{"id":16525,"date":"2024-03-20T03:19:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T03:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/do-you-agree-with-nikki-haleys-claim-that-the-united-states-has-never-been-a-racist-country\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T03:19:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T03:19:42","slug":"do-you-agree-with-nikki-haleys-claim-that-the-united-states-has-never-been-a-racist-country","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/do-you-agree-with-nikki-haleys-claim-that-the-united-states-has-never-been-a-racist-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you agree with Nikki Haley&#8217;s claim that the United States has &#8220;never been a racist country&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Topic<\/span>: Do you agree with Nikki Haley&#8217;s claim that the United States has &#8220;never been a racist country&#8221;?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Read and think about these two articles we will call 1)<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Haley<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(technically, Chelsea Bailey wrote the article, but it&#8217;s basically Haley in her own words, so we&#8217;ll call it &#8220;Haley&#8221; for short), and 2)<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Cardona<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Nikki Haley in her own words: Why America \u2018has never been a racist country\u2019<\/span>.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>By Chelsea Bailey, CNN, Fri January 19, 2024<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">please call this article simply &#8220;Haley&#8221; in your essay<\/em>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">OPINION: The source of Nikki Haley\u2019s racial blind spot.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>By Maria Cardona, TheHill.com, January 22, 2024<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">please call this article simply &#8220;Cardona&#8221; in your essay<\/em>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(The text of both articles is on this page below the assignment explanation.)<\/em><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">One article just parrots Haley word for word, and since we don&#8217;t have an article that Haley herself wrote on this subject, we&#8217;ll treat it as &#8220;her&#8221; essay. &nbsp;The other essay talks about what Haley&#8217;s arguments overlook.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1) Give the major argument(s) for BOTH articles (Haley and Cardona). &nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Haley argues that the US is not a racist country. &nbsp;How? &nbsp;Grasp her arguments and paraphrase them in your own words as strongly as you can.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Cardona argues that &#8220;Haley&#8217;s answer was dead wrong.&#8221; &nbsp;How? &nbsp;Grasp her arguments and paraphrase them in your own words as strongly as you can.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(Do NOT summarize the entire articles; you won&#8217;t have enough space.)<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(6 points each, 12 points total.)<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2) What do you think? &nbsp;Choose the ONE commentator you agree OR disagree with more, and why.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(6 points. &nbsp;If you can&#8217;t choose either, explain why.)<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">3) Why do you think Haley said this? Based upon your reading of the articles, what was her motive?<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(2 points)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Structure the essay like this with separate paragraphs:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Intro paragraph<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>establishing what Haley said in her campaign speeches\/interviews, that this caused some debate, and that you will be talking about Haley&#8217;s and Cardona&#8217;s arguments and then finishing with your opinions. &nbsp;(I must see where this essay is going by the last sentence of this paragraph.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Paragraph<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>describing Haley&#8217;s arguments in your own words.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Paragraph<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>describing Cardona&#8217;s arguments in your own words.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Paragraph<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>describing your opinions about one article&#8217;s arguments, informed by its arguments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Paragraph<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>speculating as to why you think Haley said what she said, and finally a short concluding sentence or two<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">wrapping things up.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"margin-top: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<h2 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 1.8em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Criteria for Success<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What I&#8217;m looking for:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I want to see a<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">calm<\/strong>, accurate restating<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of 1) Haley&#8217;s AND 2) Cardona&#8217;s main argument(s) in your own words. &nbsp;In your essay, to shrink your word count you may simply say, &#8220;Haley argues&#8230;.&#8221;, &#8220;Cardona says&#8230;&#8221; etc. &nbsp;I know who they are, and don&#8217;t need any further background information, so save words.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I want to see a<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">calm<\/strong>, thoughtful write-up<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>about what you think about ONE of these articles (for example, cite the argument you agree most with), and why. &nbsp;If you can&#8217;t agree\/disagree with either author, explain why in detail.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I want to see a thoughtful response to a classmate that is also civil in tone.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I want to see paragraphs. &nbsp;This is an essay, not a blog post or a YouTube comment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I want to see college-level writing in tone and organization.&nbsp; That means you make an outline before writing, then proofread after you write, and finally use Grammarly or Microsoft Word&#8217;s spell checker to check writing mechanics (i.e., spelling, grammar, punctuation). &nbsp;Be careful NOT to overrely on Grammarly (e.g., letting it adjust your writing<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">tone<\/em>) or it may trip my AI checker. &nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">AI-generated submissions will get a zero score and\/or an F in the course.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I want to see basic writing conventions followed in terms of grammar, spelling, punctuation etc. &nbsp;Writing mechanics constitute 10 of your 20 points maximum, so submissions that are clearly unproofread jobs written at the last minute will only get half credit.&nbsp; See Grading Rubric below for specific points allocations and deductions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What I&#8217;m NOT looking for:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I DON&#8217;T want an<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>overview<\/i><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;of the structure<\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of the articles.&nbsp; I just want the main&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">argument(s) that are related to this assignment&nbsp;<\/em>calmly summarized.