Shantee McKay
Professor Eaddy
English 105
10th, November 2014
Equality for All or None at All
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. before he was assassinated in 1968. There has been a trending epidemic on white on black crime beginning from the Emmett Til case in 1955 and stretching to the Mike Brown case of 2014. It seems white men have taken the law into their own hands and have not been prosecuted to the fullest extent. Some are even saying we are living in a new Jim Crow era. Majority of white men want to continue to control African Americans, they don’t see any value in us and they fear equality in all aspects. There are three propositions that can be used in order to gain justice for the way white men treat Africans Americans. Those three include becoming more educated, unifying and fighting back in order to decrease the violence and become contributing members of society.
Education is the key to success and respect in America's society. High schools across the country strive for high graduation rates along with a high percentage of their students to pursue higher education. Looking at recent years, dropout rates have increased significantly in African American communities. Our parents and grandparents fought for our rights to education, beginning with the Brown vs. The Board of Education case in 1954. Before this African Americans weren't allowed the same education as white people. African Americans are one of the highest minority groups in America that are impoverished. It is imperative that we continue with school and pursue college or some kind of degree so that we are able to get a decent job. Once we get a decent job we will be able to provide for our family legally instead of selling drugs, pimping or other forms of illegal means to get money. This will decrease the amount of people who