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#2Zach, your essay certainly argues, but there is no justification for your argument. It simply states that if we stop paying attention to the situation, it will get better.
That hasn't been the case with women's issues in the past. Why would it be the case now?
That hasn't been the case with people of colour in the past. Why would it be the case now?
And so on and so forth. I recall very well that people of colour were and for that matter still are divided over how to make change. You might simplify it by calling it the MLK vs. MX argument: Should we be Martin Luther King or should we be Malcolm X?
Each of us can choose for ourself. History shows that both approaches helped to make change. I'm not sure that I'd be where I am if either man had stepped down.
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#3Zach, your essay certainly argues, but there is no justification for your argument. It simply states that if we stop paying attention to the situation, it will get better. That hasn't been the case with women's issues in the past. Why would it be the case now? That hasn't been the case with people of colour in the past. Why would it be the case now? And so on and so forth. I recall very well that people of colour wer…
Thanks for the comment! I don't want us to ignore the situation but it seems like the laser focus we are currently putting on the subject could be a bad thing for women in general.