know I am not the only one that hates it when a black man dies for a stupid reason everyday. I’ve heard that 925 black people have died this year most are in Chicago. I thought history changed and that our black people would have all of their human rights back. Although we still have people protesting about #BLACKLIVESMATTER and then others are saying ##BLACKLIVESMATTER but no cops are being killed everyday. Which makes no complete sense to me. One kid was running after his ball that rolled down the street and a two cops said it looked like he was part of a robbery. So they put guns to his face the kid was terrified for his life plus he was only 11. The cops weren’t suspended or anything but the kid could've lost his life over something so stupid. When a black man does a crime he gets like 2 years in prison but when a white man does a crime he gets like 3-1 month in prison.
Now the president of America is probably going help cops and support them in their work if they keep killing off our people , it's like taking a sucker from a baby and not caring about your actions. Mainly Black people are dying, like I get it all lives matter. A white man died last week but 10 black men died last week. What matters more 10 people or 1 person. America is place for everyone diverse or not. But that doesn't mean people gotta be racist and hate
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Maybe not today or tomorrow but soon. If we keep living like this and not caring about how our community is falling apart we will start to die slowly. Each race plays a role in the United States Of America, without them we would be hopeless. So as of now stop bystanding and put an end to police brutality. Stop letting these people you call heros or cops control you because they think they are so powerful and can do whatever without your input. If something is wrong say something no matter what might happen to you at least you will know that you going against something worth
Laurence Hill’s novel, The Book of Negroes, uses first-person narrator to depict the whole life ofAminata Diallo, beginning with Bayo, a small village in West Africa, abducting from her family at eleven years old. She witnessed the death of her parents with her own eyes when she was stolen. She was then sent to America and began her slave life. She went through a lot: she lost her children and was informed that her husband was dead. At last she gained freedom again and became an abolitionist against the slave trade. This book uses slave narrative as its genre to present a powerful woman’s life.She was a slave, yes, but she was also an abolitionist. She always held hope in the heart, she resist her dehumanization.
It is impossible for anyone to survive a horrible event in their life without a relationship to have to keep them alive. The connection and emotional bond between the person suffering and the other is sometimes all they need to survive. On the other hand, not having anyone to believe in can make death appear easier than life allowing the person to give up instead of fighting for survival. In The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill, Aminata Diallo survives her course through slavery by remembering her family and the friends that she makes. Aminata is taught by her mother, Sira to deliver babies in the villages of her homeland. This skill proves to be very valuable to Aminata as it helps her deliver her friends babies and create a source of income. Aminata’s father taught Aminata to write small words in the dirt when she was small. Throughout the rest of the novel, Aminata carries this love for learning new things to the places that she travels and it inspires her to accept the opportunities given to her to learn how to write, read maps, and perform accounting duties. Early in the novel Aminata meets Chekura and they establish a strong relationship. Eventually they get married but they are separated numerous times after. Aminata continuously remembers and holds onto her times with Chekura amidst all of her troubles. CHILDREN. The only reason why Aminata Diallo does not die during her journey into and out of slavery is because she believes strongly in her parents, husband and children; therefore proving that people survive hardships only when they have relationships in which to believe.
Police brutality has been a significant issue for many years.. The people affected by this most of all, are people of color. They are subject to racial inequality by the police and the justice system every day. They are being killed everyday simply for existing. The excessive force used by the police specifically towards African Americans is continuous; with the justice system doing close to nothing to change that. This is one of the reasons they continue to kill and harass African Americans. According to Propublica, young black males are about twenty times more likely to be shot and killed by the police than their white peers are. Murderers are walking free, and innocent lives are being taken. Over the past couple of years, thousands of people have been killed on the hands of the police, both black and white.
Is people going to forget what happen in Ferguson? How about George Zimmerman being proven not guilty? Or that Eric Garner was screaming “ I can’t breathe” before his death? There are lists of African Americans all over the world who were not given the justice that they deserved. In todays, news African Americans are being treated unfairly compared to any other demographic groups. America is the greatest country in the world, but it is difficult to believe that being in the 21st century racism still does exist. For instance, when it was time to remove the confederate flag, some demographic groups had a hard time letting go. People who argue that “blue lives matter,” which states that police are justified when using force and being unfair. These reasons are not justifiable enough to kill someone. Black Lives Matter alleges that police target and use
How is it Trayvon Martin and Mike brown fault they have to watch their back because their skin color don’t match the police skin color. They are here to protect us not kill us when we call 911 we want them to come with care and help us not bring attitude just because we are black. Primary reasons have to start with the whites throwing stones at Williams while he was swimming away to defend his self but yet they want to take advantage anyway. What happened in 1919 is still happening 2015 it’s a repeated cycle that’s ridiculous that we are still having riots because of racial discrimination. Primary reason is all start with the group of whites stoned Williams at the beach that what kick of the Chicago Race Riot of
Cover letter. My name I is xxxxxxxx a am an African Canadian Film maker who immigrated to Canada since 2010 as refugee. I am a Scriptwriter and Video editor living in Edmonton. I wrote Culprits, a feature-length film screenplay that deals with the tragedy and complexities of human trafficking here in Canada and worldwide and then produced a short film about it .
