Blog 8

I agree with your statement, “I was happy to see Elizabeth Warren state that she thought Native Americans should be included in the conversation about whether minority groups should get reparations from the government. According to the article she is the only democrat who has entertained the idea, which is rather disappointing.”
    Because the native Americans are among the earliest inhabitants of the United States, and for a long time, they have been left out in matters of development in the US. The American government has failed to acknowledge contributions made by the Native American, claiming that their suffering is based on a long time ago and therefore do not qualify to for reparation following their torture and discriminations. However, Elizabeth did come out advocating for the Native Americans claiming that they deserve credit and should be compensated by the government. Moreover, I agree with you that the Native Americans need to be recognized and accorded with the right treatment.
   I like the way how you give information about history to make me exciting and want to understand more about Native America. I decided to do some research about this problem, and I know that after the Europeans came to America, the Native American experienced much violence, forcing them to forego their faith and become Christians. Their land was grabbed, infected with diseases to weaken them and again forced to abandon their cultural practices (Salisbury, p.10). This humiliation and ignorance have continued even to the state of the American government, where the Native Americans still suffer from ignorance of the American people. They have been associated with crime, running crime gangs, and drinking alcohol. In this regard, the suffering they endured in the early American days needs to be recognized and compensated for their atrocities.
Therefore, I agree with you that the Native Americans deserve more than criticism based on the background. It is recommendable for the politicians to voice out the needs of the Native American and make known to everyone of what they went through in the hands of Europeans, which led to the new America they have. Once the government does reparation, the Native Americans can finally rest and be credited for their endurance. Finally, credit should be given where it’s due.

Commentary

Commentary on: TheTrouble with Joe and Bernie (Post by Paul Krugman) on May 2, 2019.

     The author does an excellent job bringing out the problem with both Biden and Sanders. He argues that none of them is ready to face a painful political reality. According to the article, Joe Biden is at the front line for the Democratic nomination followed by his protester Bernie Sanders. The author claims that in the U.S, the topic of electability is unknown by the citizens. However, he is more concerned with what the Americans will experience if either Joe or Bernie wins in the elections (Krugman, 1). He worries that they are not well prepared for the political trench welfare that follows a democratic win.

     In the article, Krugman suggests that the problem with Joe and Bernie is that both in their ways believe they have extraordinary power for the conviction. According to the author, this belief might cause them to defy the harsh reality in the issue of the tribe in today’s politics. For instance, Joe who has won the heart of many Republicans believes that the right personal association with the people might enhance him to make bipartisan deals on law enforcement (Krugman, 1). However, this is not possible because even when the former president, Barack Obama was elected, he believed Republicans would back him up with bipartisan but to his surprise, he experienced full scorched-earth opposition.

     On the hand, Bernie does believe in neither bipartisanship nor unipartisanship in his leadership with the Republicans. He claims that he is a Democrat, despite that he is seeking for nomination on the party. However, the author suggests that Sanders believes he can persuade the voters to support the progressive policies and full policy that would help them to fix the broken things in America (Krugman, 1).  Hence, the lack of realism in both politicians might result in their failure.

Works Cited

Krugman, Paul. "Opinion | the trouble with Joe and Bernie." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia, 2 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/opinion/sanders-biden-2020.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FUnited%20States%20Politics%20and%20Government&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=4&pgtype=collection.