posters were complete, I explained why these few candidates would make an excellent president for the United States. Not only did I select them because of their character, but I also chose them because they want to act change, whether it's for the black community, justice reform, or a united America. Our voices must and will make noise in the 2020 election, and I think a lot of people can relate to campaign posters that remind people to speak up and vote for unity and freedom and not be discouraged by their vote.
Of all the poster's my favorite one was the one about speaking out and voting in the 2020 election because it's so critical right now, especially when the President wants to undermine the election and cast doubt on the American people. This portion of my project allowed me to have a voice and state my perspective, and it led to a conclusion on where I stand as a young African American man about to become a registered voter.
Perspective
Perspective is when there are different ways things may appear, but in other words, it's all about a point of view. It's Latin for looking through or perceiving something by looking at it. During the project, I used the critical thinking skill perspective to create my perspective on how I feel about precise political topics and politics in general. When listing the assessment of the democrats and the republicans, I started to feel like I would lean towards the democratic side because I share more of a political belief with most of their values and concerns. Now, I can say for definite that the democrats are more social and want what is best for the middle and working-class Americans compared to the republicans who support their base and the wealthy. This observation leads me to take a questionnaire about who I affiliate with the most for the English portion. As stated before, my results came back, I was considered a disaffected democrat, but I would have to agree with that assessment. Even when I was writing my journal entries to represent my perspective, I remembered some of the fundamental traits that make a disaffected democrat. The final thing that made the perspective known throughout the project was my posters for the art portion. A lot of my candidate choices were independents are democrats, one being a republican Fredrick Douglass. My candidate choices would make a positive difference in the world we live in today because America is going through a political roller coaster-like never before. I hope you enjoyed my perspective of politics, and I encourage young Americans to vote for this election and vote for freedom, change, truth, unity, and a better future for America and let our voices make noise!
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