Throughout the entirety of the two semesters I have taken of RCL, many of the focuses I chose surrounded ideas of media and politics, and how those entities interact. I knew that I wanted to continue to do that for my civic issues blog, but with a slightly different spin. 

For my civic issues thread I decided to focus on the severe lack of accurate representation of minorities in the U.S. government. Through upsetting data and research, it was able to be concluded that this was something that definitely needed to be addressed. 

It is hard to come up with the solution right off the top of my head. It will take a considerable amount of time for the appropriate changes to be made. This will mean through elections and getting the right people confident enough to believe they are good candidates. For minorities in general, it is rather hard to picture themselves as the appropriate governmental candidate because they do not see people who they look like in those roles. 

It makes sense why some individuals would feel a lack of confidence when considering a campaign because there have been so few trail blazers paving the way. In order to inspire the change that these minorities deserve we must push them to believe in themselves and their capabilities. 

For the several blogs in this thread, I talked about the lack of racial, gender, and age representation in places such as Congress and the White House. Also known as places that have a large effect on the policy of the United States. 

As aforementioned in earlier posts, the policy that is drawn up in these establishments, that will directly affect everyone, should be an accurate portrayal of what the public good actually desire. 

Without even getting into polarization, and how far apart the ideologies are in government currently, there is even more pressure for this diversity to occur rather soon because of the need for change in the human rights department. 

Also, many of the hot-topic issues that will be on the ballot in the upcoming election are quite heavy and essential freedoms it would seem. For example, abortion is something that will be voted on for a while until a consistent “law for the land” is established. Abortion is an issue that really should only be talked about from the point of views of women and healthcare workers, not old men. 

There are some things that I did not have a chance to talk about but ideas such as different religions and orientations are minorities that need to be represented as well. 

I truly do hope that during my lifetime I see these changes occur. I can only hope that I will be able to inspire that change in some capacity. As an ever changing world continues to diversify, it is only right that the governments, not just in the U.S., but everywhere, follow promptly.