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Kaepernick’S Kneel: A Misinterpretation Of A Movement, Meghan Costello
Kaepernick’S Kneel: A Misinterpretation Of A Movement, Meghan Costello
3690: A Journal of First-Year Student Research Writing
Overview: I am most proud of singing the national anthem. It gave me the opportunity to share my musical gift, building my confidence along the way. I performed the national anthem for over thirty athletic events. I sang for a men’s regional hockey game, a women’s regional volleyball game, three men’s regional volleyball games and for women’s basketball and men’s football games. Every time I sang the national anthem, I felt full. It became an important song to me and a reminder of principal memories. As an influential song to me and many others, it was absurd that athletes abused …
The New Right: The Blue-Collar Ideological Shift Towards A Conservative Populism, Julia Detmer
The New Right: The Blue-Collar Ideological Shift Towards A Conservative Populism, Julia Detmer
3690: A Journal of First-Year Student Research Writing
Overview: “Make America Great Again” the populist rally cry of the 2016 Election was championed by none other than now President Donald J. Trump. His appeal to the populist blue-collar working class was shocking to some, but historically not unexpected. His promise to bring back manufacturing jobs to the United States by having “fair trade” resonated with the disenfranchised working class who felt once again left out politically, socially, and economically by the government and its seemingly progressive state. This promise however was not original. Ronald Reagan, the Republican “messiah” campaigned on this saying, attempting to restore hope in the …