Racism is an immense problem in our country; I will be the first to admit my family is not too kind towards others with different color skin, however I, on the other hand, try not to judge people simply by looking at them. It is difficult with them constantly shoving racist thoughts into my head though. If racism is in MY house, there is no question that it is found in many other households, work, and recreational environments. I have zero doubts that racism has been embedded into our law enforcement and government as well.
Just yesterday I read an article "FBI: U.S. Law Enforcement Infiltrated by White Supremacists" and it sparked my interest but also made me think back to all the police brutality claims. I would like to point out that I am no expert and probably just as naive as the next person, but I'll still attempt to respectably voice my opinion and thoughts.
Just yesterday I read an article "FBI: U.S. Law Enforcement Infiltrated by White Supremacists" and it sparked my interest but also made me think back to all the police brutality claims. I would like to point out that I am no expert and probably just as naive as the next person, but I'll still attempt to respectably voice my opinion and thoughts.
Learning world history opened my eyes to see this has been a problem for centuries because of the belief of "white supremacy" that initially started in Western Europe. Now, according to the article, there are American police supremacists, advocates of the supremacy of a particular group, and not much is being done about it. The FBI was investigating but that proved to be difficult; law enforcers fired and accused of being a supremacist have challenged the dismissals in court yet there is much evidence from some officer's text messages. The Republicans saw this investigation as an "unforgivable insult to the patriotic officers and veterans" and basically ended any further action against the supremacists.
I know we all have our differences, whether it be physically, mentally, emotionally, or anything else, but that means that we are all different from one another. And, we are all human beings. Superiority by right of color or heritage is a joke to me. If you work hard and get to the top, sure you have influence over someone but that STILL does not mean you are superior to anyone else. So knowing that I'm living in a country, home of the free that meant to welcome all, have policemen who are supposed to be our protectors viewing themselves as superior, makes me sick to my stomach honestly.
Supposably the FBI ceased action and investigation too. Why? Because a certain party of people were getting upset and protested? We have a right to speak and protest, but why would the FBI simply stop if this is becoming a bigger problem? We all need to be protected, and I would feel a lot more comfortable if my protecters didn't see themselves as macho men or women who think they're better than a civilian different than they are.
Again, maybe I'm just a naive little girl, who grew up in a nice neighborhood and never had anything to worry about, but I still care about other people and their equality. If someone else is not equal then that makes me unequal since I am no better than others and I do not want to be inferior to someone else. What I do not understand is why we, as human beings, in any society at any part of the world, cannot put our differences aside for the greater good, work together, and fix what really needs to be important (I won't discuss what is really important but there are definitely more important problems than starting wars with someone to due to their skin color, race, or ethnic group).
I want respect just as I imagine everyone else does too. But in order to get respect, you must give it. I think this will be a major problem to solve however, so many people are too worried about their pride and ego than the well being of other's (even though those same people want others to care about them). I am living in a world full of hypocrites and I am at a lost of what to do.
Supposably the FBI ceased action and investigation too. Why? Because a certain party of people were getting upset and protested? We have a right to speak and protest, but why would the FBI simply stop if this is becoming a bigger problem? We all need to be protected, and I would feel a lot more comfortable if my protecters didn't see themselves as macho men or women who think they're better than a civilian different than they are.
Again, maybe I'm just a naive little girl, who grew up in a nice neighborhood and never had anything to worry about, but I still care about other people and their equality. If someone else is not equal then that makes me unequal since I am no better than others and I do not want to be inferior to someone else. What I do not understand is why we, as human beings, in any society at any part of the world, cannot put our differences aside for the greater good, work together, and fix what really needs to be important (I won't discuss what is really important but there are definitely more important problems than starting wars with someone to due to their skin color, race, or ethnic group).
I want respect just as I imagine everyone else does too. But in order to get respect, you must give it. I think this will be a major problem to solve however, so many people are too worried about their pride and ego than the well being of other's (even though those same people want others to care about them). I am living in a world full of hypocrites and I am at a lost of what to do.
