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American Values

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The American narrative tells one story and the societal narrative tells another. America claims to highly value people who are different and people who speak out for themselves. For example, in our political society we have two main parties along with several independent parties in order for everyone to be heard and valued. Another example is in the news, where people who do something different or go against society’s norms are recognized. Everything seems great, and the people who are doing different than the societal norms are being honored.  The other side people see is on social media. On social media, what’s showcased is impossible beauty standards that are achieved using photoshop or plastic surgery. These people are placed on a pedestal on social media for the way they look and people are only adding to this “elite” group of people. Instead of going against these unachievable beauty standards, people only contribute to them. By contributing to this group, it mak...
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Quarantine Journals

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Life, Liberty and Violence

I researched the reason for the emotional desensitization to violence in Americans. I found that it’s due to a combination of how media portrays violence, through news and movies, and violence is a big part of America’s history. Specifically, news stories depict massacres just as numbers sometimes which makes people extremely emotionally disconnected. Also, movies sometimes do not accurately portray acts of violence which leads people to assumptions and generalizations.  My opinion on my topic started to shift as I did more research. When I first started, my opinion was strictly “Americans are desensitized because of media” but I found that it actually goes much deeper than just media. It’s really because Americans are scared so becoming more emotionally numb is an unconscious coping strategy rather than a set decision that people make. My topic is extremely urgent to today’s society because mass shootings are becoming increasingly common and not everyone thinks about the psych...
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