WHAT IS CITIZENSHIP?
Being an immigrant to the most diverse country, United States has taught me what a privilege being a citizen is. I came to know, for an immigrant like me, what opportunities being a citizen to this country would have been brought to me. It also reminds me of what I could have done on my part to carry out my duties to this country- by which I specifically mean voting the right people to power who would promote common people to their welfare in all its meaning instead of buttering up the rich class.
Citizenship as it is defined by the online dictionaries mean the state of being vested with the rights, privileges and duties of a citizen. But looking at the state of the current society, which has been affected so much in the past and into the present, it was clear we needed to step up our game of playing a citizen and the recent midterms were a shocking addition to the years old of our golden history and also our generation’s biggest slam to the older ones.
Citizenship is not just being a puppet, waiting to be played by the government like it was in the early ’90s. In 2018, we all know better than being a puppet, sitting at work, working to just get the minimum wage and go home. We now know better. We know when to protest and when to fight for us. There has been just so much issues starting from the misogyny that stopped Hillary Clinton from becoming the first Madam President of the greater capitalist society almost makes us cringe. Despite all the good promises she made, a far-left republican, misogynist and someone who spreads bigotry and hate in public went to Oval Office to carry out the mind-boggling job of a President.
Citizenship is about understanding how to make the democracy work in favor of us. It is about understanding the privilege of being one and also doing what it requires us to do- participate. Participating in civic engagement is a great way to start about one’s citizenship. A role that could have avoided the mishap of 2016’s election. Surely to the young generations citizenship doesn’t really mean much but there’s a chance that the increasing ethnic, racial, cultural, religious, and language diversity in our country will probably be the next game-changer, changing our role as a active citizen as we keep learning and accepting people the way they are. To experience democracy and freedom in all its forms, we must unite and around a set of democratic values such as justice and equality that balance unity and diversity and protect the rights of our large diverse community. Because we are indeed the descendant of the people who promotes welfare for everyone.
Citizenship as it is defined by the online dictionaries mean the state of being vested with the rights, privileges and duties of a citizen. But looking at the state of the current society, which has been affected so much in the past and into the present, it was clear we needed to step up our game of playing a citizen and the recent midterms were a shocking addition to the years old of our golden history and also our generation’s biggest slam to the older ones.
Citizenship is not just being a puppet, waiting to be played by the government like it was in the early ’90s. In 2018, we all know better than being a puppet, sitting at work, working to just get the minimum wage and go home. We now know better. We know when to protest and when to fight for us. There has been just so much issues starting from the misogyny that stopped Hillary Clinton from becoming the first Madam President of the greater capitalist society almost makes us cringe. Despite all the good promises she made, a far-left republican, misogynist and someone who spreads bigotry and hate in public went to Oval Office to carry out the mind-boggling job of a President.
Citizenship is about understanding how to make the democracy work in favor of us. It is about understanding the privilege of being one and also doing what it requires us to do- participate. Participating in civic engagement is a great way to start about one’s citizenship. A role that could have avoided the mishap of 2016’s election. Surely to the young generations citizenship doesn’t really mean much but there’s a chance that the increasing ethnic, racial, cultural, religious, and language diversity in our country will probably be the next game-changer, changing our role as a active citizen as we keep learning and accepting people the way they are. To experience democracy and freedom in all its forms, we must unite and around a set of democratic values such as justice and equality that balance unity and diversity and protect the rights of our large diverse community. Because we are indeed the descendant of the people who promotes welfare for everyone.