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I DON&#8217;T want a first draft all in one paragraph that reads like a blog post, that was hurriedly dashed off in one sitting without proofreading or spell-checking.&nbsp; Do due diligence, and don&#8217;t leave this essay to the last minute.&nbsp; I can tell if you did.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">TEXT OF THE ARTICLES, FOLLOWED BY GRADING RUBRIC:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Nikki Haley in her own words: Why America \u2018has never been a racist country\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">By Chelsea Bailey, CNN, Fri January 19, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/01\/19\/politics\/nikki-haley-why-america-isnt-racist\/index.html<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px -1px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has drawn praise and criticism this week for her claim that the United States \u201chas never been a racist country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">At a CNN town hall Thursday night, host Jake Tapper asked the Republican presidential candidate to clarify what she meant by the remark, noting that slavery was enshrined in the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Haley responded she truly believes \u201cour Founding Fathers had the best of intentions when they started and we fixed it along the way.\u201d<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Here\u2019s a look at how the Haley\u2019s response has evolved over the last week:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2018We\u2019ve never been a racist country\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">On Tuesday, the former governor gave an interview on Fox News where she was asked to respond to an MSNBC host\u2019s comments about the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Fox News host Brian Kilmeade asked Haley if she was \u201cinvolved in a racist party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Haley responded, \u201cWe\u2019re not a racist country, Brian. We\u2019ve never been a racist country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u201cOur goal is to make sure that today is better than yesterday. Are we perfect? No. But our goal is to always make sure we try and be more perfect every day that we can. I know I faced racism when I was growing up. But I can tell you, today is a lot better than it was then. Our goal is to lift up everybody. Not go and divide people on race or gender or party or anything else. We\u2019ve had enough of that in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A campaign spokesman for Haley later reiterated the former governor\u2019s position, telling CNN:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u201cAmerica has always had racism, but America has never been a racist country. The liberal media always fails to get that distinction. It can throw a fit, but that doesn\u2019t change Nikki\u2019s belief that America is special because its people are always striving to do better and live up to our founding ideals of freedom and equality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2018National self-loathing\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">After Haley\u2019s remark on Fox News sparked a national discussion about the legacy of slavery and racism in the United States, Jake Tapper pressed Haley on her stance at a town hall in New Hampshire Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u201cI understand that you don\u2019t think America is a racist country now but \u2026 do you really think as a historical matter America has never been a racist country?\u201d Tapper asked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Here\u2019s Haley\u2019s response, in full:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u201cI will tell you, when you look at the Declaration of Independence, it was that \u2018men are created equal\u2019 with unalienable rights, right? That is what we all knew.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8220;But what I look at it as, is I was a brown girl that grew up in a small rural town. We had plenty of racism that we had to deal with. But my parents never said we lived in a racist country. And I\u2019m so thankful that they didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8220;Because for every brown and Black child out there, if you tell them they live or born in a racist country, you\u2019re immediately telling them they don\u2019t have a chance. And my parents would always say, \u2018You may have challenges. And yes, there will be people who are racist. But that doesn\u2019t define what you can do in this country.\u2019 And so, I think it is important that we tell all kids that, \u2018Look, America is not perfect, we have our stains, we know that, but our goal should always be to make today better than yesterday. It\u2019s hugely important.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8220;And that\u2019s the problem that I have. We have too many people with this national self-loathing \u2013 it is killing our country. We have got to go back to loving America.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8220;We are blessed because that little brown girl in that small, rural town in South Carolina, she grew up to become the first female minority governor in history. She then went on to become UN Ambassador and now she\u2019s running for president of the United States. I want every brown and Black child to see that and say, \u2018No, I don\u2019t live in a country that was formed on racism. I live in a country where they wanted all people to be equal. And to make sure that they have life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">After brief applause, Tapper again pressed Haley, noting she was discussing the ideals of the United States, but that the country was founded \u201cinstitutionally on many racist precepts, including slavery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u201cBut when you look at, it said, \u2018all men are created equal,\u2019\u201d Haley said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u201cI think the intent, the intent was to do the right thing. Now, did they have to go fix it along the way? Yes. But I don\u2019t think the intent was ever that we were going to be a racist country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8220;The intent was everybody was going to be created equally. And as we went through time, they fixed the things that were not, \u2018all men are created equal.\u2019 They made sure women became equal too. All of these things happened over time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8220;But I refuse to believe that the premise of when they formed our country was based on the fact that it was a racist country to start with. I refuse to believe that. I have to know, in my heart and in everybody\u2019s heart, that we live in the best country in the world, and we are a work in progress. And we have a long way to go to fix all of our little kinks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8220;But I truly believe our Founding Fathers had the best of intentions when they started and we fixed it along the way. And we should always look at it that way.\u201d<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>ENDS<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">OPINION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The source of Nikki Haley\u2019s racial blind spot<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">BY MARIA CARDONA, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR &#8211; 01\/22\/24<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/campaign\/4421595-the-source-of-nikki-haleys-racial-blind-spot\/<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px -1px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Nikki Haley is a child of immigrants. So when the former South Carolina governor stated that America has \u201cnever been a racist country,\u201d she was right \u2014 if you look at it the way most immigrants see the promise of the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">But as someone who is seeking election to the highest office in the land, to lead the most diverse country in the world, Haley\u2019s answer was dead wrong, and it makes her unfit to occupy such a position.