Will we ever learn?

I stand by you unable to put to words the array of emotions I am feeling. Fear and confusion over how to act has led people to start a situation that has no right answers and no easy solutions. It will continue on for as long as there are agitators and violence in the discussion, and from the looks of it we won’t come even close to handing out a solution soon.

There is nothing more vile, despicable, and corrupted than racism and prejudice. It destroys the very foundations of democracy, and casts unwanted spells of commotion, pain, misery and violence on both sides of the spectrum. The witnesses of all this are left baffled by the sheer calamity it has created. Nothing to do, nothing to say, but marching on to save the day.

The recent deaths of two black men in the hands of police officers who have no right to carry a badge that signifies honor, protection, and sacrifice has created a string of events that make history repeat itself in the footsteps of a confused and startled generation that still hasn’t found the voice to carry its message with. This in turn has caused a group of radical fanatics to kill five police officers in the streets of Dallas, leaving six others wounded. None of them deserved to die, but they did, all because we have resorted to let anger flow through our subconscious culture.

What ensues will most likely be something completely different from other protests. This one will be angrier, more physical, and more lost in translation than the others. It will be something that has never been seen before in the footsteps of the American culture, drawing parallels from both the LA Riots and the 1960s Civil Rights movement; a combination of voices spreading their message in contusing ways.

Too many people troubled over the same issues are taking different approaches to “solve” them. Some will resort to peace and justice, others will resort violence, completely contradicting their movement. This is not good for anyone. Not the spectators, not the protesters, not the police force, nor the American culture.

We’ve all rued the day for this to happen, but it’s been ignored for far too long, and now that it is right in our footsteps, there is nothing we can do but to either let it in peacefully, or make it break the door with brute force. Giving it time is not the right approach. Letting it roam wild and unpunished isn’t the right approach either. As you can see, the situation has now been complicated into astronomical levels of validity. The more time wasted instead of trying to find a solution, the more the rampage continues in the name of justice.

The culprits are now indistinguishable. The police refuse to hold themselves accountable for their own misbehavior, preferring to instead band like brothers to protect their unwritten sacred code; but the African American community at large allows too much of their anger to linger on with them.

The parables between both are noticing and shell-shockingly mind opening. You could say that the African American community not holding others responsible is irrelevant to the problem, because it should in the wealth being of a police office to nevertheless protect and serve others regardless, and that truly is a valid point. However, refusing to hear both sides and standing firm on their convictions is what’s causing this mess in the first place.

Saying that one side is completely at fault for what a small but noticeable group has caused is not going to solve anything. They can’t be ignored either, for ignoring will only cause them to commit more crimes in the name of both sides. This is where the police are finding difficulties. While the African American community is quick to disown the violence on their side, trying to remain focus in getting things done, the police force refuse to hold accountable their unjustifiable violent behavior, mainly due to the plain and simple truth that they can quickly be exonerated by the law.

Two fronts, holding each other hostage over anger that can be completely shattered into oblivion if one side begins to form a discussion for their problems. How many times have we seen this happen all through our history of not just as a country but as a species?

Living in a society incapable of coming to an understanding for the issues at hand, with each side pointing fingers at the others without being intellectually smart enough to dissect the problem, is not helping either. They’re useless and irrelevant, only there to fill a never ending space of illogical thinking for a desperate attempt to bring hatred into something that already has enough hatred.

Too many questions, too little answers. What has this world come to? Or has it always been like this? Whatever the answer may be, it’s irrelevant to keep beating it up if nothing comes out of it. History repeats itself in the gravest of ways. Deadlock into oblivion, with the gun at one hand, waiting for the day for someone else to pull the trigger and create havoc and chaos once again.

Many have said that the American Dream is dead. I beg to differ. This is the America Dream, in all its splendor and violent glory. Racist, fearful, and disparaged, nothing more. The reason we’re fighting for the same causes for well over centuries is the same reason why we’ll never stop. This is who we are.

Will we ever learn?

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