What I Learned

While completing this project, I learned that the African American community has been deprived of basic opportunities. Because of these circumstances, a high rate of incarceration has been produced. The main factor contributing to these events is poverty.
The progress of the African American community has been greatly ignored. The advancement of this community has been overshadowed by the violence and malevolent aspects that occur. This has lead me to the conclusion that people of the African American community has become bigger contributing factors than that of the derivatives that surround them. The lack of motivation to stop these horrific events is more than shameful. The deeds of Martin Luther King, Malcolm x, etc, seem to be irrelevant and forgotten by today’s generation. There is no effort to correct the situations that are happening now. In correlation to this, the next generation has been put in a position of disadvantage. The circumstances that surround the African American community seem to stimulate a negative vibe about African Americans. With Barack Obama being president, it is a more than evident proof that the African American community has overcome several obstacles. But just because this has been achieved, it does not excuse the violent acts that have been happening in the African American community. The rate of police brutality has increased. There has been a great number of police brutality cases reported in the last five years. The majority of these cases have involved an African American male in which in more cases than one they were murdered. The trial of these police officers has resulted in their release and no justice for the victim’s family. Events of these nature, should motivate the African American community to evolve instead they chose to react quietly. The African American community has progressed immensely but it still ahs flaws to work out among itself.