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My Political Ideology Essay

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Even though it’s the biggest county in Georgia, growing up in Gwinnett, people didn’t categorically talk about political ideology. My mom is a Christian and she went to church every Sunday, but wasn’t home most of the week. Therefore, she did not certainly speak about political views. Regarding being a Christian, she did not believe in same sex marriage, gays, and abortion, because everything she believed in is coming from the bible. We have had family members that got pregnant at a young age, but kept it, because our family believes in abortion as murder or killing a God’s child. In like manner, I grew up accustomed to Christian ideas and started supporting them. Nevertheless, when my mom and I first heard there was a black president running …show more content…

I went to 3 different high schools and have lived in 3 different states. Moving from New York, to New Orleans and finishing off at Georgia, felt like I went to 3 different parts of the world. Everything about each state is so different, and the rules are not even close to being the same. The food, the political views, the law, and even the weather were completely different. However, what made the most difference was the high school. I went from high school with 60% Hispanic and 30% blacks to a school with 90% whites. The high school name was Cherokee High School, and the school even had a confederate flag in the middle of it. All of the African Americans knew each other, and most happened to stay in the same area. However, the most absurd part is that they made most of competitive sports team for the school. I went from a school where everyone hung out and knew each other like a vast family, to a school where everyone thought there were better than each other. Driving around the Cherokee High School area, you see flyers and signs of who to vote for in office. However, my first school they weren’t really into politics and didn’t point you towards a specific direction, because the diversity was so immense. To sum up, the different aspect that shaped my political ideology was my mom, strangers that I played basketball with, social media and moving

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