Racial Injustice Ends Now part 2

 Commentary 

Racial Injustice Ends Now 

The world today is a world divided for many reasons such as politics, sports teams, and religion, all things chosen based on opinions. What people should not be divided on are things out of our hands like the color of our skin. 

There is so much hate and injustice over civil rights for people who are all of equal value. Communities are crumbling and burning from silenced voices, and it needs to be changed. Racial injustice is the largest issue in our world today. In unity people should be working to fix this problem by spreading awareness and peacefully standing up for the rights of all races. 

Awareness and Conversation: 

Racism has been around forever and has remained persistent but not looked the same. It started as slavery and then complete separation and discrimination from white people and now mass incarceration (figure 1).  

 

 

(Figure 1 Taylor) 
 

Everyone knows it's happening, but many don’t have a conversation about it due to the fear of offending people or because it’s a stigmatized topic. It is important to change this because with the conversation and making it a topic at the dinner table will shape actions and mindsets on making a change. As soon as people talked about it and acted things changed. 

“Blacks between the ages of ten and 43 die of homicide at thirteen times the rate of whites, according to the CDC. In New York City, blacks make up 73 percent of all shooting victims, though they are 23 percent of the city’s population. In Chicago in 2016, there were 4,300 shooting victims, almost all black” (Austin).  

Imagine if we had conversations about how horrible the statistics are and then people will want to step up and change things. Just the start of the conversation can lead to the attention this movement needs to remain involved in the news so people will form an opinion and help. To stop the hate people, need to first understand the severity of discrimination that’s happening. 

Peacefully being heard: 

The Black Lives Matter movement has been beneficial to raising awareness to stop police brutality and overall discrimination against African Americans. For this reason, people should continue this hard conversation to start acting against racial injustice. 

As discussed earlier another way the world is fighting back is by taking action. Joining together to spread awareness and to have people of power hear what they want to say and change. Through practicing the first amendment right; to help people gain the use of all their civil liberties.  

“The Florida state Legislature has approved a remarkable anti-rioting bill that establishes serious punishments for those engaging in today’s favorite pop-progressive form of ‘mostly peaceful protest’ — and protects the law-abiding citizens who are typically harmed by this practice,” (Cox). 

 
The negative protests discussed above is why having peaceful discussions with people of power to make change is the better option. 

 

Currently, the Black Lives Matter movement has gained the strongest following in their rally's following the killing of George Floyd and all the police brutality cases recently (figure 2). 

 

(figure 2 Ling) 

 

Against protests: 

 Many disagree with these protests because of how violent some of them ended with getting into fights when the police show up to end it. Which is a fair argument but, protesting is the best way to spread awareness and enact change in the communities. “Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he will sign a bill intended to stiffen penalties for rioting” (Davis). 

 

Peaceful protesting is important to learn and many only get violent when they are told to shut it down when it is a complete legal act. Protesting is a helpful way to get involved in this movement the quote “there is power in numbers” clearly explains why this assists BLM.  

 
 

Showing the aligning of black and white people spending their time rallying together and walking the streets to reach others to join them and discuss ways of fixing this issue is the best way of making the changes necessary for creating a safe world for everyone.  

 
 

Conclusion: 

As expressed, racism is a major part of what the world is struggling with, and it must be handled. Without making some serious changes the world will continue to separate and people will keep feeling unsafe and not valuable to society. People should not feel threatened by the community, police, or walking down the street to their house because they have darker skin.  

 
 

Together people can change this appalling issue by spreading awareness through having the hard conversations discussing race and discrimination. Secondly, peaceful protesting; helps by taking action against racism and making plans for future change. Overall, together having the tough conversations and standing by each other racial injustice can be stopped.