A shift in a paradigm is a shift in the way
something is perceived or though about.
It can occur in any echelon of life, kids, science, religion, political,
social, pop culture.... etc. There are
two paradigm shift this blog will be discussing, firstly a shift that has
already occurred, and secondly one that is on the fringe.
The paradigm shift that has already occurred is the inclusion of black athletes into professional sports. In 1933 the NFL banned African Americas from the lague and it was not intill 1946 that this ban was lifted. The paradigm of African American professional atheletes shifted over a period from the 1920-60. It took well into the 60’s and 70’s for people to view this as completely acceptable. What drove this shift in thinking what was acceptable was the civil right movement of the time. The push for civil righst changed the paradigm about how African American were view, which translated over to professional sports as well. A paradigm that is on the fringe is how voters are leaning away form carrer politicians in this current presidential campaign.
The top two candidate in the Republican field, Donal Trump and Ben Carson, have never been politicians in there life. Donald is a business man and Ben was a Neurosergeon. Yet, the constituents of the US have them rated the highest of any republican candidate. As well as in theoretical head to head match ups vs. Hilary Clinton, the epitome of a career politician, Ben Carson wins. This paradigm is on the fringe, which means people are beginning to shift the way they vote for politicians. This is a result of a series of poor political performance that have been observed by the United States Population. There thoughts are beginning to more strongly believe that politicians lie, are controlled by interest groups, and worried more about there careers than the United States. This is what has opened the door for the this paradigm shift to be on the fringe. While this is not yet set in stone this shift is in the process and is yet to be determined a concrete paridgm shift for the United Staes, it is a shift observed in a large amount of individuals but the not the majority.
Besides a few grammatical errors, this is a very good post. I personally like the shift away from career politicians. I think this is a largely unexplored paradigm and I would love to hear more about it!
ReplyDeleteBesides a few grammatical errors, this is a very good post. I personally like the shift away from career politicians. I think this is a largely unexplored paradigm and I would love to hear more about it!
ReplyDeleteWith your first topic, my concern is that you would be way to limited. While civil rights is a broad topic it has been done before and there is only so far you can go with it. I love your second topic. The change in politicians is very relevant to our age group and is something rather interesting that is occurring. It would make an interesting TED talk. If you are concerned about doing it since it is currently happening talk more about what the politicians were in the past- from generals to career politicians and everywhere in between. Then show why we are changing.
ReplyDeleteYou bring up two really cool topics. Although it's already been done, I feel like you could talk about African-American inclusion not just in one sport but many. When, where, why specifically did it happen? The second idea is definitely unique. I think it'd be really interesting to hear about how the US population's determining factors in voting have changed, and how much of that is for informed voters vs. uninformed voters! Either way and interesting paper is bound to come out of it!
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