Arab American Literature

Latter President Ulysses S. Grant was another American in opposition to the war with Mexico. In his personal memoirs he wrote “To this day, I regard the Mexican War as one of the most unjust wars ever waged by a stronger nation against a weaker nation . . . in not considering justice in their desire to acquire additional territory.” (Document 3) On the other hand, there were publications like The New-York Daily Tribune would called the war “piratical” and the invasion was a “flagrant outrage” and it was also called “immoral and unwise”.

They know this because they have witnessed it at least once in their life but they still do not do anything about it. Douglass also uses the quote “Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us.”(Par 3) Douglass’ use of the words “your” and “us” shows how dichotomized the black and white societies are. This makes the American people feel wrong for what they have done and realize that they are being amoral because they are saying that this is the United States of America when it is really not all United. He is trying to show to them that they are really lying to themselves--and when they do that--nobody will trust them or believe that they can change because they are not willing to change. In the quote “We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake”, Douglass

Gender and racial discrimination is often ignored of the “good days”; mainly because of the belief that United States was united after a brutal war of World War II. The colors represents the characters being brought forth into the true reality and how each characters deconstructed their own trope and beyond of what they are capable of. The redundant of characters reacting to changes parallels to the reactions of the Civil Rights movements during the 50s. The film has beautifully ripped apart the film and delivers the message that change can be good and changes will always occurred—to refuse such is to strengthen political

McCarthyism falsely accused people of supporting communism and being unloyal to America(Document D). These claims had no proper evidence which justified the said assertions. Individuals who were accused of being a communist or a spy, even if the facts were not accurate, were looked down upon and occasionally prosecuted. Accused people no longer supported the war, for it led to the government punishing the innocent(Document G). Not only was the government believed to be unreliable, but trust between people was a large issue during the Cold War.

Furthermore, The Worst Hard Time influenced my opinions and curiosity about American history, and makes me ask questions like “Why were things like the Dust Bowl swept under the rug even though they are important topics?” and “What other events like the Dust Bowl were not given any attention?” However it did not change my opinion about America since it gave me no sense of nationalism, but it did change my feelings on the American people, how they are determined to pursue their goals and determined not to lose what they already

Their view of patriotism is that American traditions should be withheld and should never change (Chimp). Some believe having foreigners in this country will ruin our perception of the American Dream (Rodriguez). These people view emigrants as the end of American as we know it. Even Though this patriotism is extreme, Sebastian an eleven year old, now a return to those that want to hold on to American tradition and reject different cultural spin-offs. Ignorant racist people view Sebastian De La Cruz and others like him as problematic and view them terrorists trying to take American jobs by reaching for their careers in music (Rodriguez).

In fact and my opinion, this understanding is totally wrong. As it said in the book by Qutb, I argue that Islam is not an antique thing. Even though Islam is considered done with the Arabs, but it will be never done with the people. The rules in Islam are

Steve Tobak from Fox Buisness strongly enforces his thoughts on what America has become in his article “Political Correctness is Destroying the American Dream”, “If people believe it makes no difference how they perform- that everyone’s the same, competition is bad, everyone’s a winner, and exceptional qualities will not be rewarded or even recognized- they’re left with nothing to strive for. Stripped of the will to achieve, they’ll settle into a life of dependency and mediocrity.”. Steve also says, “So we can all agree that political correctness levels the playing field, removes incentives to excel, and diminishes meritocracy and personal accountability.”. Tobak believes that there is no longer any purpose behind people and their actions. We are all mindlessly living.

Japanese Americans were viewed as alien and untrustworthy, and isolated from others. Life of a Japanese American was harsh and scary because you never knew what the mad people would do. Japanese Americans shouldn’t have been punished because most of them were born and raised on the West Coast. They had to sell their homes, stores, and most of their assets because they could not be certain their homes and livelihoods would still be there on their return. It made no difference that many had never been to Japan because Japananese American veterans of WW1 were forced to leave.

Americans hear stereotypes along with making a few up on their own whether they realize it or not. The thing these everyday Americans don’t see is how much these stereotypes does damage to the immigration community. While these everyday Americans are complaining and pointing the finger at immigrants why that individual is struggling in life has been proven that immigrants have no downfall for an American 's life to be in a bad place. The way I see America’s debate on immigration is that Americans are being selfish by only thinking of themselves. The lack of