Week9_SophieXie_A03

This week's theme is how politics influences discrimination. In the reading "Barack Obama as the post-racial candidate for a post-racial America: perspectives from Asian America and Hawai'i" by Jonathan Y. Okamura, the author talked about Barack Obama with "post-racism." As the first African-American President in the history of the United States, Obama claimed he was born in Hawaii and was part of the Asian and Pacific Islander minority group. Barack Obama was a successful president and people loved him. There's no doubt that he cared about minority groups since himself is a part of them. He created a nice atmosphere for this entire society to have less racism against colored people. However, for the current President Donald Trump, he is promoting racism in a way that white privilege is showing again. He has been tweeting like a racist so much on the internet and potentially has raised discrimination against minority groups again. But I think he is telling the truth. I think Trump is actually pointing out how real racism or "post-racism" still is in this country, and we are the ones who have to tale actions and try to eliminate it. A president is still just one human being; he can't solve any problem for us, especially if this is such a deep problem that has bothered a country from its start. Politics and blow different winds and move the surface of the ocean and create waves, but the water deep down is alway still. We the people are the ones who can built currents and really change these waters. This is why we should keep fighting for equality till the word equality does not mean anything to anyone anymore.

(it took me sometime to think about this article seriously)

Question: Do you think the real equality is achievable? To what extent is it possible to achieve?