Throughout my research on different political topics I dug into
the history of different debates and where they were sprouting from. Each
political controversy has an underlying history that contributed to the
outcomes. Congress tries, or hopefully, tries to make structures that help
benefit the people of the nation. Many times, just as I explored in the gun
debate, laws are created from a new born freedom and the fear of being
re-oppressed. Current events in history change the way the American people
think when drafting legislations, thus creating problems in the future when
society evolves.
There will always be a fresh news story in
the headlines or a re occurring topic that can't be settled. Whichever, the
case, you can always find the root of the problem and see how it has developed
over time. There are multiple interpretations and opinions in the sub topics of
politics and by breaking apart the history of these debates you can discover
the sociological structures behind them. By relating the structures of politics
to the structures of humans, I saw a pattern form between groups of people.
These groups, or major parties, are divided into what is most well known as
democrats and republicans. Each political party has a certain "way of
living" that is stigmatized into each individual. When I broke apart each
political piece, I would research what each party represented and why they held
such beliefs. Through this, I've discovered that many times the republican side is more corporate and conservative,
however, I also realized that the democratic party tends to favor minorities because of the increased votes they then can
receive. Each party in relation to the topics I studied were relevant because
of their reactions to the laws, which gave me a better idea of the behavior each
party presented.
Not only was I just analyzing a political
piece, but I was examining it through a sociological lens that viewed state and
society together and how they function as a whole. Our world is built around
politics, and I discovered that we need an individual to take control and
create laws that will keep our society in order. I also noticed that if the
people of America are in complete odds with a legislation formed, then they
also come up with creative ways to express such disapproval. Such as, the
Berkeley bake sale, which demonstrated each students' political view and how
they felt about the laws placed. The Affirmative Action was created only a
couple years after segregation formally ended, which helped benefit the
degraded African Americans. I came to the conclusion, however, that years later
we can see that such laws are no longer needed and can create a sort of counter
racism. We wouldn't have thought that way so many years ago when the law was
first enacted, but since society evolved, so has our ways of thinking. Yes,
racism still exists today, but not with such severity as when segregation was
named constitutional. Through different legislations, one can see the social
change that occurred from when a law was first establish to when it starts to
fade in society.
In conclusion, one should not fear
politics. I have lost my sense of uneasiness through learning of the different
political topics, and found my own voice in the crazy soundtrack. I faced
politics head on and learned so much through my research that I feel as though
I can participate in it more openly in society. Through my developed opinions
on many debates, I learned the beginnings of this topic and how it affects our
society sociologically. You can't just study politics head on, you have to
study an individual part of it, like its structures, and then progress from
there. Through the first step, I have uncovered the basics of political science
and how it develops in relation to society.
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