Why america is self segregating

Project 3 essay

Human Difference

In “Why America is Self-Segregating,” Danah Boyd traces back at the unraveling historical institutions through which the Americans achieved. These institutions are the Higher Education and the US military. Danah asks a question on how trends gearing on personalization of content on social media continue in fragmenting Americans along ideological lines. Since the United States has remained diverse but a segregated country, it has shaped the Americans politics though they have been grappling with divergent opinions and view, experience and political ideologies to function as a country. Most institutions in the United States force individuals to encounter differences which do not produce results and tolerance in healthy resolution hence oppression and enslaving of people by others on basis of difference. According to Danah, when individuals sign up, they are given promises of training and job opportunities where individual motivations vary tremendously and the aspects of signing up the lead to diversification (p 6)

In response to this and since this diversifications are as a result of differences in races, I will argue that the US military should wage war against prejudice which is not an easy task. The end of this difference will eventually create trust among the soldiers who will be willing to do what it takes in the protection of the rest of the unit.

In my opinion, morale should be raised as the main reason as to why soldiers should not be forced to entrust their lives to people who are not the same to them. In the article, Danah alerts the reader that, the American Military does not offer justification and the broader interest is towards growing the military. Lack of justification results to the military commanders being forced to break down barriers to teamwork and to gel a group of individuals whose values, politics, ideologies, and demographics are varied as the countries and as a result, this diversification produces a tremendous amount of conflict.

Danah explores the theme of the language used by young people how the language is understood in the historical dynamics of segregation in the US (p 9). Danah through his article encourages the reader to think about the rhetoric that is used currently in parallel to earlier times for example; how the employment of safety is done as a way of marking turf and segmenting the population

Danah argues that residential life in most universities is often in the business of student therapy as students have complained about their dorm mates and roommates. Therefore learning how to negotiate diversity and conflicts just like in the military is tremendously useful in social fabric sewing (p 11) Danah says that the US higher education has historically offered a social network diversification with the belief of increasing job prospects. However, I would like to argue that working and encountering through diverse experiences and perspectives is a tough task, emotionally exhausting and uncomfortable.

“The Other Side Is Not Dumb” by Sean Blanda asserts that people way of thinking may not be wrong. He asks the readers to do an evaluation of themselves and carry out a determination of their views on hot subjects. In his argument, Blanda gives an appeal to the reader to have an inner sense of curiosity when he mentions Trump. Blanda states that the false consensus basis is the idea that everyone is like us (p 2).

He argues that individuals should be themselves and should think for themselves. He requests them to assess the opposing views of others giving the reader an expertise impression of a subject matter.

The author wants the reader to start feeling emotional where the reader`s attention is caught in the title by stating that “The Other Side Is Not Dumb”. Blanda argues that our friends can blindside us and with time we tend to believe that we are not different from them. In consideration of online discourse productivity and the behavior of social media, Blanda helps us understand that the other side is just as educated and informed as us.

. He attempts to have the reader be involved in the determination of where they lie logically and to look at different points of view. He asks the reader to compare themselves to those who watch a particular show and determine if they have similar grounds. Blanda attempts the reader to apply logic, reasoning and think. He gives his claim a back up by using names like Washington Post to indicate that the public no longer cares that the articles they read are not accurate (p 4).

Blanda creates awareness to the reader that, if he/she finds himself/ herself in a discussion involving disagreements, he should not try to convince or win or to mock your peers to score but instead you should try to lose. He argues that before sharing a link on social media about current events, one should ask herself/himself the reason as to why he/ she wants to do it.

In my argument and response, I find the article very useful in bridging the differences we have and I tend to give it a credit. It tries to use emotions for you to consider how the other side feels. The use of logic and reasoning is beneficial in considering how the other side feels and I can term this article to address a current issue which happens in all social forms of social media.

By addressing the reader to stop making false comments on social media, Blanda addresses the very danger of false communication where we pass falsehoods back and forth central part of the uninformed group.

Work cited Blanda, Sean. “The “Other Side” Is Not Dumb.” https://medium.com/@SeanBlanda/the-other-side-is-not-dumb-2670c1294063. September 25, 2018. Boyd, Danah. “Why America Is Self-Segregating.” https://points.datasociety.net/why-america-is-self-segregating-d881a39273ab . January 5, 2017.

The major reading is

1.“The ‘Other Side’ is not Dumb” by Sean Blanda

2.“Why America is Self-Segregating” by Danah Boyd

3.“Howard University Commencement Speech” by Barack Obama