Black deaths are not a flaw in the system they are the system. This was a writing by a black man in America. This quote has hurt me so much. I never thought that our world was letting these people down so badly. I thought all the work Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr, Michael Jackson and Barack Obama did for black rights was making things better. Clearly I was very wrong. The words that Michael Jackson used in his song they dont really care about us still ring true today Beat me, hate meYou can never break meWill me, thrill meYou can never kill meSue me, Sue meEverybody do me
Kick me, kick meDon't you black or white me) these words still ring true today. Those three black deaths in America last week is a long lie of deaths that this world will continue to see until us white people take action. We are the help they need. If we keep sitting back and doing nothing this minority group as horrible as it is to say has no way to live a happy life, they truly deserve.
We all need to educate ourselves in their struggles. My first encounter with the blight of black people was a book I read in school call Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor. This book tells the tell of a black girl and her blight against being racially abused everyday of her life. This girl told a fascinating story of how she was abused everyday cause she was black. I took so much from this book and my love of equality and human rights stemmed from there. Through college and doing American histrory and politics, I learned all about Abraham Lincoln and his plot against racism in America. I always took a sense of wanting to do more. Of always wanting to educate myself more on this terrible issue. I want to be able to tell my kids and grandkids it doesnt matter the colour of your skin or religion. You are your own person and you are free to live the way you want to live. You will not be punished because you were born a certain colour or gender. You were born you and you can do whatever you like. I hope that this will be my story in a few decades time where all black people are not punished or persecuted for having black skin.
I hope we can all stand together and be there for one another. No one deserves this. We all came into the world as a human being just wanting to be loved and accepted and I hope everyone gets to feel this one day
Make a change
Take a stand
Work Together
Educate
