The article I chose is “What Black People Hear When Donald Trump Asks for Their Vote” by Jamelle Bouie. It shows the underlying tone Trump ensues in his campaigns and tweets. In class we are studying the effects the media has on politics and this article is a perfect example. Trump tweets many statements and all he says for campaigning is televised and publicized. “The Democratic Party has failed and betrayed the African-American community. Democratic crime policies, education policies, and economic policies have produced only more crime, more broken homes, and more poverty,” Trump said in a recent speech in Milwaukee. Bouie explains how this quote, and many of Trump's others, treat black Americans as mere objects. He furthers this by stating that black Americans are political actors making choices based on their interests as they see them, but Trump (and in general, most politicians) treat black people like they are all dupes. This is very relevant because we are currently in the 2016 presidential election and it’s a very unique one. The African American population is about 41.7 million and Trump is a very well know man nationally and globally, so this article affects a lot of people. And all people should care about the subject matter of this article because it’s an example of how the oppression of African Americans as early as the 1500’s affects today, treating black people as if they are dupes of the government/powerful white people.
Why is Trump so confident he can drastically decrease crime rates across the US?
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