The Problems We Face in America and How We Should Fix Them
Hunter Unthank
Civic Memorial High School
The Problems We Face in America and How We Should Fix Them
Every single person faces different problems in their life while in America. Some problems are more significant than others though. We the citizens of this great nation believe that these are the biggest problems that we face in our lives today racism, violence, terrorism, immigration, consumerism, and the war on drugs. We have been working hard to find a solution to these problems but some people think that we can work harder and that is true. We are letting the government work on the problems for us when we could really take the problems into our own hands and change …show more content…
Get an education. Get, and stay, married. Raise your kids in a loving family to respect people, irrespective of color or faith. Promote education, and encourage civil activism and volunteerism in your local community. When we do those things, we will change our society. If, however, we continue down a path of broken families, broken communities, race-baiting, racial profiteering, and distrust there will be no United in our states. The answer is black and white, but it starts one household at a time, black and white.” (Richard Kelsey, 2016, para. 8). This quote really explains what we should do in the future to fix this growing problem of racism that is causing our country to be divided. Kelsey is saying it starts in the household parents staying married and a united community that help each other and welcome people with open arms. What role does police brutality play in all of this? It plays a big role in how the police are perceived in America and ultimately how they are perceived by young black men. Police brutality is what sparked the recent issues that we have faced and all cops are being labeled for being racist and black men are being labeled as thugs. Police have killed 303 African Americans in 2016 and the rates are climbing higher and only 1 in 3 of African Americans killed by police were allegedly armed that’s only 31% out of 100%. In 2015 only 10 police officers were charged and 2 of the 10 were actually convicted for their crimes and that’s not fair because what they are doing is wrong. Things like stop and frisk are going to cause huge problems in America because people of all color are going to be targeted and sometimes for no reason except for the color of their skin. This will not only make things worse but with ruin any chances of moving forward in the future. During the debates Donald Trump talks highly of what stop and frisk could do for our inner city
Hunter Unthank
Civic Memorial High School
The Problems We Face in America and How We Should Fix Them
Every single person faces different problems in their life while in America. Some problems are more significant than others though. We the citizens of this great nation believe that these are the biggest problems that we face in our lives today racism, violence, terrorism, immigration, consumerism, and the war on drugs. We have been working hard to find a solution to these problems but some people think that we can work harder and that is true. We are letting the government work on the problems for us when we could really take the problems into our own hands and change …show more content…
Get an education. Get, and stay, married. Raise your kids in a loving family to respect people, irrespective of color or faith. Promote education, and encourage civil activism and volunteerism in your local community. When we do those things, we will change our society. If, however, we continue down a path of broken families, broken communities, race-baiting, racial profiteering, and distrust there will be no United in our states. The answer is black and white, but it starts one household at a time, black and white.” (Richard Kelsey, 2016, para. 8). This quote really explains what we should do in the future to fix this growing problem of racism that is causing our country to be divided. Kelsey is saying it starts in the household parents staying married and a united community that help each other and welcome people with open arms. What role does police brutality play in all of this? It plays a big role in how the police are perceived in America and ultimately how they are perceived by young black men. Police brutality is what sparked the recent issues that we have faced and all cops are being labeled for being racist and black men are being labeled as thugs. Police have killed 303 African Americans in 2016 and the rates are climbing higher and only 1 in 3 of African Americans killed by police were allegedly armed that’s only 31% out of 100%. In 2015 only 10 police officers were charged and 2 of the 10 were actually convicted for their crimes and that’s not fair because what they are doing is wrong. Things like stop and frisk are going to cause huge problems in America because people of all color are going to be targeted and sometimes for no reason except for the color of their skin. This will not only make things worse but with ruin any chances of moving forward in the future. During the debates Donald Trump talks highly of what stop and frisk could do for our inner city