myTakes: Society & Politics

This myTake is a extension of the previous myTake . Another definition to help you guys understand: Rape culture is a sociological concept for a setting in which rape is pervasive and normalized due to societal...

Spain, a country known nowadays for its lovely beaches, great food, debt and colonialist past. But although spain may seem like a country that has left behind its dark past, this is far from true. Infact, Spain has a...

I am a light skinned Hispanic. There are many people like myself. My ancestry consists of white people and brown people. In olden times, I would have been labeled a "Castizo," which, according to the extremely racist...

When it comes to generations of people, we usually group them into four catergories, the “greatest generation”, the “baby boomers”, the “millennials” and “Generation Z”. But we often forget about “Generation X”....

An Open Letter to the Haters. Dear Haters: You downrate those whose opinion dont gel with yours. If your point of view, meme, or any cited media source, or citation, you dont agree with, you down rate, you mock,...

Hi everyone :) I'm from Canada, and would like to take this opportunity to present some interesting things about Canada that not everyone may know. Enjoy! 1. We have a lot of poutine, and it's amazing For a long time,...

I'll start by saying something that those of you who have have seen me around will already know. I do not pull my punches and I'm not planning on sugarcoating for the sake of being more politically correct. That said...

The Kavanaugh case is an excellent example. Dr. Ford claims Brett Kavanaugh assaulted her. Instantly, people were clamoring for him to be removed from the nomination to Supreme Court. Clamoring for his career and public...

And its time for another Mytake from.. legalboxers... The US Supreme Court.. Highest Court in the Land!!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States But. Where and how did they loose its...

Sorry folks.. MAGA wasn't started by Trump.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_America_Great_Again "Let's Make America Great Again" was first used in President Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign, when the...

For an over a course of a year, we seen a major shift in policies, and parts of the rights of minorities, blacks, and women. bygone are the strides and advances made here. Because a group of individuals believe they...

And its time for another chapter of "Are we going to repeat history".... https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-urges-americans-to-build-bomb-shelters President John F. Kennedy, speaking on civil defense,...

Hey folks, its me again... Bringing up stuff which we forgot from the past which we choose not to remember... https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iran-contra-scandal-unravels Eugene Hasenfus is captured by troops...

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/east-and-west-germany-reunite-after-45-years The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer, pronounced [bɛʁˈliːnɐ ˈmaʊ̯ɐ] ( listen)) was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and...

Im sure we remember this. June 17,1994, my senior year of high school. I was laying on my couch after watching a playoff game.. And this is on my screen.... The Juice... OJ Simpson....murdering his ex wife and new man.......

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/01/649701669/the-american-dream-is-harder-to-find-in-some-neighborhoods You want what your parents had. Well good luck in getting that!! As the article states... People born in the 1940s or...

We read FAR too much these days about how we, in the west, 'must' act towards recent immigrants, for fear of offending their culture. However, very little is said about the many, many ways in which our OWN culture can...