On Raising the Muwekma Flag at Foothill College
I have class assingment to consider what benefit the Muwekma Flag Raising on the Foothill Campus will have to the Muwekma Tribe. However, I’d first like to answer another question; what benefit will it have to us? In America, we are standing at a crossroads. In the news and in social media, we are constantly bombarded with pundits screaming about “The Death of Democracy” and “Preserving the Ideals of our Founding Fathers”. I ask myself two questions; first, is this rhetoric just hyperbole to gain clicks and sell ads – is the situation really this dire? Secondly, how great have we done up until now with Democracy and the ideals of our Founding Fathers? My response to these questions are: Yes! The situation is pretty extreme and so far, our track record with Freedom, Democracy and the purported vision of our Founding Fathers is awful. But we can do better. The idea of America is worth striving for and there are things we can do to make it closer to reality. Consid...