This morning, around 6:00 a.m., I was woken out of my sleep. I was unable to go back, so I decided to watch an old show from the 1990's called "New York Undercover". On this episode, the NYPD police, J.C, Torres, and McNamara, were investigating a string of black churches that were bombed. All though this show was fictional, it still displayed the hatred that many African Americans encountered during the early 1900's and Civil Rights Movement. At the end of the show a list of churches, from around the U.S., that were bombed during the 1990's.
This incident diminishes equity because it gives off the impression that African Americans and their property is not valued. The prime suspect in the case stated that the churches were being burned in order to rid America of all minorities to get back to a "pure" America.
This incident saddens me because it shows that 30 years after the Civil Rights Movement, this level of prejudice still exist. Even though this show is fictional it depicted current events during this time. I'm still in awe at the level of ignorance that are displayed by people. It often makes me wonder will we ever live in a nondiscriminatory society.
If there was something that I could change, it would be the similar incidents that occurred in real life.
LaQuasia,
ReplyDeleteTelevision is always a reminder of how far we have not come and how far we still have to go. On the other hand, I think we all hope for a society where everyone can get along and live in harmony. In reality I don't think we will ever find it and I don't mean that to sound negative. In all honesty, though, what would the world be like without the struggles and strife? I think that everything that we go through serves as life lessons because if you go back throughout history it all repeats itself but at the end of the day we have to remember that we're never given more than we can bear.