11. What particular strengths do you think you would bring to the City Council? Please state your views on any issues that you believe demand the attention of the Council and which may not have been given sufficient attention in the past?
Answer: As a Candidate and Council member I will bring an internationalist perspective and a youth inspired community engagement practice to the City Council. Regarding youth engagement it is necessary that one experienced in both the crest and troughs of young life in the City of Medicine be allowed to represent Durham’s younger population articulately and effectively on the City Council. In light of Durham’s fluid population and changing demographics, it is also essential that we be able to simultaneously internationalize domestic concerns and domesticize international issues.
Regarding the state legislatures decisions denying in state tuition to the children of illegal immigrants, In light of Durham Tech’s invaluable service to all City of Medicine residents, I would like to have seen the City Council adopt a resolution similar to the one engaging homosexual unions. As students of African American history we should be leery of legislation disallowing educational advancement to minorities as this has been shown to be a mechanism for creation of a possibly permanent underclass in American society. This legislative trend is unethical and has perhaps insidious ramifications with major implications on crime and delinquency for our declared ‘sanctuary city’.
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