http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2014/2014/11/05/black-senators-make-history/18481235/
After the Midterm elections, two black senators from both the Democratic and Republican parties have been elected. Since 1870, only 9 senators have served in the Senate and hopefully with the election of these two men that number will increase. Many also believe that the traditional Senate demographic of old white men will also begin to bend and that maybe a new trend will start.
I think that it is good to have minorities represented in the Senate so that they have their voices heard too. I think it is even better that one of the men is from the deep south because that might mean that racism is waning in the traditional racist hot spot. I also think that USA Today is making too big of a deal out of this too because, in the words of Morgan Freeman (God), "The only way to stop racism is to stop talking about it." (it went something like that I think).
I agree with Jared! I think that this is such a monumental move, especially in the deep-southern states. I will be interested to see if minorities will truly be more and better represented because of these new leaders!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great move for this country, especially since it is coming from a former slave state. I am actually surprised that the number is this low. Hopefully, this will spark the interest in politics of minority students all across the nation so that the will of the people is accurately represented in Washington.
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