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">As an immigrant myself, whose family came to this country when I was 2 years old, I grew up with the same sentiments Haley described in her incomplete answer. My parents came here because they saw the potential to get ahead, for us kids to get a quality education, have a brighter future and do anything we set our minds to. This promise was not afforded to us in our home country of Colombia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Growing up, my parents flew the American flag proudly every July Fourth on our front porch, voted in every election after becoming naturalized citizens and always spoke with admiration and awe about being blessed to be able to raise their children in the greatest country in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Meanwhile, at work, my father, an engineer for the phone company, was called \u201cwetback\u201d behind his back and was resented when he got promoted over his peers. I was made fun of when I spoke Spanish in front of my friends and was often asked if my father was a drug lord. But my father never let that set him back or keep him from working twice as hard to prove he was just as good (or better) than his white counterparts. And he and my mother instilled nothing but pride in us about our language, our heritage and our culture \u2014 while at the same time never letting us forget how lucky we were to call ourselves American.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Haley missed a golden opportunity to lead smartly and boldly on the issue of race. She could have simply acknowledged that the country has had a brutal racist past that cannot and should not be ignored \u2014 but that what makes great leaders is doing better than those who came before and seeking to unify the country based on the ideals and idea of America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">She could have then spoken beautifully about how she was raised, the experiences she went through, the racism she encountered and how that gives her unique insight into how to bring people together on this issue, instead of dividing the country by weaponizing the very racism she is denying exists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Haley also missed a unique opportunity to set herself apart from former President Trump, who uses racism and xenophobia to keep his stranglehold on his MAGA base. Real American leaders acknowledge our painful past and offer a different path to those who follow them and to those they are seeking to lead. Haley has not been able to do that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For her own edification, she should remember that the Founders \u2014 many of whom were slave owners \u2014 wrote a Constitution that counted slaves as three-fifths of a person. The leaders that followed passed many laws and edicts based on racism and xenophobia \u2014 the Fugitive Slave laws, the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Indian Removal Act<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px -1px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of 1830, the \u201c<a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Greaser Act<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px -1px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u201d of 1855, the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Chinese Exclusion Act<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px -1px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of 1882,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Jim Crow<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px -1px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>laws, the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Indian termination policy<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px -1px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a>, the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Japanese-American Internment Act<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px -1px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of 1942,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Operation \u201cWetback\u201d<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px -1px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>in 1954,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">poll taxes<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px -1px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>\u2014 the list goes on and on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Trump announced his candidacy by calling Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals. During his term, he imposed the Muslim Ban, eviscerated our asylum laws, reduced legal immigration to record lows and instituted the migrant child separation policy. He has promised to do all of these and more, including getting rid of birthright citizenship, if reelected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">This is the history \u2014 and future intentions of her main GOP rival \u2014 Haley needs to understand and acknowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In fact, she has done the opposite. Even in the face of Trump\u2019s xenophobic attacks \u2014 using Haley\u2019s Indian birth name of \u201cNimarata\u201d and misspelling it \u201cNimrata\u201d \u2014 Trump is demonstrating that the country\u2019s racist history is not history at all. If it were, those putrid antics would not work to rile up more support for him, and even get more people to vote against her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Many think that if Haley had gone full throttle against Trump on his racism and xenophobia and had been honest about the country\u2019s difficult racist past, she would not be in a position of (some) momentum going into the New Hampshire primary. I would argue the opposite is true.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">When Haley was asked if she belonged to a racist party and answered that we do not live in a racist country, she opened the floodgates that now are drowning her. She could have simply answered that racism is a dark part of our history but that true leaders seek to rise above that past, unify the country around our shared values, not divide us based on our biases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">She could then have waxed poetic about her upbringing as a child of Indian immigrants and how she was raised \u2014 as my brothers and I were \u2014 to see the best in this country and in each other and always strive to be our best selves. She could describe how her parents, like mine, taught her to try to make this country better and the American dream more accessible for everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Instead, Haley again tried to have it both ways: to kowtow to Trump\u2019s MAGA base, taking care not to offend him or any of those who traffic in racism and xenophobia, while trying to differentiate herself from Trump in a milquetoasty but meaningful way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Haley fails miserably at both and demonstrates why someone who cannot acknowledge America\u2019s racist and xenophobic past, and its ongoing challenges with racism and anti-immigrant sentiment at present, is unfit to unify this great country in common purpose for a better future for all. 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Read and think about these two articles we will call 1)&nbsp;Haley&nbsp;(technically, Chelsea Bailey wrote the article, but it&#8217;s basically Haley in her own words, so we&#8217;ll call it &#8220;Haley&#8221; for short), and 2)&nbsp;Cardona.&nbsp; Nikki Haley in her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[36],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/16525"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/16525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=16525"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=16525"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=16525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}