What most people would think is that only black men and women are killed by police officers. Yet this year there has actually been more white individuals killed by police officers than any other race. This is only a problem, because when you read about police killings it is almost all about how police target people of color. With this idea it makes it so that people of color feel more like a victim in the country and are then scared of police officers, who are supposed to be there to help. The statistic of white people being killed by police officers is not covered by the media, because it is not as intriguing or as controversial as the other stories. It is very important that people know that police killings as a whole is an issue not just police killing minorities. Using social imagination and looking at this problem you can see why you would not want one group to feel victimized, which would lead to them striking back at the people that are there to help
Some white citizens disrespect black citizens because they do not think they belong. However, we are both the same, and are both citizens of United States. Some law enforcers, like policeman think they can get away by locking up or killing innocent black citizens. Some policeman get away with it, but others do not. In the article “Line Of Fire” a policeman, Michael Slager, shot a young black man, Walter Scott. He was pulled over for a brake light, and Slager noticed, “He had a warrant out for his arrest over delinquent child- support payments.” With this being said the young man and cop talked about this, and as Slager puts it, “fought over my Taser, and I felt threatened so gunshots were fired.” Come to find out Scott was shot in the back, which means he was running away. He was not trying to hurt Slager, which you can easily tell because of the bullets in his back. This is not the only black man whose rights were disrespected. These things happen all across the United States. This is just a prime example of how law enforcement does not respect our citizen’s rights, white or black. Everywhere on the Internet, and television are
A seven-year study conducted by USA Today analyzing the FBI’s justifiable homicide database revealed that 96 percent of all cases involve Black people dying at the hands of white police officers, who are rarely indicted, let alone brought to trial.” (Kaplan 2014). “Some have called the Black Lives Matter a hate group whose rhetoric is partially responsible for the recent shooting of a sheriff in Texas”. Police cars were destroyed, and several police were injured.
I just was whipped. Nobody cares. Nobody cares that I’m wounded, hurt, bleeding. If you are wondering, my slave name is Lewis. But people call me other things. Bad things. I don’t feel like talking about them.
The movement BlackLivesMatter have outed hundreds unlawful officers and victims that never got the justice needed. The same characteristics (color and style) that emulates strong, noble people can backfire. Black people in this country who actively resist dehumanization makes a call to action and a response to anti-Black racism in our current society. (Cullors, 2015) The growth of the movement has moved country-wide, first starting in the south; the south had always had history of racism and anti-black impulses. This movement is continuing to carry up north and west, and is projected that any officer can be the next one to unlawfully kill another black individual. These immoral police officers are no different from the rest of the police force, their uniforms are no different color or style they do not have different titles, there is no distinction between the these two types of officers. African Americans are persuaded to be more cautious and angry towards police officers; anyone with a cop uniform can be considered a threat to their life. Innocent cops were murdered in retaliation to the unfair judicial systems that are not punishing these cops. Once a police-like uniform is worn it not only once symbolizes honor and power, but t too many communities
As many people see in the news nowadays, some police officers have been seen on television and in videos that black males are being killed by white officers (males). But what people do not know is that there is news that is biased because the news will give you what they want the public to know or what will catch the public’s attention. And this is what makes the minority (race) upset because they think that officers are intending to kill black males. In contrast, what the police officers try to do on the daily basis is to make the street and the community a better place and they do not wake up in the morning thinking to themselves that they want to kill someone just for the heck of it.
Assimilation is the process by which a person or a group 's language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group. Rodriguez says that he is not for assimilation any more that he is in favor for it, that assimilation is a natural occurrence that just happens. But he does position himself more towards supporting assimilation in American. He clearly believes in integration of minorities to American society in every way possible cultural and linguistically. Anglo Americans have a conflicted and confused view of assimilation, tending to ignore and at times build hate for people much different than them.
It should never be a case that a harmless, unarmed person must lie down on their back, die and receive no justice for us to want to get up and support racial equality. We must rebuild the Black liberation movement. We have to promote racial equality when African American children are serving years in jail for possession of marijuana, but privileged White children get 6 months on a rape charge. We have to also promote the minor injustices in the Black community; we cannot wait until the next death to decide we want to speak out. We have to take action now to speak out for the rights and freedom for all people. To give the next generation, who may even be your own children the benefit to not have to fight this fight of racial inequality and they could have the opportunity in seeing everyone as
Dear Noah, I can’t think of anything to say right now except for I love you. I love you for wanting to meet me and when that day came you could only spend a few hours with me before you had to go to work, but when you got off of work you wanted to come over again so you could spend more time with me. A couple of days later I came down with a really bad cold and I stayed home from school so later that night you came over to watch movies, you brough me a Dr. Pepper and a muffin (the muffin tasted good btw). I love you for sneaking a couple of pictures of me bottle feeding the calf. I love you for everything you do for me.