Summer Blog Post 2

This blog post will be in the form of a newspaper article from the point of view of an immigrant Mexican protesting against Donald Trump’s speech.

I have recently heard that Donald Trump has announced that he is running for the 2016 presidential elections. In his presidential election announcement speech, he basically targeted every race except the white. I emigrated from Mexico when I was 11 years old with my parents. I am now 22 years old and work as a construction worker. While watching this speech, I heard an entire group of people, my people, be generalized and reduced to drug lords, rapists, and criminals. My drug is my work. I work every day for 12 hours nonstop. I do not have time to rape or distribute drugs. I do not understand how a man can run for president of a country if he does not acknowledge the backbone of that country. Mr. Trump, who do you think builds your beach houses and fixes your sports cars and serves you at your 5 star restaurants? I would hope that they are not rapists or criminals. Being in the 21^st century, I assumed that stupid and ignorant generalizations were something of the past. I assumed that we can stop categorizing one country negatively because of the actions of a few. In one of Mr. Trumps later speeches, he proclaimed Mexico as “the enemy”. As far as I know, Mexico and the United States are not enemies. This country would be in absolute ruins if it is handed to someone who is not aware of simple politics and attempts to implement his ignorant and right wing opinion on the general public. 

Summer Blog Post 1

This blog post will be in the form of a letter to the CEO of target regarding their new “trophy” T-shirts.

Dear Brian Cornell, CEO of Target,

Target has always been one of my favorite shopping places. It’s affordable and of decent quality and I have always appreciated your commitment to pleasing a wide variety of shoppers. With that being said, I ran into a problem last Thursday. I was shopping through the women’s section when I ran into a black T-shirt. On it in big letters was the word “trophy” in all capital letters. At first I was confused as to what this might mean. It could mean that the woman is precious and her own trophy. Considering the fact that this is from your bridal line, I think there is another meaning. You are relating to the woman as the man’s trophy, as his prize and his inanimate object. Just with this one word, you have brought down the worth and meaning of a woman significantly. She is no longer a strong and independent woman. She is now in need of a man in order to increase her wealth and status. Mr. Cornell, we women are not objects. We cannot be bought, sold, or disposed of. You have easily demeaned us and objectified us. I would guess that there isn’t a shirt in the men’s section with the word “trophy” or the words “bank” on them. When young girls see this shirt, they will assume that their goal in life is to please men and their worth is based on if they are pretty in a man’s arm. With the amount of money your company makes, I would suggest hiring some intelligent graphic designers for your new clothing. And let’s be real: if I were a trophy wife, I wouldn’t shop at target.