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Today's post is about the Muslim ban in the United States.
Yes, I know this isn't something "you haven't heard about", as per my logo description. But I doubt everybody truly understands what's going on, so I'm going to put it out there.
What made me want to write this particular post was that 1) I was angered by the ban and 2) My parents didn't know really what was going on and neither did I, not completely.
WHAT's Going On?
"WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday closed the nation’s borders to refugees from around the world, ordering that families fleeing the slaughter in Syria be indefinitely blocked from entering the United States, and temporarily suspending immigration from several predominantly Muslim countries.
In an executive order that he said was part of an extreme vetting plan to keep out “radical Islamic terrorists,” Mr. Trump also established a religious test for refugees from Muslim nations: He ordered that Christians and others from minority religions be granted priority over Muslims.
“We don’t want them here,” Mr. Trump said of Islamist terrorists during a signing ceremony at the Pentagon. “We want to ensure that we are not admitting into our country the very threats our soldiers are fighting overseas." Read more of this article here
Mr. Trump explained to an interviewer for the Christian Broadcasting Network that Christians in Syria were “horribly treated” and alleged that under previous administrations, “if you were a Muslim you could come in, but if you were a Christian, it was almost impossible.” Read more of this article here
So What?
"It took just hours to begin witnessing the injury and suffering this ban inflicts on families that had every reason to believe they had outrun carnage and despotism in their homelands to arrive in a singularly hopeful nation."
Read more of this article here
What Can I Do?
http://www.upworthy.com/5-real-things-you-can-do-right-now-to-fight-donald-trumps-muslim-ban
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/10-concrete-ways-to-take-action-against-the-muslim-ban_us_588e205ce4b017637794fdcf
https://www.aclu.org/about-aclu
I'm a teenager, if I can understand it so can adults reading this.
Stay Woke.
Eyes Up, Wise Up, Rise Up.
-M