Growing up, I was told you choose who represents you. How can I make that choice, when the majority of our political system is a bunch of old white men telling everyone what to do? How can we as Americans choose people to represent us if there isn't anyone to represent a nation's diversity? The answer to these questions is not easy or coming anytime soon; however, the resolution is hopefully within the next generation of leaders. By then, we will hopefully have fixed the lack of diversity and inclusivity to make our representation representative. Some of the first steps in my mind are to bring the LGBTQ+ to the forefront o speak on political issues and change the way that we as Americans see our political system. Our political system has become the most divided in the history of our country. My generation, for example, is either so involved in the political issues that it is all we talk about, or we are so apathetic that we choose not to engage in the process. The result is that those who are interested in the political process are polarized. Those that aren’t interested and tune it out moderate the middle. Now, this is not because of just my generation, this is an issue that has been passed down from our parents and our grandparents. While we need representation, the broadening is going to take several generations, there are steps we can take now to help mitigate these issues. In essence, the idea of breaking down barriers, and changing the face of the country harkens back to our founding fathers and Abraham Lincoln. The founding fathers' impact began with the constitution and bill of rights. Abraham Lincoln broke down the division of classes and especially racial barriers through the emancipation proclamation. Those types of ideas were revived through the works of Martin Luther King, John F Kennedy, and Robert Kennedy. Those ideas continued the struggle to secure the rights and equality of women and minorities in the workplace and their right to vote. So these ideas that could “fix our government” are not just being determined, they need merely to extend to all areas of our society. The reason I say this is because the sad reality is that every person is thinking the same thing as the person next to them. However, they are so set in this way of thinking from the past generations that it is hard to break down the societal norm and make a diversifying thought. If we take a step back from political parties and look at our country, those are the genesis of the ideas that we need to resort to fix this broken system and remake our belief in diversity, reinvigorate our desire for inclusivity, and above all fundamental change. Hopefully, my generation will be the ones to begin mending the divide. The reason, I want to study this highly polarizing field is to be the representation I haven’t seen; and, to be a leading voice in the next generation of good politicians. I want to change a world of great unrest. I want to diversify our representatives. I want to include everyone in the decisions about our country.

Growing up, I was told you choose who represents you. How can I make that choice, when the majority of our political system is a bunch of old white men telling everyone what to do? How can we as Americans choose people to represent us if there isn't anyone to represent a nation's diversity? The answer to these questions is not easy or coming anytime soon; however, the resolution is hopefully within the next generation of leaders. By then, we will hopefully have fixed the lack of diversity and inclusivity to make our representation representative. Some of the first steps in my mind are to bring the LGBTQ+ to the forefront o speak on political issues and change the way that we as Americans see our political system. Our political system has become the most divided in the history of our country. My generation, for example, is either so involved in the political issues that it is all we talk about, or we are so apathetic that we choose not to engage in the process. The result is that those who are interested in the political process are polarized. Those that aren’t interested and tune it out moderate the middle. Now, this is not because of just my generation, this is an issue that has been passed down from our parents and our grandparents. While we need representation, the broadening is going to take several generations, there are steps we can take now to help mitigate these issues. In essence, the idea of breaking down barriers, and changing the face of the country harkens back to our founding fathers and Abraham Lincoln. The founding fathers' impact began with the constitution and bill of rights. Abraham Lincoln broke down the division of classes and especially racial barriers through the emancipation proclamation. Those types of ideas were revived through the works of Martin Luther King, John F Kennedy, and Robert Kennedy. Those ideas continued the struggle to secure the rights and equality of women and minorities in the workplace and their right to vote. So these ideas that could “fix our government” are not just being determined, they need merely to extend to all areas of our society. The reason I say this is because the sad reality is that every person is thinking the same thing as the person next to them. However, they are so set in this way of thinking from the past generations that it is hard to break down the societal norm and make a diversifying thought. If we take a step back from political parties and look at our country, those are the genesis of the ideas that we need to resort to fix this broken system and remake our belief in diversity, reinvigorate our desire for inclusivity, and above all fundamental change. Hopefully, my generation will be the ones to begin mending the divide. The reason, I want to study this highly polarizing field is to be the representation I haven’t seen; and, to be a leading voice in the next generation of good politicians. I want to change a world of great unrest. I want to diversify our representatives. I want to include everyone in the decisions about our country.

Growing up, I was told you choose who represents you. How can I make that choice, when the majority of our political system is a bunch of old white men telling everyone what to do? How can we as Americans choose people to represent us if there isn't anyone to represent a nation's diversity? The answer to these questions is not easy or coming anytime soon; however, the resolution is hopefully within the next generation of leaders. By then, we will hopefully have fixed the lack of diversity and inclusivity to make our representation representative. Some of the first steps in my mind are to bring the LGBTQ+ to the forefront o speak on political issues and change the way that we as Americans see our political system. Our political system has become the most divided in the history of our country. My generation, for example, is either so involved in the political issues that it is all we talk about, or we are so apathetic that we choose not to engage in the process. The result is that those who are interested in the political process are polarized. Those that aren’t interested and tune it out moderate the middle. Now, this is not because of just my generation, this is an issue that has been passed down from our parents and our grandparents. While we need representation, the broadening is going to take several generations, there are steps we can take now to help mitigate these issues. In essence, the idea of breaking down barriers, and changing the face of the country harkens back to our founding fathers and Abraham Lincoln. The founding fathers' impact began with the constitution and bill of rights. Abraham Lincoln broke down the division of classes and especially racial barriers through the emancipation proclamation. Those types of ideas were revived through the works of Martin Luther King, John F Kennedy, and Robert Kennedy. Those ideas continued the struggle to secure the rights and equality of women and minorities in the workplace and their right to vote. So these ideas that could “fix our government” are not just being determined, they need merely to extend to all areas of our society. The reason I say this is because the sad reality is that every person is thinking the same thing as the person next to them. However, they are so set in this way of thinking from the past generations that it is hard to break down the societal norm and make a diversifying thought. If we take a step back from political parties and look at our country, those are the genesis of the ideas that we need to resort to fix this broken system and remake our belief in diversity, reinvigorate our desire for inclusivity, and above all fundamental change. Hopefully, my generation will be the ones to begin mending the divide. The reason, I want to study this highly polarizing field is to be the representation I haven’t seen; and, to be a leading voice in the next generation of good politicians. I want to change a world of great unrest. I want to diversify our representatives. I want to include everyone in the decisions about our country.