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“Why I Want to Burn Everything Down Right Now- And Why I’m Not Going To,” by James Edward is a short piece of writing about the cruelty and destruction of the world we have today. Edward provides a cautious awareness about the many incidents that happen today between cops, people, and the courts that either go unexplained or end unfairly. Some great examples provided include the OJ Simpson case and the death of Eric Garner; the jury unfairly depicted both of these cases. Edward emphasizes the problems of America including: race. People tend to see America as improving, but in reality we are falling behind in all aspects, such as education, race and freedom, law enforcements, neighborhoods, and Capitol and state houses.
“I can feel that same discomfort in my throat that I know he must have felt—when you've got more words left inside than your voice has the strength to say”(2). This quote is very significant in providing empathy with strong emotions and weaknesses. The author here provides us with this quote twice in the article, once at the beginning and another in the middle. I think the author did the repetition of the same quote to emphasize his feelings (pain) towards the careless effort of the authorities and laws. Reading how strong the author feels of situations against race reminded me of the article, “Mad, Sad, Glad, Fear, Shame,” by Peter Putnam. Edward feel sad to see that many people have gone innocent due to the corruption of the police enforcement. He shows his sadness through the discomfort in his throat. But it also seems that Edward is ashamed of America, he states “America is the problem…”(2). Edward states all the flaws that America still hasn’t been able to pass. Another flashback I had as I gazed at the rest of the quote, “…when you've got more words left inside than your voice has the strength to say,” was the Joumana Kayrouz article and the voice that she was able to find through her struggles. When Edward mentioned his voice here I was truly stuck because it’s a situation many as well as myself struggle with. Joumana Kayrouz, as successful as she is, struggled at first because she couldn’t get her voice to the level she wanted it to be; she had to surpass many obstacles to let her thoughts, ideas, and voice to be heard. It takes time to strengthen your voice.
I can connect with this article in many ways. I grew up with the words of Martin Luther King Junior, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” The author follows the words of James Baldwin, “…if the word “integration” means anything, this is what it means, that we with love shall force our brothers to see themselves as they are, to cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it, for this is your home, my friend. Do not be driven from it.” Both MLK and Baldwin wanted integration and peace and have promoted it their entire lives. I feel that with many of the situations that are happening today, like the death of Eric Garner due to the action of the officer Daniel Panteleo, are bringing back problems that were happening around the 1960’s. Integration and discrimination seem to be coming back around today. There was this one show I once watched called “What Would You Do?” and in this show they had a scenario where there was a restaurant that wouldn’t serve a person food because of the color of their skin; from this scenario, the data derived was that one in ever four people spoke up about the fact of racism and discrimination. This scenario or any other scenario breaks my heart and has me in tears because the world has come so far only to see that we are separating each other due to something so despicable. I have seen so many people being treated unfairly because of their race. In France the Hijab is banned, this affects me a lot since I wear a Hijab. France is discriminating against Muslims. All this ties back to the article because just like Edward said, “America doesn’t have a race problem. America is the problem”(2). America is what allowed racism and discrimination to come about because we have not yet acknowledged our flaws.

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