Reach Out!!

Upon Reading Save America - she needs all the help

From Government: A Student's Perspective

Firstly, I do not deny the greatness of what The United States have achieved in the course of its history and amount of contribution to the better of the world. However, from taking this class and the history of the United States at ACC, I have learned (I am very history-ignorant person, a Electrical Engineering major who had absolutely no whatsoever interest in either history nor government) that there exist such a horror, an abject history behind a lot of success of the United States.

The subject of slavery and the Blacks of course, is topic number one when talking about subject of inequality. Although much has been changed and the degree of such inequality is less, even today one can not say that all blacks are treated equal. Perhaps it is the history of slavery and considering them the “inferior race” is the cause of it.

In any case, however, as they say “the world is unfair” and I agree. If it is fair to some, it will be unfair to others, and vice versa. Perhaps compromise can be reached to a certain extend for fairness, but a complete fairness can never be reached. One’s gain is other’s loss; when one becomes rich and lead a comfortable life, someone else will become poor. Yes, as you have said, “The national government has to step up and fix these problems”, but I think otherwise. Government can help, but only to a limited extend. It must be the people who reach out and work their way up not the other way round. As there is an old saying, to help someone, you do not provide them with the fish, but instead teach them how to fish.