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Racial Injustice

        In today’s world there are a lot of oppressions and injustices. One of the biggest injustices facing the world today is Racial Injustice. Out of all the Injustices you hear about, racial injustice is the one that strikes the biggest chord for many Americans. It strikes the biggest chord due to the fact that you can see it around you everyday. Along with the fact that it is very popular right now in the news, especially with the presidential campaign being in full swing. One of the biggest things that have happened was an event that took place at Donald Trump’s rally.

           What is racial injustice? Garcia, Pablo, and O. Wallace define racial injustice as “the act of being unjust to an individual or group based on race, particularly concerning legally recognized rights.” This article was written to give the reader some background as to what all goes on with racial injustice. This is an article that gives you more fact than it does opinion. As a matter of fact this article barely gives you any opinions from the writer. It is important to know the history behind racial injustice in order to fully understand what it all entails. This article is very important due to the fact that, without the proper education and or information as to what something is, can you really be someone that says that something is right or wrong.

What is the first thing that you think about when you hear about the statement all lives matter? When a lot of people think about it they think of equality, at the same time there is an underlying message to it. The article written by Dave Bry is about an event that took place at a presidential candidate Donald Trump’s rally in Alabama. What happened was a black protestor showed up at Trump’s rally with a black lives matter shirt on. Dave Bry stated; “at least one Trump supporter standing near the protestor starts chanting a refutation, “All lives matter.”” This is important because of the fact that the way that the Trump supporter was saying it was more of in a negative connotation because of the fact that they were saying it in a way that was negative. This article was written to make you see how people really feel about the whole black lives matter revolution. Even though the statement is saying that all lives matter it does not actually mean equality. It just depends on how it is used.

It happened on a day that was a lot like any other, in your average neighborhood in the south part of downtown Raleigh.  When Officer D.C. Twiddy noticed someone that had outstanding warrants, so naturally like any other police officer would do, he went in to make an arrest. Seems like any other arrest right?  Wrong! The Associated Press states that “A black man who was killed by a white police officer in Raleigh. N.C., on Monday was shot during a struggle when the man pulled a gun from his waistband and then reached toward the officers’ weapon […].” These are the kinds of articles that we are seeing these days, and they all have one common theme and it is usually has something to do with police brutality and or a black male being killed by a white police officer. This article is designed to give you all of the facts of what happened. Which is one of the reasons as to why it is so short. It is with articles like these that are designed to give you the facts and nothing but the facts. The media and the author want to give the reader the power to believe what they want, with the information that they are being given.

It has been almost three years since the first time people my age ever heard about police brutality. The first case that someone every really remembers hearing is about Trayvon Martin. After that incident its like more and more have popped up since then, cases about police brutality have not stopped, so much to the point where now it is something that you hear about on a daily basis these days but the only time that you really only hear about it is when a minority is involved. In Shaun king’s article a startling fact is revealed. Shaun King states “more than 1,000 people were killed by police in 2014[…]”. That fact is designed to make you realize that more than just the minorities are victims of police brutality. The problem is that police brutality is only ever heard about when someone in the minority is involved. Personally no one ever thinks about the fact that people who are not considered as part of the minority are also killed and or are victims of police brutality.

These articles all have one thing in common. That one thing is that these authors want to educate their readers. The authors want to educate their readers so that they can be informed in the things that are going on in our world today. That way they know how to respond to certain things. A lot of these articles have shed light on the recent incidents that have happened that involve the killing of “innocent” black men by white police officers. As Americans, we owe it to everyone in this country to educate ourselves and realize that there is an actual problem that is taking place in our country, and that problem is racial injustice.

  Works cited.

The Associated Press. "North Carolina: Details Released on Fatal Shooting by Police Officer." The New York Times. The New York Times, 03 Mar. 2016. Web. 13 Mar. 2016.

Bry, Dave. "'All Lives Matter' Is and Always Was Racist – the Weekend's Campaign Rally Proved It | Dave Bry." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 23 Nov. 2015. Web. 14 Mar. 2016.

Garcia, Pablo, and O. Wallace. "What Is Racial Injustice?" WiseGeek. Conjecture, 12 Mar. 2016. Web. 13 Mar. 2016

King, Shaun. "KING: Police Brutality Hasn't Subsided, but Outrage Has." NY Daily News. 26 Feb. 2016. Web. 14 Mar. 2016.

