Make America A Welcoming Place

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The paper relates Ernesto "Che" Guevara's views of travel, that everyone should have the right to not only travel freely, but immerse oneself in the very essence of the culture and situations of the native inhabitants. The paper discusses how Che's view of travel as a freeing and learning experience is completely contrary to the American view of travel in the post September 11th era. The paper describes how Americans perceive travelers as suspicious individuals that need to be consistently monitored and constrained. The paper argues that America needs to change its views and reduce restrictions, since by limiting what travelers can actually see and treating them with hostility and suspicion, America is actively losing supporters on the international stage.

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"Che's understanding of travel is to that it not only allows for one to have reckless fun, but more importantly it opens up your eyes to the all of the multitudes of manners in which people live their lives. Throughout his journey, he did not only try to receive a surface level understanding of the places that he went to, but rather delved deeply into every aspect of life. In Chile, he goes and visits a woman dying of tuberculosis, and is appalled to find the failings of the public health system that prevents the woman from receiving adequate treatment. He receives a tour of a copper mine and finds out the stark reality of deaths that occurred to make it possible. He even goes as far as to visit a leper colony and live among their inhabitants. Che's view of travel is that everyone should have the right to not only travel freely, but immerse oneself in the very essence of the culture and situations of the native inhabitants."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Guevara, Ernesto Che. THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES. A JOURNEY AROUND SOUTH AMERICA. Verso, 1995.
• Fairbank, Katie and Oldham, Charlene. "Flying or Driving?" The Dallas Morning News. November 4, 2002.
• Allman, T.D. Rogue State: America at War With the World. (Nation Books, NY, 2004)
• Kettl, Donald F., ed. The Department of Homeland Security's First Year: A Report Card. (Century Foundation Press, NY, 2004)
• Toms, Michael. A Time for Choices -- Deep Dialogues for Deep Democracy. (New Dimensions/New Society, Gabriola Island, BC, Canada, 2002)

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