Inner City Violent Crimes Essay

We are living out a critical period of our history as a society. A period of which there are debates that result from several differences of thought, opinion, and belief, as to the root cause of the various ills we face, in particular, the rise of “inner-city violent crimes.” It is my contention, that what we are experiencing are the fruits from the seeds of slavery that was introduced to this country almost six hundred years ago. Yes, it may be hard to think that the sins our nation committed so long ago could have as long and lasting and impact as they have, but we must keep this old proverb in mind, “what a man sows that he shall reap.” Yes, the chickens are still coming home to roost. One may think that this attitude or way of thinking, is just a resurrected argument or philosophy from the 60’s and 70’s that was adhered by many groups that espoused “Black Power” or the restitutions be made which were based on the “40 acres and a mule” idea, it is not. It is, however, a realistic evaluation of the fruit that is falling to the ground to ascertain the type tree they were produced. Making this determination will lead us to the seeds that produced the trees. One of the seeds of tree of slavery was that it was against the law for …show more content…
Those of this mindset suggest that the answer to resolve this issue is to bring on more police officers and after implementing that strategy, the obvious is ignored; it didn’t work. So we, through our elected officials, continue doing things that are not working. Often times their ideas sound valid, but after peeling the onion back and uncovering the hidden truth, we find that those ideas were merely the same clothes worn yesterday, but of different colors. Again, what we are seeing are the fruits from the tree of