The Two-System American Failure

Stella Samuel
10 min readJun 16, 2020

We are seeing an uprising here in America and the effects of a social this or that are coming to a head. The fact is, we live in a two-party political system where most people find themselves near the middle toeing the line of ideals different from each party’s original goals –and look, original is not accurate because political scientists would argue that it took a good century, but our parties have switched sides from their original stances. This isn’t a political history lesson, though it’s worth revisiting one day.

Much of our nation also lives in a world of two sexes. Males and females. Some of these people co-mingle together, have babies, and live their family lives never peeking into the lives of people not like them or their peers — people outside of the two-sex system.

As much as some Americans believe in two parties and two sexes, these same people — and please forgive the broad generalization to prove a point — also tend to believe in the simplicity of black and white. Sure, they know there are a few other cultures here in the US but might not see these people as shades of brown but rather as geo-locations. Proving ideations of good race relations, some boast about their black friend or their ability to not see color, which is an issue itself because color is culture, beauty, soul, passion, and so much more. Don’t miss the color of people because you…

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Stella Samuel
Stella Samuel

Written by Stella Samuel

Stella Samuel is a women’s fiction and children’s literature author, editor, script coordinator, writing coach, and believer in smiles. StellaSamuel.com

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