The role of the woman in the U.S national government

The political role of the woman in the national government in the United States is simply shocking. The Washington Post stated, that currently there are only 20 percent female representatives in Congress. And, out of those 20 percent of women, over 17 percent women are non-white. Additionally, the IPU Data shows that the United States is not even in the top 50 of the women representatives in the national parliaments. The United States is rank 76 out of 148 countries. Only 19.4 percent women are representatives in the lower or single house and 20 percent represent the upper house or senate. Rwanda, one of the least developed countries in the world, has more women in political power than a well-developed country than the United States. These shocking facts create questions. Why is the position of the women that weak in the national politics of the United States of America? And, what does that say about the political diversity in the States? It says that the United States is still away of having a gender and ethnic equality in the political branch. The Washington Post published a statistic that shows that the house is ruled by nearly 80 percent of white males and the senate represents over 90 percent of white males too. Only 3 percent in the senate are Hispanic, 2 percent are black and 1 percent is Asian. Does that look like diversity? American politics are represented by a standard of people that should be questioned by minorities. And, if American people can’t do that in the 21^st century, then when else can they? With Hillary Clinton campaigning as the next president of the United States of America, the political role of the woman might change in the future.

Substantial Commentary or Critism

We are making life too hard for Millennials, is an article published, 31 of July 2015, by the New York Times author Steven Rattner. Rattner is a Wall street financier and  the author of the book “Overhaul: An Insider’s Account of the Obama Administration’s Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry” . He writes commentary for the political section in the New York Times. This article is about the millennial generation. The millennial generation has been hardly criticised in the media from the older generation, called the baby boom generation. Steven Rattner writes about that subject and describes in the article that baby boomer generation should not be too hard on the millennial generation. He defends the millennial generation because he thinks that the millennial generation is the most educational generation of all time, but simultaneously the less prosperous generation in the history of the US. It is hard to read the facts, if you live in that generation, but we have to come to realisation that we are the generation that has the most chances or opportunities for education. But, numerous of us will have to pay off a big amount of student debt for a long time until we can put that money aside for our on behalf. I think the author speaks for the millennium generation even though he is not one of us. And, I truly agree with him. Rattner gives numerous facts, examples and statistics to argue his thesis statement that the baby boom generation makes life too hard for us millennial's. The sources are usually from surveys or government statistics and back up his arguments. And I am convinced with those statistics because this man has not only worked as an investment banker, he also provided public service and knows how to work with numbers. Of course, every commentary or opinion should be critically observed from the reader. That is why it is important that we know more about the author and how he wants to convince the reader of his or her opinion. In Rattler´s case , he makes clear arguments and backs them up with statistic facts.In this case, the statistics convinced me as a reader. And, that is really important for critical thinking. An author can have an opinion and an argument, but he has to back up his or her opinion with clear and true facts. This article, or more commentary, is worth reading for the millennial and baby boom generation.