Personal Narrative: Is It Better To Give Up Your Beliefs

We are all fighters we all have something we are fighting for. We fight for our life, for our health, our family and friends, to eat a good meal, have a home, transportation, clothes and a good job. There are those that do not understand what is fighting, working hard, sacrificing, dedicated to providing and implementing time to accomplish what is necessary to survive. For some they do not have to fight, everything is provided to them and is a privilege to gain everything through others. Unfortunately, it is sad to say that is not the case for some people. Some people are fighting for their last breath, some people do not know where their next meal is coming from, do not have any love ones nor friends, live in the streets, do not have any means for transportation, do not have a job or are making less than the minimum wage, and are unable to provide for themselves and/or their families. The reason for this at times is because of inequality, lack of opportunity and/or support in the community. Dr. Martin Luther King had a dream which he fought until the end. We as minorities all have a job and a place in this society because Dr. King made a difference which impacted every single one of us all these years later.

One of the the most controversial topics of discussion in our nation is the Black Lives Matter movement. This movement has sparked up immensely because of the President in office right now, Donald Trump, and many events transpiring around the nation. The country is at separation between the people who think that Black Lives Matter is a real issue and the people who think it is not. Without a doubt, people need to be considered equally, no matter what is said at the end of the day. America was founded on the idea that every man that walks on the soil will have just as equal opportunities as the next, no matter the race. Three essential reasons people are determined to fight for this cause is to end job discrimination, stop police brutality, and gain equal rights within society.

Black people as a whole living in a world where they are trouble, no more no less. Goldberg states, “...unlike ‘all lives’...black lives are too often not to matter” (1). When political officers used the statement, “All Lives Matter,” black people once again felt as if they did not matter. Which is why the “Black Lives Matter” movement started. To bring awareness to the dehumanization of black people. People are white, were informed from a young age, they are superior. People who were not white were taught they were inferior. Everyone was to believe and understand white was a symbol for purity. Although times are better than the Civil Rights movement and slavery, America still needs improvement in their

life to defend a man of color to make sure that he was treated fairly, and people can still learn

For the Social Justice Action Project, Britnee and I interviewed college students in the Northeast region who revealed their views on the Black Lives Matter Movement, racial injustice, and racial profiling. We had wanted to inform people of what the Black Lives Matter Movement stood for and tackle some of the myths and misconceptions of what the organization represented. In the process, the interviewees have expressed their feelings of how today’s society is blinded by irrational thinking and biased beliefs. This project have made us realize that people often blame the movement of being inconsiderate to all lives matter, relating the movement to the “armed and dangerous” Black Panthers, and the never-ending issues of police-to-black killings.

Emmett Till. Trayvon Martin. Eric Garner. Michael Brown. Tamir Rice. Rekia Boyd. Sandra Bland. What these people have in common is that they are all people of color [POC] who unjustly died at the hands of the American justice system. Jessica Hernandez. Ilan Nettles. Jonathan Snipes. Chelsea Manning. Matt Shepard. India Clark. Ajay Sathyan. These are LGBT+ individuals who have either faced extreme police brutality or have been attacked and/or murdered in a hate crime. POC and the LGBT+ community are two of most prominent minority groups who both endure persisting issues such as physical attacks by the police and the public, and immense injustice in the court system. However, the approach to LGBT+ issues and the approach to social justice issues regarding POC are often if not always dealt with separately by the public. This creates a large problem for LGBT+ POC.

In the year of 2015, more than 102 unarmed African American people were slaughtered by police officers, making it nearly twice every week. Trayvon Martin was the first people to influence the Black Lives Matter Movement creating a guide to end police brutality regarding African Americans. Although some people believe the Black Lives Matter Movement was successful because of their huge exposure, it was not successful because many unarmed African Americans who were murdered did not receive justice, prejudice people towards Blacks are still stereotyping, and there is still police brutality.

People that he had never met or known. Would you risk everything to save a complete stranger? This is a question I would like you to consider while reading this. During the holocaust, Jewish people were punished severely for practicing the Jewish religion. Many were sent to execution camps and stripped of their freedoms and entitlements.

Everyone on earth is defined by their core beliefs. It’s what makes us all individuals, what separates us from the others. It wasn’t until I was talking with my friend Sean in 8th grade that I started to realize that one of my core beliefs, something I was taught growing up, may not be my own belief.

Police brutality is a major issue in today’s society. Many African Americans tend to avoid the police for that very reason. A campaign was started in 2012 against police brutality and the unfair treating of African Americans entitled, Black Lives Matter. This movement was met with controversy as well as support from the American people. This movement has followed several controversial police brutality cases in the United States including, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and Sandra Bland. All African American and all killed in the presence of a police officer, with no convictions. These three cases have been some of the biggest cases in the Black Lives Matter campaign. This campaign is determined to make sure that Black lives are treated just as equally as white live and Hispanic lives, because black lives matter

In recent years, a movement by the name of “Black Lives Matter” began to promote that black lives matter against police brutality and injustice. African Americans have faced inequality ever since they came to America. Inequality for blacks was somewhat resolved in the 1960s, but it is still present today. It has been shown that in recent years around half the people killed by police have been black. Furthermore, it has been found that the officers involved in these killings are rarely convicted.

Many don’t realize this, but our life is forever indebted in danger. Our life, as in, minorities. This isn’t a dream nor is it long overdue. It has been time and time again when African Americans are placed on the backburner as we watch the members of our communities and societies whom have less melanin than us take what they want believe is rightfully theirs. No one has ever took the time to seek what we deserve for all the horrible endangerment we’ve been put through for years and years to come. I believe that African Americans whom stand together in regards to the Black Lives Matter protest are fighting because we know of the injustice we have had to endure that dates back to so long ago that we just can’t stand on the sidelines

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Mexico’s road to independence all started with the eleven year war, the Mexican War of Independence. In the early 19th century, Napoleon’s occupation of Spain led to anger all across Spanish America. On September 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest, started the Mexican War of Independence with the issuing of his Grito de Dolores, or “Cry of Dolores”. This called for an end of Spanish rule in Mexico, redistribution of land, and racial equality. After some success, Hidalgo was defeated and executed, but other leaders stood up to lead the armies. The war was fought between the Spanish and the Rebels who wanted independence. After years of fighting,

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