Melanin. When I was younger, it was the little things that affected me: people thinking like my curly hair as an alien compound, or girls asking me in dance class why my tights did not match the color of my legs. As I got older, it was the blatantly awkward moments that affected me: the way my peers seemed to stare when the topic of “race” was mentioned, or people making ignorant assumptions about my interracial family.
Today, these moments are nonexistent in comparison to reality. Today, it’s the fact that our country voted for an openly racist president. Today, it’s hearing the n-word while walking through the hallways at school. Never in a million years could I predict that today, it would be the norm to see a white cop shoot an unarmed …show more content…
Melanin. This single attribute is accountable for the identification of “that angry black woman”, or a “thug”. For most, the average daily routine doesn’t involve even the slightest notion regarding race, but for the 13% of black Americans in the U.S., even hearing the sirens of a police car triggers an internal earthquake. Why has society made it so that our protectors are the ones who have inflicted the most harm? Why have we created a nation where the pigment of my skin could be the sole reason for life or death? This shameless discrimination gives me one emotion: disgust. Every sole on this planet has a voice, and if we want to see a change we must speak up for this bigotry.
Racial profiling in law enforcement should have detrimental consequences because black people receive discrimination in the justice system, police brutality is more likely inflicted on dark-skinned offenders, and charges in the police force are less severe with instances of black …show more content…
A prime occurance of this was the Trayvon Martin shooting in 2012. Even given all evidence, the jury acquitted George Zimmerman at trial on self-defense grounds. I’m not sure about you, but I personally do not think a kid carrying an Arizona Iced Tea and some Skittles deserves to be robbed of his life. I personally do not see the need of “self-defense” in an instance that poses no danger. What I do know is that George Zimmerman is a coward. That the jurors who chose to support this corruption are cowards, and that every human being that undeservingly calls themselves an American while supporting this is the epitome of a cowardness.
Black Lives Matter is a movement that derived from a Twitter hashtag in honor of Trayvon Martin (Gitlin). Many critics that oppose Black Lives Matter show concern that this movement is an extremity of racial hierarchy. The truth is that racial hierarchy already exists, and BLM is one of this nation's last hopes to promote absolute equality. The slogan is merely reassurance despite what society demonstrates and a reminder that black lives matter as much as everyone
Today, these moments are nonexistent in comparison to reality. Today, it’s the fact that our country voted for an openly racist president. Today, it’s hearing the n-word while walking through the hallways at school. Never in a million years could I predict that today, it would be the norm to see a white cop shoot an unarmed …show more content…
Melanin. This single attribute is accountable for the identification of “that angry black woman”, or a “thug”. For most, the average daily routine doesn’t involve even the slightest notion regarding race, but for the 13% of black Americans in the U.S., even hearing the sirens of a police car triggers an internal earthquake. Why has society made it so that our protectors are the ones who have inflicted the most harm? Why have we created a nation where the pigment of my skin could be the sole reason for life or death? This shameless discrimination gives me one emotion: disgust. Every sole on this planet has a voice, and if we want to see a change we must speak up for this bigotry.
Racial profiling in law enforcement should have detrimental consequences because black people receive discrimination in the justice system, police brutality is more likely inflicted on dark-skinned offenders, and charges in the police force are less severe with instances of black …show more content…
A prime occurance of this was the Trayvon Martin shooting in 2012. Even given all evidence, the jury acquitted George Zimmerman at trial on self-defense grounds. I’m not sure about you, but I personally do not think a kid carrying an Arizona Iced Tea and some Skittles deserves to be robbed of his life. I personally do not see the need of “self-defense” in an instance that poses no danger. What I do know is that George Zimmerman is a coward. That the jurors who chose to support this corruption are cowards, and that every human being that undeservingly calls themselves an American while supporting this is the epitome of a cowardness.
Black Lives Matter is a movement that derived from a Twitter hashtag in honor of Trayvon Martin (Gitlin). Many critics that oppose Black Lives Matter show concern that this movement is an extremity of racial hierarchy. The truth is that racial hierarchy already exists, and BLM is one of this nation's last hopes to promote absolute equality. The slogan is merely reassurance despite what society demonstrates and a reminder that black lives matter as much as everyone