Parker Palmer's The Politics Of The Brokenhearted

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In Parker Palmer’s prelude of “The Politics of the Brokenhearted” he illustrates the importance of cooperation and communication when referring to the success level of democracy. Palmer is attempting to aim this prelude towards the upcoming generation, so they are aware of what it takes from both the citizens and the government in order to be a successful country. Throughout the reading Palmer mostly talks about how American democracy has failed, but also gives solutions, the main one being to communicate better. This essay directly relates to the world today as Palmer preaches communication, and we as the world today are starting to figure out that it is an effective solution.
When writing this prelude Palmer is trying to inform young people …show more content…

One of the biggest challenges society faces today is police brutality against African-Americans. This issue is arguably splitting the nation apart. Both citizens and authorities are starting to make an effort to resolve this issue by communicating and respecting each other. In an article from the Washington Times titled, “Federal lawmakers head to Detroit to help improve police-community relations” written by Andrea Noble, she talks about one of many efforts by the federal government to improve relationships between the police and the community. The article is summed up when Noble lists a quote from Bob Goodlatte saying, “All Americans want to see an end to senseless violence against police officers and citizens, and we in Congress are continuing to look for ways on how to best address this serious problem at the federal level to set the appropriate tone”(Noble 2). Noble includes this quote in her article because it is a person involved in solving the problem saying that, the government is constantly looking for ways to improve the situations and one they found is to directly communicate with the community in an attempt to get both parties more accepting of the other. By doing this, according to Palmer the effort will be successful in improving those …show more content…

Positive change can not be accomplished without people coming together as one, which is why Palmer really stresses the idea of accepting others. Palmer’s ideas need to be understood and brought forth by the younger generation in order for his plan to succeed. Even though Palmer directed his prelude towards young people, it doesn't hurt for older people to hear his ideas and do what they can to use these concepts to make their community better. Humanity as a whole can strive to do better by not only using Palmer’s ideas but passing them on for others to use as

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