White America will ignore this video: The Hideous & predictable violence of our schools, our legal system, our society

I do agree that what happened at Spring Valley High School was a very horrific event. The video plainly shows that the girl was just sitting there minding her own business, when suddenly out of nowhere the cop goes CRAZY! Author DeVega states the facts correct when he says that we have a “racist criminal justice system.” In today’s world, that seems how it seems and it is sad. But, you also have to ask yourself this question: What did the teenage girl do that caused the police officer to make his presence known in the first place? Coming from a background of a law enforcement family and also me being a firefighter for going on five years now, I have dealt with a lot of situations where people have seem to be treated “unfairly.” When someone like that police officer puts on that badge or better yet when they are sworn in to become a police officer, they have one job: To serve and to protect. I am not saying that police officers are doing everything completely right, but what I am saying is that when you are asked to do something, just do it. We live in a world where everyone seems to get offended over every little thing. Why can’t we put that aside. Most of us have better things to worry about. I really feel that the author of this article had some very true statements. One being, where he says that racism “continues even in the post-civil rights era and in the age of Obama.” I also feel in a sense that this author really targeted the white race. Why does anyone have to be above anyone else? Why can’t we all just be equal and live our lives? These are just a few questions that I ask myself. Since we’re talking about race issues, then let’s bring up the facts about people hunting down police officers and killing them like it is a sport. I want to know why in the world does anyone have the authority to kill an innocent police officer trying to do there job? But I also have to ask myself the question: why does a cop have the right to kill an innocent person? I believe that we need to see the whole story for ourselves before we jump on board and judge what we know rather than what we see. I don’t understand why the world needs to be about race. All we have seen lately is the usual “white cop and african american person.” We never see the other way around or “white cop, white person.” I get notifications on my phone of officers getting killed every single day over the worst reasons. Our law enforcement system is getting downgraded and getting put bad names on them. What happens if this keeps happening and the law enforcement system just goes away? Author Chauncey DeVega had some very legitimate facts and statements in his article but we need to look at it a bit deeper when what he gave to us.

Derogatory Language in Literature

I feel that they should leave it alone because it is a part of history. History is history, we can't change what is in the past but I do feel that we need to be careful when talking about this kind of subject. For me personally, I feel a little bad when I read about stuff like this. It was truly horrifying what the people that got called these awful names had to go through. None of us truly knows what it felt like to be called those names and what it was like to experience all the hate and torture. I don't believe that books like this one need to be banned. For one, they are apart of history, two, the author made such a strong tone to the reader when writing these books. So why tear the author down and destroy their work? We still do , however, need to be considerate of people who get offended or uncomfortable about this topic. No matter what happens in the future, I don't think that we will ever forget what happened back in the days of the "n" word. It really is unforgettable.

My Strengths and Weaknesses

One of the things that I am good at is, coming up with a topic. I can usually find some interest in whatever I am talking about so it seems interesting. I can also do a good job on keeping my writing organized instead of talking all over the place. I think I am good at these things, because I feel that my thought process is there.

Some of the things that I seem to struggle with is the revising and editing stage.

The reason for that is for the simple reason that I feel like my writing is good, so I just leave it 

alone. I also have a hard time expressing complete thoughts about my writings. I feel that 

sometimes I don’t go into the depth that I can.