A lot of the ongoing unrest between police and members of
the black community is the end result of poverty problems facing our black communities.
These are people that are frustrated with their place, in a society that seems
to favor others over them. Although the problems are being portrayed as
unfairness between the police and blacks, I am sure there would be far less
problems, if the social standing of blacks was higher. This is something
however that cannot happen, if you continue to not pursue an education. Not
being educated breeds poverty. Poverty breeds a propensity to find other ways
to make money, often in illegal ways. Hence, interaction with law enforcement.
This is true no matter your ethnicity.
The preamble to the constitution states, “All men are born
equal.” Black or white, we are born equal. From the day of your birth, when you
were an equal, to the day of your death, what you do with your God given life
is what defines you in society. Millions of black people have been successful
in this country and they are overwhelmingly educated-- or born super talented
such as singers and athletes. I do not believe for one minute that black people
are inherently bad or not smart.
Education in turn becomes important to kids when parents
make it an issue with them and work hard to encourage and foster an “education
first attitude” in their lives. Our society has done a good job of providing
the resources for all people to get a good education. The bolts and nuts are
there, you only need to put them together. No one can be educated if they don’t
want to participate in education and the results most often, will be a life
filled with doing whatever you have to do to make a buck. Legal or not and it’s
a hard way to make a living.
I grew up in poverty but I didn’t have to deal with racial
biases on top of the poverty. For the black population I acknowledge this is a
real and definite problem. But as a young boy in high school, if there was one
thing I never wanted to be, it was poor again. I knew the only way around that
was to get an education. Work hard and not hate those who had more then me.
There are people all over this nation holding discussions on how to resolve the
problems we have. They don’t seem to think that education is one of the answers
or if they do, they’re not talking about it seriously. Instead they are talking
about holding hands and love and caring. Yes we need some of that too but you
can’t legislate it. It has to come from the hearts and minds of each of us and
that’s a personal decision. You can’t legislate morality. Religion fosters
morality but our government, that was formed, with religious values in mind,
has done its best to sever that partnership, at a time when they need it the
most.
We are a nation of immigrants’. Our differences have always
existed when it comes to the color of our skins but most of the ethnicities
have found their place in society by working hard and getting educated. It
worked for them and it will work for all of the black community. As I stated
there have been millions of successful black people who took the right path, so
I know it will work for all people of that community.
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