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It is well known
by many people around the world that politics bring out discussions and
problematic situations due to the creation of laws that sometimes are not fair
and justified with solid arguments. There is always a necessity to blame
someone when a conflict arises, and also the truth can be manipulated by the
power holders in their favor. Nowadays, there is a situation related to the
recent presidential elections in the United States and reflected through a
testimonial of a lady in Michigan justifying her vote. And also, the case of Gloria
Greggory, the guard’s wife of Nelson Mandela, exemplifies both of these negative political positions.
Testimonial #1
On October of 2016, the presidential
elections of the United States took place, having as candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. American
citizens had no idea of who was going to win the elections because the number
of people in favor of each one of them was very similar. However, on November 8th,
the news of Donald Trump elected as the president of the United States
appeared, causing questions and doubts in everyone around the world. So, www.humansofnewyork.com started asking
American citizens to justify their votes. One of them was a testimonial given
by a lady in Michigan who justified her vote for Donald Trump, she said, “Don’t
get me wrong, I want everyone to get along. And I don’t want to sound racist.
But they are coming into our country. If you ask me, that makes them racist.
There is something going on with the Muslims and Latinos. There is a lot we
don’t know about. They have a game plan. They want my grandchildren to work for
them. They want all the business. I’m hoping he can do something about it. We
need someone to say no.” As you can see, power holders can change anything in
their favor and there is always the necessity to blame someone or in other
words, to find a joker, when she talked about Muslims and Latinos.
Testimonial #2
Between the years 1955 and 1994, the Apartheid occurred, which
means “segregation” and basically was a separation of whites and blacks. There
is a movie called “Goodbye Bafana” based on the apartheid and in Nelson
Mandela’s life in prison. The next is a testimonial taken from the script of
the movie in the scene in which Gloria Greggory tries to justify the apartheid
system to her husband: “They don’t want to share this country with us. They
hate us! If they had it their way, they’d drive every single person into the
sea. They’d leave us with nothing. Not even the clothes on our backs.” Like in
testimonial #1, the power holders tend to hide the truth and deceive people
because on the movie, Africa had done a treaty, but they kept it and it was
prohibited, only authorized personnel could read it. The treaty was based on
equality and harmony between blacks and whites. The necessity to blame someone
is also seen. Whites thought black people where bad thanks to the information
given by the power holders. Later in the movie, people realized, including
Gloria, that blacks had no negative intention towards them.
References:
- Movie: "Goodbye Bafana"
- Humans of New York. (n.d.). Retrieved December 09, 2016, from http://www.humansofnewyork.com/
- (www.dw.com), D. W. (n.d.). How to make sense of US presidential election polls | US presidential elections 2016: What do I need to know? | DW.COM | 09.09.2016. Retrieved December 09, 2016, from http://www.dw.com/en/how-to-make-sense-of-us-presidential-election-polls/a-19539117
- APARTHEID - G6DH1314 Desmond Tutu. (n.d.). Retrieved December 09, 2016, from https://sites.google.com/site/g6dh1314desmondtutu/sobre-los-derechos-humanos/sobre-apartheid
- FBI Director Comey Accused of Interfering in US Presidential Election. - Steohen Lendman. October 31, 2016. Retrieved December 09, 2016, from http://www.globalresearch.ca/fbi-director-comey-accused-of-interfering-in-us-presidential-election/5554149
Images:
1. Retrived from: http://www.dw.com/en/how-to-make-sense-of-us-presidential-election-polls/a-19539117
2. Retrived from: http://www.globalresearch.ca/fbi-director-comey-accused-of-interfering-in-us-presidential-election/5554149
3. Retrived from: https://sites.google.com/site/g6dh1314desmondtutu/sobre-los-derechos-humanos/sobre-apartheid
4. Retrived from: http://www.humansofnewyork.com/