As soon as we allow our conversations to turn from understanding and listening and let them turn into an argument, is the second we get a mess. People keep talking about racial issues, because it. is. still. an. issue. There are currently 2.4 million people in the prison system at the moment, which is another issue altogether. However, according to the Center of American Progress, "1 in every 15 African American men and 1 in every 36 Hispanic men are incarcerated in comparison to 1 in every 106 white men. According to the bureau of Justice Statistics, one in three black men can expect to go to prison in their lifetime." Wether conscious or not, race is an issue. You can't argue that more white men are peaceful while more black men are not; if you watch more than one news source you'd know the truth.
This poem screams for respect, the people she talks about just want to belong. People who are attracted to the same sex, deserve our respect. People of color, deserve our respect. Transgenders, deserve our respect. Refugees, deserve our respect. Foreigners, people who can't speak english, people. Deserve our respect.
And if they don't give it, we'll demand it. Because they are people too.
No comments:
Post a Comment