George Edwin Taylor

Having a different skin color back in the day stopped colored people from doing anything political back in the day. Except this colored person didn't let anything stop him from achieving his goals. George Edwin Taylor was the first African American to run for president in 1904. The way he looked only stopped him from doing certain achievements. For example, His skin color stopped the Republican Party and Democratic Party from viewing him as a candidate for Presidency. Maybe it was not only because of his skin color but it was because he was the son of a slave. If he was born from a wealthy white man and a black woman would he be considered? 

The answer to that question is insoluble. He would still technically be colored but he may get different privileges since he is born from a wealthy family. However, when it comes to him being born from a slave he for sure is denied by society from His courage allowed him to persevere when it came to everyone doubting him. Taylor's persistence in running a campaign while being black got him denied from both Political parties.

Despite the rejection, He started his own Political Party and began his campaign. His political party was called the National Negro Civil Party. Of course, was to get votes from the states that had sizeable black populations. Sadly, this plan didn't work but it was still a great accomplishment to make it that far as an African Americans. It showed how serious George was and how persistent he was even when he was seen as a joke.

Maybe if he was in today's age; fighting for equality and running for president with his own party. He would be taken seriously for him to get past 100,000 votes. He still attended Civil Rights acts after his election but now he was known for what he attempted during the 1904 election. 

Almost like a Reincarnation

Unless you've weren't paying attention in your high school history class, you should know that Andrew Johnson was the 1st president to be impeached. If you've been on any social media site, you should also know that Donald Trump was Impeached on the 18th of December. These 2 historical events are both very different but similar for the same reason. Both presidents were nothing but emotionally volatile.

President Donald Trump has been a roller coaster. From almost starting World War 3 multiple times to declaring war on Black athletes, Trump has some similarities between Andrew Johnson when it comes to acting out pubicly. President Johnson tried to change the south back to what it was; which was bringing back slavery. He also tried to veto the 14th amendment. Similarly, they both are very dangerous when it comes to making important decisions for the Country. Andrew Johnson was racist but Trump is as well. You know the more I think about it these too didn't seem that different to me.

Of course, their main difference would be how they were both impeached. Trump was impeached for illegal dealings and Andrew Johnson was impeached for violation of the tenure act. Hopefully, Donald Trump isn't pro-slavery like Andrew Johnson. It may seem like their not indistinguishable, which their not. The only difference is the different races they were racist towards. Andrew Johnson may have been for the union but he wasn't too big on giving African Americans rights/voting rights. Just like Donald Trump, they both tried to maintain and change America by cleansing it of any other races as any white supremacist would.

Andrew Johnson and Donald Trump are almost driven by vision. They both wanted to change America just because they didn't like a certain race. History forever will compare these two together when it comes to foolery.

The 2/3 that was left behind

Did you know that less than 1/3 of students indeed graduate college who start college at a public college will graduate within the next 6 years? However, did you also know that sometimes never really the student's full fault? Some students may not have the intention of graduating from college, they're just there for the fun. While students don't have the work ethic like other students. Also, some students get hit with life events that college would be hard for them to focus on at the time. There's no singular reason that students don't graduate within 6 years.

When someone says "Less than 1/3 of students graduate within 6 years of college" they still come to the rationale that students fail and don't work to graduate towards their degree. Yes, that's a common factor but some students have important events in life that they cant attend college at the time. For example, my sister had a child while she was in college. She couldn't attend college and take care of the baby. At that time she was young so she couldn't handle the amount of weight on her plate. Therefore there are reasons why some students don't graduate within those 6 years of college.

Another example would be that students don't even have the intention of graduating from college in the first place. What I'm supposing is that students may just be at college because of expectations from their parents. My cousin had the same problem when she went to college because her parents wanted her to go, but after she bombed the first semester she decided to wait and get a full-time job instead. That shows that many students after the first semester usually come to the decision that college isn't really for them. The pressure could also get to them to join which just makes them drop out instantaneously.

Those are just a few examples of why only 1/3 graduate from college within 6 years. There are many more reasons that struck, that it couldn't be only the work ethic while attending college.

About me

I was born and raised in Maryland, for 12 years I lived in

Maryland, but then my mother got remarried and we moved to Georgia. These past few years living in Georgia were fast & uneventful. My hobbies are playing games and sleeping(like I said uneventful). I graduated from Union Grove High School in May 2019 then soon after enrolled in GGC to major in Science and Technology.