Monday, May 18, 2015

Police

I thought it was super interesting having to look at the Time Magazine cover of the many white police officers against one black guy.
I say that because I feel that, especially now, that it is not only relevant, but o'so crucial to understand. Take a look at this:
and look at this: 
Never have I searched such things before, these are just the suggested searches. "police officer kills black boy/black man/ 7 year old boy/ family/ dog... " Never does it say "saves", "rescues", or "does job justly", but it says "kills''. The harsh connotation and denotative meaning of the word makes you feel not "safe" by the police but more threatened. It seems as though they try to do more exterminating than saving. Now, as a disclaimer, I'd like to say that this is not all cops or police officers that have plans of exterminating, nor do I think so, but some; enough to make an impact. Obviously we as a nation haven't progressed much, hardly at all, when speaking of racial (black) matters. As Martin Luther King Jr stated in his letter from a Birmingham Jail in 1963, "The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jet-like speed toward gaining political independence, but we still creep at a horse and buggy pace toward gaining a cup coffee at a lunch counter" The ''horse and buggy'' alludes to the Victorian era of early 1800s-early 1930s...  This shows the obvious lack of progress the races have made within the USA, while other countries are just surpassing by. So I ask, why might that be?