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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?
I would say that he U.S. has moved slowly because it has been focused on doing things for other countries. The U.S. has periods of focusing on itself or on others. I think that it will continue to be like that. What do you think about the pace the U.S. is moving? Do you feel there is something that could be done to change that?
ReplyDeleteI think the USA is moving so slow when speaking in civil matters. Think about it, the only race group that's had it pretty good all the time are white people who identify them self as American; not those who identify as Italian, Romanian, Latino/Latina, black, or any other race. Though, race groups other than white Americans have progressed, the progression was hardly significant.
DeleteThis is a great observation. I liked how you noticed and sort of broke down the word "kill" rather than "save". I found it interesting when you searched the topic. I would somewhat agree with you saying that the racial groups have progressed but not significantly, we can still see racism within our society today.
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