Saturday, December 13, 2014
#Blacklivesmatter
Thursday night I was able to go listen in on the Black Lives Matter seminar and I was glad that I attended to hear Dr.Johnson and Dr.Gross lectures. I believe that knowledge is power and when we know about things we things tend to become more effective. I think having group session like this is start to let people become aware of different events that happen in our communities as well as our country. It was good to hear Dr. Gross points out the statistics that clearly says that an African American male is more likely to become profiled, killed or incarcerated in America than any other race. I believe that police officers training isn't up to par when it comes to doing their job and protecting the community. Not all police officers are bad but most are. We pay this officers to not do their job and we need to honestly wake up. Too many lives are being lost on the streets and too many homes are being broken. I think that we should not focus on all of these politicians that are in office now but come together as a community because honestly that's where it starts. We need to educate our children and ourselves as well. A lot of people say that we don't learn a lot of black history and literature in school. Of course that may be right but we shouldn't wait til we get to school to learn. We should start learning things at home and not waiting to February to get some history. To me it seems like we're repeating history but in another era. What do you think??
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Just like you, I'm glad there are seminars that educate people. Many people are unaware of the situation that targets minority groups, and honestly ignorance can lead to the worse things. Since I belong to one of the minority groups I can relate to the struggle many African Americans face. Being profiled because of your race, ethnicity, gender, etc. really puts us in disadvantage. Often times we are accused of playing the "race card" and what not but I think that's because many people haven't faced what is like to be profiled. I agree that history repeats itself and the sad truth is that people haven't learned from it. During the Civil Rights movement people assumed that the abolishment of slavery made African Americans equal. In reality it was nothing but a fancy name to try to appease people from revolting. In the same way we see that happening today, people still face discrimination regardless of what the laws say. The best way to keep making progress is perhaps by uniting as Americans instead of dividing ourselves as soon as something like Ferguson happens.
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