Everyone's quick to participate in the upheaval about a few kids murdered by police in the inner cities of America. The tragic outcome of certain fatal encounters resulting in the death of anyone police shoot and killed, angers me as well, but as I create various scenarios in my head , resulting a better outcome, I'm continuously drawn to view them from the police's point of view opposed to the fallen victims.
The numbers of black on black murders within the black communities in America greatly outweighs the shootings of young black men by others outside the black communities and police.
The reputation of young black men in America is perceived as dangerous, non predictably violent and behaviorally unacceptable in most cases. This synopsis is primarily based on media coverage of what actually occurs in predominately underprivileged and impoverished black neighborhoods, the music that's produced by idolized artist that appeal to not only this generation, but the black communities as well. The majority of movies that young black actors take are portrayed as a threat to loved ones and community (the more of something you see and hear you begin to believe as the absolute truth), all young black men are not menaces to societal harmony.
So, one must carefully ask oneself (metaphorically hypothesizing of course), is an armed man guilty of animal cruelty if he shoots a lion while on a wild safari tour, based on the reputation of these potentially man eating beast?
Solutions with a plan of action by the American community is definitely in need. This isn't just a problem in black communities, it's a problem in America. Once these atrocities are treated as an American problem and not just a problem in black America maybe, just maybe we can curtail this unnecessary violence as a whole. We basically need to slightly change the way we view things for the better. Example; instead of looking at the loss of young black men, we should look at it as the loss of young disadvantaged children due to ignorance and lack of community concern. As a community let's save America from these atrocities, racially motivated or not. "Seek solution, not pollution!"
I'm GENO BANX and that's my perspective!
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