Divided We Won't Stand

Scrolling through social media,  it is evident the extent to which our country is divided. Issues such as racism, immigration, police brutality, and sexual assault have seemingly split our country with everyone wanting to declare their say in endless "he said, she said" arguments. Simply being able to "do the right thing" has suddenly become an even more difficult task because we don't even know what the right thing is anymore. There is an underlying issue that has caused this. One that, unless We the People are willing to recognize, will forever remain. It's the same thing that our first president, George Washington, warned our country about. Political Parties.

Today, the two political parties that have divided our country are the Republican and Democratic Parties. The fact that they have succeeded in dividing our country might be the only thing that they have achieved that is a bipartisan effort. With ease, one can recollect moments each party has made claims that their actions are "to remain in power" or to "gain the majority" or to "promote their platform".

I've got to hand it to them, it's working in a sickening and nauseating way. With a complete disregard to the the needs of the country, these two political parties are placing their needs first. It's time for we, as the general public responsible for electing officials, to take our own stand. We should not be divided over a "he said she said" debate concerning sexual assault. We should be united in agreeing that something should be done about sexual assault and working on a solution. We should be united in agreeing that racism is still very much evident and work on tearing down ignorant and insulting stereotypes. We should be united that immigrants, regardless of their status, deserve to be treated as human beings. We should be united on working towards ending cases of police brutality against all individuals. We should be united in listening beyond the hate speech and fear instilling language to understand exactly what is going on and to act in a manner where we can be proud not just to be an American, but to be upholding American Values.

So this election season, I challenge you to do something that is truly unique from popular campaign phrases declaring "Vote Democrat" or "Vote Republican". I challenge you to vote united. Vote not for the political party that claims to do the right thing, but vote for the individual who's actions resemble those that you wish to have done to you.