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The American Resolve

Have you noticed that terrorist groups are gaining power in regions like the Middle East? Or how much influence they have on people in various other countries? The Islamic State of Iraq (ISIS), in particular, has been growing in their number of recruits across the globe. ISIS has enlisted people from Great Britain, the United States, and many other nations. Some countries, such as Jordan, Germany, and Turkey have been vehemently fighting these threatening militants within and outside of their own territories, forming anti-ISIS coalitions as well as participating in an airstrike campaign in Syria. The growing number of people the militant group, ISIS, has recruited is becoming of increasing concern and threatening to the world’s safety. The U.S. should be doing more to stop this terrorist group in relations to its own people. This could include monitoring the flights to specific countries, providing more information to young people about the dangers of ISIS, and tracking the communications American citizens are having over the Internet with suspicious people. First, by monitoring these flights, the United States would also be raising awareness of the dangers of this particular terrorist group— within our country, as well as internationally. If our government made such efforts, people would regard ISIS as a more serious and authentic problem than previously considered. Worldwide, people need to see this terrorist group as not just a coalition in the Middle East that commits depressing crimes daily, but as a problem that must be prioritized highly because we, as people of the human race, cannot allow for any more basic human rights to be violated. In addition, by taking measures such as monitoring planes destined for certain countries, we could lessen the number of recruits traveling across the globe, thereby weakening the strength and influence of ISIS.  As an added bonus, America would be further protecting people throughout the world— those that are on monitored flights, and others, at their own homes. The perils of radicalization and its potential impacts are tremendous. In addition, the U.S. government should be providing more information to young people concerning the dangers of ISIS, and its affect on other, innocent people. If such a measure was taken, America’s next generation would be more knowledgeable about militant groups, such as Al-Qaeda, ISIS, or the Taliban. As a result, these Americans would be more educated in the ways that they should go about responding to such global threats. It would have good long-term effects on these young citizens because they would be the generation that knew how to best deal with terrorist groups, as well as have the real-life experiences of fighting militant groups’ power over them, within their own country. Similarly, people who were young teenagers during the Great Depression became the generation who learned from what was going on around them. Such events leave a distinct impression of nationalism on an individual.   Finally, by tracking the communications American citizens are having over the Internet with people suspected of being affiliated with ISIS, or another terrorist coalition, the government could determine potentially radicalized people within our own country. More specifically, taking such an iniative, would result in federal agencies, like the CIA, having more intelligence about the progression and reach of influence that ISIS has on the United States. With this additional information, the U.S. and allies could productively discuss the next steps to be taken in order to dismantle the organization of ISIS. As it is often said, “It takes two to tango”, and in the same way, ISIS would not be thriving as they are if they didn’t have people around the world succumbing to be a part of their coalition. It is important that we protect this country, the people in it, all the while being aware of the dangers around us. In addition, we must be aware of those who are being tempted to join these terrorist groups. So, in this line of thinking, monitoring communications also sends a sign to other countries that we are serious about taking out ISIS. Rather than taking lives ourselves the route America is taking is of peace, starting within the nation. Although, I recognize that these solutions are not fool-proof, they are taking a step in the right direction. I realize that in monitoring flights, radicalized people will manage to get past security to their destination. However, this percentage decreases substantially from what it is now, where we as a country are doing little to prevent Americans from radicalizing. Though, yes, some young people will only want to be a part of it even more, if the government raises awareness of the dangers of this militant group, it is a process. In the same way, we cannot realistically expect to capture and kill all of the ISIS participants tomorrow, nor can we expect to immediately stop all recruits from joining the terrorist group. In regards to following the communications of American citizens over the Internet, some pieces of information will inevitably slip by, some U.S. inhabitants will be enraged about further invasions of their privacy, and some of the communications caught will be completely useless. However, each one of these resolutions is an example that America, as a nation, is attempting to minimize and control the influence of ISIS, as well as other militant coalitions. In conclusion, I think the United States government should take measures to suppress ISIS and protect the people within this country, as well as those outside of it. This regime— and every regime— has responsibilities to its people; to protect them, to provide good government, and to allow them to speak freely. So what could we do? Common Americans could form websites against this injustice, write letters to the White House, or hold debates about how to approach ISIS, and other terrorist groups, in your own city. We could even do the simplest act of taking the time to talk the subject over with friends and family; in doing so, you could generate new ideas about ways to resolve it. What will our country do in response?