Understanding racism in America. I grew up around blacks, Spanish and white
people and learned from an early age to treat everyone the same. I learned that there are good and bad people
of all nationalities and that it is important to judge people, Like Martin
Luther King said, “on the content of their character and not the color of their
skin.” After all, I pride myself on
being an intelligent, educated, fair and rational human being. What
is concerning to me, is not that there are racists in America because there are
rapists and murderers too. What is concerning is that there are people who choose to take a
passive position on the subject of extreme hate that leads to murder? I suspect that the rapist or murderer will
think what they doing is okay, but I don’t understand what is wrong with the
rest of us.
What would make us sit around and see acts of terrible violence,
atrocities happening on our streets and feel unbothered or unconcerned by these
horrific events? Everyone has a right to
their opinion, how be it wrong or skewed but, can we all agree that the final
act of murder is wrong? Does America no longer have a soul? Are we part of an enigma with no answer in sight? Do we know longer have a conscious and lack
moral aptitude? Violence
will only cause more violence, and it will eventually affect someone that we care
about. Will we become a nation of vipers
attacking whom we please? Will we have
to arm ourselves to the max and walk through the streets in packs with machine guns? Is this the model that the greatest country
in the world think it should aspire to? There
are countries where this is the norm. Kill
or be killed, are we sure this is the type of country we want to become? Have we learned nothing from our past? America better take inventory of its
position. There will always be a
reaction for every action. I think it’s
time we start taking the right action before we miss that opportunity. Let
freedom reign.
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