Wednesday, December 4, 2013

The Hypocrisy of American Citizenship

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/07/what-if-you-had-to-earn-american-citizenship/309398/

Hey guys,
 Just a fun little stress reliever during finals week. Sort of a comedic look at the current immigration situation in the United States. I got a 48, beat it.
-Nick

3 comments:

  1. This was fun I got a 27 apparently my citizenship will be revoked in exactly a year. It is funny I would consider myself a relatively active citizen. I know the presidents and many of the things that makes our democracy so successful. But apparently my knowledge falls short of a true American Citizen. One who can name all 7 justices and point at historical landmarks giving the exact name of the locations. It just goes to show how lucky many of us are to be born with citizenship. It should be something we should never take for granted.

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  2. Looking at citizenship overall, it really seems unfair as it's actually biased. A popular example of this would be the Cuban Adjustment Act which would allow for citizenship in less than a year compared to any other regular immigrant, which requires 5 years or more just for naturalization.

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  3. I received a 40, although I found the identification of the Supreme Court Justices incredibly difficult. It's eye opening to see that even when you think you know what's often happening in politics, you may not even know many of the key players.

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