Culture Wars
A prevalent and serious issue taking place in the United States are the famous “Black Lives Matter” protests. Months ago, riots and protests were broadcasted on about every news station. Now there is a website, blacklivesmatter.com advocating for dignity, justice, and respect. They even have a link for donations towards their organization. There have been many reports of different sides of the argument of who is right and who is wrong. Who really is right and who is wrong? How can that be answered? Barbara Reynolds' article in The Washington Post, gives the reader background information about the protests. She also gives her personal opinion about these events. Her opinion is extremely important because she is a women of darker skin. Unfortunately if another author that published this article that was not of color, it would be controversial. Any white person standing behind another white person, or a black person standing behind another black person, is usually seen as racist. Just because someone may have an opinion does not …show more content…
It is wrong to act violently to express your feelings but peaceful protest is always recognized. It is hard to side with such a broad topic because there are many instances in which I see to be ethical and unethical. Social context is an important factor with this issue. Today, adolescence see and accept diversity differently than their elders which causes a clash between who is right and who is wrong. I graduated from Portland High School, one, if not the most, diverse high school here in Maine. There are 26 different spoken languages, and people from 41 different countries attending the school. This gave me an easy opportunity to have multi-racial friendships and I learned a lot about different people. Black lives matter, all lives matter, everyone deserves
A prevalent and serious issue taking place in the United States are the famous “Black Lives Matter” protests. Months ago, riots and protests were broadcasted on about every news station. Now there is a website, blacklivesmatter.com advocating for dignity, justice, and respect. They even have a link for donations towards their organization. There have been many reports of different sides of the argument of who is right and who is wrong. Who really is right and who is wrong? How can that be answered? Barbara Reynolds' article in The Washington Post, gives the reader background information about the protests. She also gives her personal opinion about these events. Her opinion is extremely important because she is a women of darker skin. Unfortunately if another author that published this article that was not of color, it would be controversial. Any white person standing behind another white person, or a black person standing behind another black person, is usually seen as racist. Just because someone may have an opinion does not …show more content…
It is wrong to act violently to express your feelings but peaceful protest is always recognized. It is hard to side with such a broad topic because there are many instances in which I see to be ethical and unethical. Social context is an important factor with this issue. Today, adolescence see and accept diversity differently than their elders which causes a clash between who is right and who is wrong. I graduated from Portland High School, one, if not the most, diverse high school here in Maine. There are 26 different spoken languages, and people from 41 different countries attending the school. This gave me an easy opportunity to have multi-racial friendships and I learned a lot about different people. Black lives matter, all lives matter, everyone deserves