The pain of discrimination

Sammy 2022-03-20 09:03:04

Some time ago, in a bar in Chicago, USA, a black security guard bravely arrested the gangster, but was shot and killed by the police who arrived. Even though someone at the scene called him just a security guard, the police who arrived at the scene did not hesitate to kill the brave black man. Did that bullet kill that black man? No, I think it was racism that killed him. Like a movie I recently watched "The Hate You Give". The film also tells something about black discrimination. The protagonist is a black high school girl. One night, she and an old friend of hers were stopped by a white policeman on the road for not turning on the turn signal. The police wanted to check her old friend's driver's license and rudely told her old friend to get off the bus. I insulted the two black people with words. In order to make the heroine not afraid, her old friend reached into the car window to take a comb, and said with a smile: "My hair is messed up." The white driver who was checking his driver's license next to the police car, when he saw this scene, assumed that the heroine's old friend was holding a gun. The next second, the white police shot at the heroine's old friend. The heroine just watched her old black friend die in front of her. But after the incident, the white policeman was not subject to any criminal law, but used the black drug dealer to overthrow the incident. The girl's anger and hatred caused her to abandon her ordinary life at a white aristocratic school despite her mother's objections. Joining the big team against racial discrimination, the film also ushered in a peaceful ending at the end. Although the film has a good result, these dramas are still being staged in real life. I think prejudice and discrimination should not be related to geography and blood. In this era of shouting that "everyone is equal", there are always people who pretend to be friendly and discriminate against people of other skin colors in their hearts. This happens everywhere in life. Now, why does this heart-wrenching discrimination happen? First, people always form racism in a subtle way. As soon as white children are born, they form the impression of black people from the children around them, their parents and people of various identities and occupations: they live in the slums, they wear fat pants, and many of them commit crimes and take drugs. . In society, when encountering black people, this notion will naturally prejudice white people against them. And black children are taught from an early age, for example, the father of a family in the film told their children that the police inspectors should immediately put their hands on the steering wheel and so on. This should not be part of home education, but it is now a must. Second, people always pretend to be equal. The heroine studied in a white aristocratic school. On the surface, she seems to have a good white sister and a rich white boyfriend. It seems that she is really just a white man with black skin, but her good sister has not forgotten her black skin. And this kind of camouflage is the biggest damage. Third, we all know that many black people live in slums, but do we know that they also want to leave those places. Black people can't find jobs in white society and they can't support their families. White people don't give them a chance, so black people can only go back to the slums and choose some jobs that they can't even talk about themselves. Most of these jobs are selling drugs and smuggling guns. Like the heroine's old friend in the film, both parents died, and his grandmother, who brought him up since childhood, was seriously ill. He couldn't find a job in an all-white society, and could only choose to work for the drug cartel to earn money. money to pay for the expensive medical bills. There are countless black people like this. In order to survive, they can only do some dirty things, and it is the discrimination of white people that pushes them into the bottomless black holes behind them. And their black children will only grow into another such adult in the end, repeating round after round of tragedies. It's just the death of a black man, and no one knows what will happen next. Regarding discrimination, not only between blacks and whites, but also all kinds of regional discrimination exist around us. We always like to label others, such as Xinjiang people thieves, Northeastern people like to brag, Ningbo people like to hack people, Henan people steal manhole covers, etc. This should not be what a harmonious, egalitarian society should look like. However, we also know that there are many great black people who are changing the situation and changing the perception of black people. For example, former US President Barack Obama is a respected black politician. Also, Martin Luther King, the leader of the African American movement. He was convinced that nonviolent resistance based on love was the path to freedom for black Americans, and he would devote his life to it. And James, as we all know, has thousands of fans. As black people, they are all respected and admired by us. Keigo Higashino once said: No matter how ugly prejudice, his appearance is by no means born to exist. But I believe that a new era will come. We have begun to learn to let go of hostility, to put aside prejudice, and to reject discrimination. The future will be perfect, bright and joyful like the names of the three children in this family in the film. It's just the death of a black man, and no one knows what will happen next. Regarding discrimination, not only between blacks and whites, but also all kinds of regional discrimination exist around us. We always like to label others, such as Xinjiang people thieves, Northeastern people like to brag, Ningbo people like to hack people, Henan people steal manhole covers, etc. This should not be what a harmonious, egalitarian society should look like. However, we also know that there are many great black people who are changing the situation and changing the perception of black people. For example, former US President Barack Obama is a respected black politician. Also, Martin Luther King, the leader of the African American movement. He was convinced that nonviolent resistance based on love was the path to freedom for black Americans, and he would devote his life to it. And James, as we all know, has thousands of fans. As black people, they are all respected and admired by us. Keigo Higashino once said: No matter how ugly prejudice, his appearance is by no means born to exist. But I believe that a new era will come. We have begun to learn to let go of hostility, to put aside prejudice, and to reject discrimination. The future will be perfect, bright and joyful like the names of the three children in this family in the film. It's just the death of a black man, and no one knows what will happen next. Regarding discrimination, not only between blacks and whites, but also all kinds of regional discrimination exist around us. We always like to label others, such as Xinjiang people thieves, Northeastern people like to brag, Ningbo people like to hack people, Henan people steal manhole covers, etc. This should not be what a harmonious, egalitarian society should look like. However, we also know that there are many great black people who are changing the situation and changing the perception of black people. For example, former US President Barack Obama is a respected black politician. Also, Martin Luther King, the leader of the African American movement. He was convinced that nonviolent resistance based on love was the path to freedom for black Americans, and he would devote his life to it. And James, as we all know, has thousands of fans. As black people, they are all respected and admired by us. Keigo Higashino once said: No matter how ugly prejudice, his appearance is by no means born to exist. But I believe that a new era will come. We have begun to learn to let go of hostility, to put aside prejudice, and to reject discrimination. The future will be perfect, bright and joyful like the names of the three children in this family in the film.

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